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Thousands left homeless after Iran quakes

peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
edited August 2012 in A Moving Train
"At least 227 dead and more than 2,000 wounded after twin earthquakes strike near northwestern city of Tabriz."

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeas ... 92426.html

Terrible :(
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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    Scary stuff - all of those old structures there, I'm surprised the numbers aren't higher (although I heard that deaths have now exceeded 300).

    And, there was a 6.3 in China. Guessing Byrnzie is OK?
  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    hedonist wrote:
    Scary stuff - all of those old structures there, I'm surprised the numbers aren't higher (although I heard that deaths have now exceeded 300).

    And, there was a 6.3 in China. Guessing Byrnzie is OK?

    He was posting last night... I guess he had a Tsunami over where he was as he lives near/on the coast.

    Edit: pardon, that's a typhoon.
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,423
    Byrnzie, you OK?
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  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    He's fine

    viewtopic.php?f=14&t=121242&hilit=weather&start=1380
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    hedonist wrote:
    And, there was a 6.3 in China. Guessing Byrnzie is OK?

    That's the first I've heard about it. I guess I'd better take a look at the news.
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    peacefrompaul wrote:
    He's fine

    viewtopic.php?f=14&t=121242&hilit=weather&start=1380

    That was a typhoon. The 6.3 they're talking about was an earthquake in Western China on Sunday - just looked it up. I live on the East coast, so I knew nothing about it.
  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    7.7 in Russia.

    6.8 was catastrophic here in some parts when we got hit in the 90s. I can't imagine the damage done there.
  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    hedonist wrote:
    7.7 in Russia.

    6.8 was catastrophic here in some parts when we got hit in the 90s. I can't imagine the damage done there.

    :shock: That's not good
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