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47. That is sadly true

Mon Oct 14, 2013, 08:15 PM

Oct 2013

In this "its all about ME ME ME" world in which we now live, it is often difficult for me to wrap my head around the way people react to situations like this.

For me, I want to HELP if I can HELP.

It was not good, that was for sure. That poor young woman .... the screams ...

I could not have possibly hung-up on her! No, that is not the kind of person that I am.

Maybe it helped her in some small way is all I can say/hope.

Nothing wrong with trying to help a stranger, not in my book anyway, esp. during a freakin' disaster!

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Magnitude 7.4 quake hits Philippines, no tsunami threat [View all] CountAllVotes Oct 2013 OP

Pakistan 7.7 alfredo Oct 2013 #1

Holy shit! CountAllVotes Oct 2013 #4

7.7 is a mighty shake. alfredo Oct 2013 #35

I read the map wrong. I saw the Pakistan quake, I didn't check the date. alfredo Oct 2013 #54

USGS Furloughed rustysgurl Oct 2013 #2

Philipines- 7.2 James48 Oct 2013 #3

More hard data here James48 Oct 2013 #12

Mental note: tofuandbeer Oct 2013 #56

Was that a rat or dog or cat that ran across after the people left? uppityperson Oct 2013 #57

:) I think it was a cat. tofuandbeer Oct 2013 #59

Two of them Scairp Oct 2013 #17

They revised it Scairp Oct 2013 #21

I know it was bad CountAllVotes Oct 2013 #36

How scary to listen to, being helpless where you are. uppityperson Oct 2013 #43

7.2 in the Philippines trocar Oct 2013 #5

These people have gone through hell and back, so many times! darkangel218 Oct 2013 #6

Yikes indeed! My heart was racing imagining myself in YOUR position. arcane1 Oct 2013 #7

All I could think was to tell her to get under a doorway CountAllVotes Oct 2013 #11

Myth itsrobert Oct 2013 #20

I kind of doubt this lady was in a "modern structure" CountAllVotes Oct 2013 #26

Thank you. I keep seeing the doorway thing and that is outdated. Table or desk is best. uppityperson Oct 2013 #28

I did that in 1989... yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #27

I was driving home from work when that one hit CountAllVotes Oct 2013 #34

Good for you gopiscrap Oct 2013 #37

Thanks CountAllVotes Oct 2013 #40

I know, but lots of folks would have just hung up gopiscrap Oct 2013 #41

That is sadly true CountAllVotes Oct 2013 #47

usgs.gov Downwinder Oct 2013 #8

Uh-ohhhh Plucketeer Oct 2013 #16

Stupid SOBs CountAllVotes Oct 2013 #18

Twitter indicates it's probably the Philippines caseymoz Oct 2013 #9

Oops, paused to spell Philippines correctly caseymoz Oct 2013 #10

M7.2 - 2km S of Carmen, Philippines Bosonic Oct 2013 #13

Looks like the Philippines itsrobert Oct 2013 #14

That would be a really scary call for you Curmudgeoness Oct 2013 #15

Being a native Californian CountAllVotes Oct 2013 #22

Best thing to do, recommended thing, is to get under a table or desk. Poor people. uppityperson Oct 2013 #24

Who knows what the conditions are like CountAllVotes Oct 2013 #30

Indeed uppityperson Oct 2013 #46

I experienced a major earthquake once gopiscrap Oct 2013 #42

Cebu Philippines has a lot of call centers. DCBob Oct 2013 #19

You should relay your experience on MSNBC itsrobert Oct 2013 #23

+1 GreenPartyVoter Oct 2013 #50

Reuters: Magnitude 7.4 quake hits Philippines, no tsunami threat DCBob Oct 2013 #25

22 miles deep. wouldn't that depth mitigate some of the destructive potential? Adsos Letter Oct 2013 #31

Yes, I hope so too except the OP heard what sounded like damage and then the line cutoff. DCBob Oct 2013 #33

Never mind, looks like 1 quake. In which case, here is link to a gd thread. uppityperson Oct 2013 #32

No Tsunami Threat... yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #39

I think you have to get near the Magnitude 9 level Art_from_Ark Oct 2013 #60

That's just south of Cebu Island davidpdx Oct 2013 #61

You should fix the title, if you can DLnyc Oct 2013 #29

I did CountAllVotes Oct 2013 #44

Yes, I saw, thank you. DLnyc Oct 2013 #51

7.2 Magnitude Bohol, Philippines 41 minutes ago applegrove Oct 2013 #38

I have a relative in Mindanao and she just posted on Facebook it was really strong. DCBob Oct 2013 #45

Useful updated report site (sans USGS) Bosonic Oct 2013 #48

That is a great link, thank you. 4 fatalities. :( uppityperson Oct 2013 #49

Depth recalculated to 57 km vs initially at 33, good news, fewer expected fatalities. uppityperson Oct 2013 #52

33 km is a default depth (so are 5 and 10 km) bananas Oct 2013 #62

Thank you, I didn't know that. I have learned several things on DU recently. Thanks uppityperson Oct 2013 #63

Photo of the collapsed church. uppityperson Oct 2013 #53

Looking at this picture of inside a building, I'd've been screaming too. uppityperson Oct 2013 #55

Now saying 20 dead confirmed. Glad it was morning there, people were outside their homes uppityperson Oct 2013 #58

More bodies found in Bohol; quake death toll hits 151 muriel_volestrangler Oct 2013 #64