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Current tsunamis in Asia, What should be done?
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post Dec 29 2004, 09:57 PM
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With the current death toll and fear of outbreaking epidemic what should be done by the countries affected, mainly India, Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and the Maldives --less than a 100 reported deaths. At this point and time the rescue workers in some of the highly affected areas are not even stopping to identify or transport dead bodies but rather burning them on the spot. Many small islands have been burnt completely because of whole villages being killed off. Technically the affected countries cant close their borders yet because of the attempts by rescue personal to get some sick and injured people to safety. People however continually keep going to these ransacked places for vacations. Thailand and the Maldives being really the only 2 as they suffered the least amount of casualties. Some travel companies are refusing to return fares, mainly in Russia and some other parts of the former USSR. Should these travelers/tourists be let out of the country after they have arrived and spent a week there? If they are released from the country there could a spread of diseases like Cholera and Maleria, caused by the dead bodies laying on the beach for 3-4 days in temperatures of 90+ degrees. The bodies have become bloated and infected (pic). It probably would not become as big of a epidemic as the Black Plague, but a widespread of Cholera or Maleria could really hurt a lot of the big cities in Europe. Though if all travel in and out of these countries is brought to a halt the percentage of sick people could keep increasing and increasing. Just looking for some opinions on some international matters, and yes I know the picture is kind of gruesome but I feel the American media does a poor job covering this topic.
 
 
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post Dec 30 2004, 02:24 AM
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While they do have less money I wouldnt call them poor. Although the support has not been nearly enough to cover the rescue efforts and evacuation efforts I think this is the first time in a while that basically the whole world has ever chipped in on one thing. Be it only a little from some smaller countries its still something. The way ive been researching this is that these countries are going to need atleast 6-8 billion dollars to cover this. I found an interesting article the other day about a total evacuation of Hong Kong during a natural disaster. To evacuate the whole city cost over 3 billion dollars. Compared to that these tsunamis seem like giants. This could be and probably is the worst tragedy on Earth since the Black Plague hit Europe during the High Middle Ages.
 

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comeupon   Current tsunamis in Asia   Dec 29 2004, 09:57 PM
jambaJUICE   oh my god, the picture. that's terrible. it...   Dec 29 2004, 10:01 PM
ComradeRed   Maybe it killed some of the terrorists.   Dec 29 2004, 10:02 PM
comeupon   QUOTE(ComradeRed @ Dec 29 2004, 10:02 PM)Mayb...   Dec 29 2004, 10:07 PM
Angel_Cece   QUOTE(ComradeRed @ Dec 29 2004, 10:02 PM)Mayb...   Dec 31 2004, 10:22 PM
sadolakced acid   you don't have to be close to shore.... the t...   Dec 29 2004, 10:35 PM
comeupon   I was actually thinking the same thing with Bush p...   Dec 29 2004, 10:45 PM
sadolakced acid   hmm. maybe i heard it wrong from TV then... ...   Dec 29 2004, 10:51 PM
comeupon   You were actually right about spain, just red up o...   Dec 29 2004, 10:54 PM
sadolakced acid   ahh, that's why, it's a new donation. spa...   Dec 29 2004, 11:25 PM
comeupon   While they do have less money I wouldnt call them ...   Dec 30 2004, 02:24 AM
Teesa   QUOTE(comeupon @ Dec 30 2004, 2:24 AM)While t...   Dec 30 2004, 03:00 AM
ComradeRed   Asian countries should take more responsibility. I...   Dec 30 2004, 09:46 AM
.kyan   QUOTE(ComradeRed @ Dec 30 2004, 10:46 PM)Asia...   Dec 30 2004, 12:14 PM
comeupon   QUOTE(.kyan @ Dec 30 2004, 12:14 PM)Mind you,...   Dec 30 2004, 01:08 PM
mai_z   It's sad, i was looking on MSN, and in a pictu...   Dec 30 2004, 10:44 AM
ComradeRed   That was a serious comment... this is a CIVIL issu...   Dec 30 2004, 01:11 PM
.kyan   QUOTE(comeupon @ Dec 31 2004, 2:08 AM)Also th...   Dec 30 2004, 02:08 PM
ComradeRed   QUOTE(.kyan @ Dec 30 2004, 2:08 PM)Yes it...   Dec 30 2004, 02:43 PM
sadolakced acid   yes, but in this case i belive something of a mili...   Dec 30 2004, 01:35 PM
xsweetxcandyx   why are we all just talking about it...we should a...   Dec 30 2004, 03:09 PM
comeupon   QUOTE(xsweetxcandyx @ Dec 30 2004, 3:09 PM)wh...   Dec 30 2004, 03:45 PM
ComradeRed   QUOTE(xsweetxcandyx @ Dec 30 2004, 3:09 PM)wh...   Dec 31 2004, 03:24 PM
azn_r4pf4n   their training the ppl in sri lanka.   Dec 30 2004, 10:24 PM
sadolakced acid   QUOTEU.S. military transport planes Thursday began...   Dec 30 2004, 10:31 PM
mechwarrior1989   The United States increased the aid to $350 m...   Dec 31 2004, 06:40 PM
sadolakced acid   QUOTE(mechwarrior1989 @ Dec 31 2004, 5:40 PM)...   Dec 31 2004, 09:27 PM
sammi rules you   1) we are helping. we don't HAVE to, but we ar...   Dec 31 2004, 07:28 PM
comeupon   QUOTE(touch my monkey @ Dec 31 2004, 7:28 PM)...   Jan 9 2005, 09:47 PM
xcaitlinx   QUOTE(touch my monkey @ Dec 31 2004, 7:28 PM)...   Jan 13 2005, 08:10 PM
Endless_Symphony   I hate to be cynical but Asia wouldn't get the...   Jan 9 2005, 09:42 PM
xcaitlinx   well, i know that htey are going to be rebuilding ...   Jan 13 2005, 08:04 PM
pandamonium   did you guys know ... they havent found any cats o...   Jan 13 2005, 08:07 PM
azn_r4pf4n   QUOTE(pandamonium @ Jan 13 2005, 5:07 PM)did ...   Jan 14 2005, 12:11 AM
sadolakced acid   they say the animals can sense the earthquake from...   Jan 14 2005, 12:18 AM


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