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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 09:42 PM Original message |
Pakistan earthquake toll reaches 18,000 dead and 41,000 injured |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. omg |
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OldLeftieLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. Watch Pat Robertson: |
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spindrifter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. A horrifying tragedy. |
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enid602 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. sarcasm |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. Wonder who'll be the 1st American Taliban Mullah to say twas God's Wrath? |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. 18,000 "confirmed" dead. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 09:52 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I don't know what to make of death tallies from natural disasters anymore |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 10:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Let's assume that it is a good-faith estimate .. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 10:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. It's true, this is a huge earthquake and the toll will be bad |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 10:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Hard for me to swallow too n/t |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 10:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. And there are villages they can't reach yet. |
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serryjw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 11:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. I heard the 18,000 a few minutes ago on TV |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
7. It was 3000 the last I looked |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. Absolute horror. |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 09:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Treasure for war, or treasure for relief. |
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Pepper32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 06:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
46. You got that right... |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
10. This looks like the one... |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 05:51 AM Response to Reply #10 |
32. 7.6! That is HUGE |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. Michael Savage must be having an orgasm right now |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 02:50 AM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Hopefully he'll blind himself with his precious bodily fluids. |
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ninkasi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
16. How sad... |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
18. And they came up with that number so QUICKLY! |
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rfkrfk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 03:18 AM Response to Reply #18 |
29. how strong, where, what happened last time... --> then guess n/t |
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spacelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 10:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
48. Thank you, while I do not begrudge aid to other countries in time of |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
19. Here's another article (w/more pictures) from another source: AFP |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-08-05 11:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. That combo of brick and camel shit, without any steel reinforcing beams |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 12:50 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Hmmm...I wonder if Osama and his friends are ok. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 01:04 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I noted in another thread, if he is dead, and any of his pals lived, then |
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flying_wahini (856 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 07:52 AM Response to Reply #19 |
34. it's all so horrible |
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mestup (756 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
24. If we bombed San Francisco, would we risk an earthquake? |
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Endangered Specie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 03:10 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Sorry, but thats is pure bullshit. |
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mestup (756 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 03:23 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. No. It was just a question. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 04:11 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Please don't bomb us until I get my third case of MREs |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 02:34 AM Response to Original message |
25. This is horrific! |
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NIGHT TRIPPER (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
26. so sad--it could happen to any of us at any time--seriously |
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LizW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
33. Kick. |
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NYdemocrat089 (614 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
35. Massive Asia quake kills more than 30,000 |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 11:04 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. 30,000 dead just in Kashmir |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 11:59 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Based on what happened after Katrina, I bet they say |
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Orrin_73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
36. Thats so sad and tragic |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
38. I went to CNN |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
40. If Caterpillars were sent to Pakistan to help clean up, instead of ... |
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enigma000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
41. Isn't THAT convenient for the Bushies |
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Tom Joad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 12:21 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. That is a joke, right? |
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enigma000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 12:50 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. and the 2000 elections were fair too? n/t |
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skoppa (323 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
42. NY Times has it up near 20,000 now!! |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 10:31 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Earthquake death toll crosses 40,000 |
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zann725 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-09-05 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
43. Interesting how much easier, and faster it is to "count the dead" abroad |
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