4,000 Dead in Manymar

[D3V]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/05/myanmar.cyclone/index.html

4,000 dead, 3,000 still missing following cyclone, Myanmar state media reports

Up to 10,000 could be dead, foreign minister tells diplomats

Ruling military junta appeals for international aid following deadly storm

Thailand already sending aid supplies to Myanmar at neighbor's request


http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/05/myanmar.cyclone/art.harbor.afp.gi.jpg

Horrible, just horrible news that hardly nobody even knows about. We bitch if we have 2-3 soldiers die a day, these poor people have just lost over 4k and the death toll apparently could rise to 10k.

http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/05/myanmar.cyclone/art.temple.afp.gi.jpg


Absolutely horrific. I hope all that are lost can be found and all that are hurt can be healed/helped out.

http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/05/myanmar.cyclone/art.queue.afp.gi.jpg


The last I heard which was like yesterday during the day there was a count of roughly like 1-200 people or so?.. Who knows. Sad story.

[Thanatos]

Aren't they already going through like a genocide of sorts? Really tragic.

[D3V]

That whole area has already had issues beforehand, i'm not too sure about genocides, but 4,000 people is a lot. And possibly upwards of 10,000? Horrible..

[HandOfHeaven]

Never heard of Manymar.

[D3V]

It's near India.

[!King_Amazon!]

Isn't it Myanmar? I don't think there is such a place as Manymar.

This is pretty tragic.

[HandOfHeaven]

It's near India.
Look closely.


I've read up about Myanmar: that storm fucked shit up.

[D3V]

Yes, Myanmar, wrong spelling.

[Wallow]

Sadly, only tragic events and war for purpose bring nation's really together. And it looks like this world will experience the former in much more magnitude in the future.

[!King_Amazon!]

The world will experience both. War over religion and oil, and natural disasters from global warming/climate change.

[D3V]

I'm moving to Canada. Nobody gives a fuck about Canada and it just snows a lot up there.

[Wallow]

The world will experience both. War over religion and oil, and natural disasters from global warming/climate change.

Who knows what will happen, the future doesn't necessarily have to be limited to those 'causes.

[Willkillforfood]

Myanmar, or Burma, is a low lying country which is prone to this sort of disaster (like a lot of countries bordering the Indian Ocean.) With unchecked population growth and rising oceans, disasters such as this are but the appetizer. Much worse has and will happen.

[!King_Amazon!]

Who knows what will happen, the future doesn't necessarily have to be limited to those 'causes.
I tend to believe that humans are incapable of having any but those outcomes. Sure, we can reverse global warming. Sure, we can not kill each other over stupid shit. The problem is, we're not going to do those things, because humans fucking suck.

[Kaneda]

The US shoudl go over there and annex that shit. Nice power move.
lol


lol

[KagomJack]

I've been reading confirmed as 10k.

[HandOfHeaven]

I've been reading confirmed as 10k.
I read this as well, KagomJack. When I really look at it, I feel terrible inside because I'm not one of the victims. I wish I could help, but it sucks because there is nothing I can do. Hopefully the UN steps in, if they are not already involved, and helps aid in rescue. That's a shitty thing to have happen.

[Willkillforfood]

22,464 is the latest number.

[D3V]

http://eldib.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/myanmar.jpg

Wow, horrible update to the Myanmar storm.


More than 22,000 killed and 41,000 missing, Myanmar radio reports

3.6-meter storm surge leaves more than 100,000 homeless in one area

U.N. estimates that up to a million people could not be homeless

Storm damage concentrated over a 30,000 square-kilometer area

http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/06/myanmar.cyclone/art.myanmar.boat.gi.jpg


22,000 dead, how awful. And over 41,000 missing, jesus......

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/06/myanmar.cyclone/index.html

Such a sad state of events, I hope the effort that is needed over there can seriously be established and set forth.

http://i.l.cnn.net/cnn/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/06/myanmar.cyclone/art.jpg

[Thanatos]

Get FEMA over there, STAT!

41,000 missing though? That's 4x the number of people in my town. Such an outlandish number.. my thoughts and prayers go out to the people in Myanmar. Best of luck recovering.

[D3V]

The death toll in Myanmar may reach 100,000 according to a U.S. diplomat.

Cnn.com Just broke this snippet. A very painful thing to hear, even in a 3rd world country massive death is never a good thing to hear about, this is ranking almost as high as that tsunami that his Indonesia in '05. Sad stuff.

Even worse, a greater majority could die in following days and weeks from the rampant spread of disease.

Also, could a Moderator please change the title of the thread to accurately "SPELL" Maynmar.

[HandOfHeaven]

Haha, you still spelled Myanmar wrong!

ZING!

[D3V]

Dude, this word has a fucking Zex on me.

[!King_Amazon!]

Hex? I don't think Zex is a word.

[Kaneda]

It's like fucking Atlantas over there.

[D3V]

I'm glad our storm surges aren't that bad, our hurricanes have like 1/8th of the water that comes with the storm as these cyclones and typhoons do.

[Wallow]

If the tornado that hit Maynmar (is that spelled correctly?) did so much damage, what lvl was it? Because, although rare, lvl 4 tornadoes do occur

[HandOfHeaven]

A cyclone hit Myanmar, not a tornado. It was a Category 3, bringing 120 mph winds and 12-foot storm surges.

What scale are you thinking of for tornadoes? The Fujita Scale's F4 is quite devestating and rare; equivalent to the EF5, whereas the Enhanced Fujita Scale's EF4 is the equivalent to an F3.

[PureRebel]

thats insane. i feel bad having live in a country that wont do much besides shit on them and give them minimal aid/support through the disaster...

[HandOfHeaven]

I can't believe that their military is refusing U.S. aid efforts.

[D3V]

thats insane. i feel bad having live in a country that wont do much besides shit on them and give them minimal aid/support through the disaster...


Are you serious? They are refusing efforts, we're having to force aid to them as they are similar to a buddhist state that believes they are self efficient and don't need help from anybody. Their own ignorance is going to have more people killed from disease and starvation/dehydration.

[Wallow]

Yeah Word mistake :p

I meant the f5, f4, f3... tornado scale

And a cyclone is same word for a tornado, look it up!

[PureRebel]

cyclones are formed over water, and i think tornadoes are land based?

[HandOfHeaven]

cyclones are formed over water, and i think tornadoes are land based?
True that. Swallows, show me where I am wrong.

[Willkillforfood]

cyclones are formed over water, and i think tornadoes are land based?

I never hear the word "cyclone" used much here in the states. We call the water-based ones water spouts.

[Kaneda]

Ah, I believe we call those hurricanes normally.

[!King_Amazon!]

A hurricane and a tornado aren't even remotely similar, other than the fact that they spin.

[Willkillforfood]

Ah, I believe we call those hurricanes normally.

Cyclone is used for both tornadoes and hurricanes for some reason over near Australia, etc. Water spouts are tornadoes that are over water, not hurricanes.

[Kaneda]

I never hear the word "cyclone" used much here in the states. We call the water-based ones water spouts.

If a tornado and a hurricane are both cyclones then a water tornado would be a hurricane.
cyclones are formed over water, and i think tornadoes are land based?
I was stating that a cyclone formed over water is a hurricane. I've never heard of a "spout" but I don't doubt the phrase is used somewhere. I do know that tornados can go onto water, but usually are not that destructive.

[Willkillforfood]

No. A tornado formed over water is not a hurricane normally in the U.S. If you wanted to you could call it that since it falls under the broad definition of a hurricane, but everyone would just think you were stupid.

[Wallow]

Well the point is that Myanmar got hit by a tornado (I don't fucking care if it was land based or water based). And WKFF is right, a tornado started in the water is called a water spout in the states.

[D3V]

Why are you guys even arguing? You all are forgetting to mention Typhoons, which are the Hurricanes over there. You are all right and wrong. Cyclones by definition are anything that spins for the most part, but nobody refers to Tornadoes as Cyclones, hardly ever. Cyclones are only used over in the dead sea area where the one had just hit Myanmar. Cyclones, Typhoons and Hurricanes are all essentially the same things. They all form over water, all have destructive winds and all form and maintain shape in a swirling motion.


Basically, everyone just STFU.

[D3V]

Well the point is that Myanmar got hit by a tornado (I don't fucking care if it was land based or water based). And WKFF is right, a tornado started in the water is called a water spout in the states.

No, it did not get hit by a tornado, it got hit by a cyclone.

[HandOfHeaven]

I'm glad to see that Burma is actually allowing some U.S. aid efforts.

[Kaneda]

Why are you guys even arguing? You all are forgetting to mention Typhoons, which are the Hurricanes over there. You are all right and wrong. Cyclones by definition are anything that spins for the most part, but nobody refers to Tornadoes as Cyclones, hardly ever. Cyclones are only used over in the dead sea area where the one had just hit Myanmar. Cyclones, Typhoons and Hurricanes are all essentially the same things. They all form over water, all have destructive winds and all form and maintain shape in a swirling motion.


Basically, everyone just STFU.

Open wide WKFF.
Much like a rectangle is a square, while a square is not a rectangle.

[Willkillforfood]

Again, you need to lay off the drugs. You do not make any sense.

Also, technically, Myanmar was most likely hit by things defined as "tornadoes." Hurricanes, typhoons, or what the hell ever you want to call it often times spawn many tornadoes. Also, by most accounts it was a "Cyclone" that hit Myanmar. That's what all the experts are calling it, and is a more south pacific/australian term for hurricanes, cyclones, typhoons, or what have you. There's at least three main terms for the same storm. "Typhoon" is more used in the West Pacific area by say, the Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, etc. At least that's what people normally call it over there.

[D3V]

Remember playing Diablo 2 as a druid, and that skill Cyclone? You cast it and it spawns off little tornadoes along with the main structual storm.

[Wallow]

When did a cyclone become the same thing as a hurricane? If you look online it says cyclones by definition are another term for tornadoes. Typhoons and hurricanes are two different types of hurricanes that occur in different parts of the world.

[Willkillforfood]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone

Case closed! :D

[Wallow]

Curse Wikipedia. I'm tempted to go and edit that info, not that it won't get changed back by some hairy hoochimama in the next second.

[D3V]

Who cares what it is. They said most of the damage and deaths were caused from the storm surge anyways. Then again, Hurricanes spawn just as many tornadoes as cyclones do, so IDK WTF the big deal is.