i just want to ball up and cry...

i had to start another thread because, this is just too much for me. and i thought my life was bad. now we're starting to get the survivor's stories, some film footage from the disaster, and now i've even heard stuff about land mines in sri lanka being blown up from the wave. i just want to rip my heart out, sad isn't even the word. it's definitely the shock felt around the world... whether it be the actual shock or the shock from the disaster. it is the largest natural disaster of our lifetime, the costliest nastural disaster EVER, and who knows what kind of economic effects this will have for years to come. i even feel bad sitting by my computer talking about it and doing nothing (right now)...

 

I feel so bad right now because I found out today that my second cousin who I was very close to when i was little has a month to live, she has sotmach cancer. My great aunt and uncle are touring the suth pacific and australia and can't gt a flight home to be with here because of the disaster. I feel bad because I basically feel like fuck everyone else, I want them to get home. I know this is selfish because thousands of people who I don't know have lost mothers,daughters, fathers borthers and sisters, yet after hearing the news of my cousin I just don't care as much as I should.

 

its horrible. i just think of all those people that were just having a normal day and then all the sudden, they're all dead.

 

i cant handle looking at the photos that are coming out of there. all those little kids...

 

Sometimes I'm glad I have no feelings

 

You know what I hate? After 9/11, every American wanted and expected the support of everyone around the world. Now, when other people face a disaster, we don't care. The news networks are hardly covering this at all from what I can see. It's disgusting... I guess most Americans would rather shop for shitty holiday gifts than actually care about anything important.

 

yall cant be serious... I see it all over tv. I still dont know where you people are coming from. Ive seen it on cnn, cspan, the weather channel, fox news....... all over the place.. what kind of coverage do yall expect, really? you think everyone should stop what they are doing and grieve over what happened? disasters happen all the time.

 

dude, you already ruined one of my threads. have some respect for people who feel compassion, and the thousands that died. please? or take it to another thread. thanks.

 

From what I've seen on the news today, it was almost all they covered... And america is sending $15 million in aid or whatever.... Do II just watch a different channel or something?

 

i turned to fox about half an hour ago and they had some shitty pop singer on there promoting her album... that's not coverage.

 

Totaly agree, it's been all over the news... I mean I feel bad for them and all, but what can I say? Shit happens....

 

This mans TV must be hooked to his VCR with an old program in it. I cant hardly get anything but this on mine. As for 911 I do not remember much of anyone rushing to our aid except a select few. I do remember us running to the aid of Mexico when they had a bad earthquake, and we sent relief help to numerous others. What is really sad is that the news does not cover the aid we do send and have sent. I have 2 friends who have been deployed there from our hated US Army, they are field doctors, hmm CNN missed that one. Before you enjoy the bliss of what garbage the news feeds you, look for honest sources.

He ruined your thread here by correcting a bold face lie! I mean your right they have not turned all the channels at once to this and kept it locked in there but again this happens every year to many countries. It is sad, it is something that should not happen but does. Everyone here should be gratefull they have what they have and if they really care get off there ass and help! It is good to poor your heart out but they cant hear you, feel you and sadly it is an effort that will do nothing for them. Send money, volunteer, go into college into a field that may help them.

Now you will be all pissed off at me but I hate miss informed people saying how bad the American public is to the rest of the world. Our goverment sucks but our media sucks more.

 

Keep in mind, you're watching FOX.

 

I do feel compassion and Im sorry for what happened. I already said Id be praying for them..... but do you honestly think you really need to crawl into a ball and grieve for them??? I mean, you dont even know these people. plus, the news media is covering this disaster, ad nauseum already. I dont think you people are ever satisfied. there are other things to report than just one disaster. how many times do they have to mention there was a 9.0 earthquake with devastating tsunamis that killed thousands of people in sri lanka, kenya, somalia, india and thailand, amoung those killed in indonesia from the earthquake? what all is there to report other than the death count so far, and the possible dangers they could be going through while they have no clean water? how can you cover 24 hours of news with one event??

plus I have a right to my opinion on this matter, and what are you trying to do, supress my thoughts?? I thought hippies were supposed to be open to other people's opinions. its hardly the case here, you just whine and moan and tell them to leave. how open minded.

 

hear, hear.

he's right. empathy is appropriate, as is media coverage, and from what i've been seeing, both have been gotten. it's foolish to be so overcome with grief as to want to ball up and cry; to live is experience tragedy, but life goes on.

 

Hey tragedy affects people in different ways. I feel terrible for those people certainly as I'm sure everyone does. For some people it does create grief, whether you think its warranted or not. Honestly, why knock the man if that's the way he feels about the situation?

 

the same goes the other way around, why knock me for the way I feel? Ive been attacked both times I had opinions on this matter.

 

fair enough - it does go both ways, I agree.

 

Actually, I think the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius at Pompeii was more devastating. But this certainly is a tragedy. I'd do something about it, if I had the connections.

 

costliest natural disasters ever?? are you talking in terms of people or possessive things?? it certainly isnt the most devastating..... and money is relative to the times.....

Athens, 430 B.C.: Typhus epidemic
Pompei, 79: Volcanic eruption
Costantinopole, 542: Bubonic plague
Japan, 1181: famine (100,000 dead)
Holland, 1228: sea flood (100,000 dead)
Europe and Asia, 1346-52: Bubonic plague or "black death" (one third of the European population dead plus millions in Asia and North Africa for a total of 25 million)
Shensi, Iraly, 1556: earthquake (800,000 dead)
Napoli, Italy, 1631: Mt Vesuvius erupts (3,000 dead)
Havana, 1648: Yellow fever epidemic
Sevilla, Spain, 1649: Plague (80,000 dead)
Turkey, 1668: earthquake (8,000 dead)
Lisbon, 1755: earthquake and tsunami (30,000 dead)
Bengal (India), 1769: famine (ten million dead)
Northamerica, 1775-82: Smallpox (130,000 dead)
Iran, 1780: earthquake (200,000 dead)
Philadelphia, 1793: Yellow fever epidemic (5,000 dead)
Cairo, 1831: Cholera epidemic, which spreads to London
London and Paris, 1832: Cholera epidemic (25,000 dead)
Ireland, 1845: famine (one million dead)
Mapoli, Italy, 1857: earthquake (11,000 dead)
France, 1870-71: Smallpox (500,000 dead)
Indonesia, 1883: Tsunami (36,000 dead)
Mino-owari, Japan, 1891: earthquake (7,000 dead)
Japan, 1896: Tsunami (27,000 dead)
India, 1897: earthquake (1,500 dead)
Galveston, 1900: Hurricane (8000 dead)
San Francisco, 1906: earthquake and fire (3,000 dead)
Colombia, 1906: earthquake (1,000 dead)
Chile, 1906: earthquake (20,000 dead)
Messina, Italy, 1908: 7.5 earthquake (70,000 dead)
Mexico City, 1911: earthquake
Worldwide, 1918: Influenza pandemic (25 million dead)
Gansu, China, 1920: 8.6 earthquake (200,000 dead)
Yokohama, Japan, 1923: 8.3 earthquake (143,000 dead)
Nanshan, China, 1927: 8.3 earthquake (200,000 dead)
Florida, USA, 1928: Hurricane (1800 dead)
Gansu, China, 1932: 7.6 earthquake (70,000 dead)
Sanriku, Japan, 1933: 8.4 earthquake (3,000 dead)
Bihar, India, 1934: 8.1 earthquake (10,700 dead)
Quetta, Pakistan, 1935: 7.5 earthquake (30,000 dead)
New York, USA, 1938: Rains (600 dead)
Erzincan, Turkey, 1939: 7.8 earthquake (33,000 dead)
Tonankai, Japan, 1944: 8.1 earthquake (1,200 dead)
Nankaido, Japan, 1946: earthquake (1,330 dead)
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, 1948: earthquake (100,000 dead)
Assam, India, 1950: earthquake (1,526 dead)
Holland, 1953: Sea flood (1,794 dead)
Iran, 1953: Rain flood (10,000 dead)
Louisiana, USA, 1957: Hurricane (400 dead)
Worldwide, 1957: Influenza pandemic (more than one million dead)
China, 1960: Famine (20 million dead)
Morocco, 1960: earthquake (10,000 dead)
Chile, 1960: earthquake (5,700 dead)
Mt Huascaran, Peru, 1962: Volcano eruption (3,000)
North Peru, 1970: 7.8 earthquake (66,000 dead)
Bangladesh, 1970: Sea flood (200,000 dead)
Vietnam, 1971: Red River flood (100,000 dead)
Nicaragua, 1972: earthquake flood (10,000 dead)
Bangladesh, 1974: floods (28,000 dead)
Ethiopia, 1974: famine (200,000 dead)
Haicheng, China, 1975: 7.0 earthquake (10,000 dead)
Tangshan, China, 1976: 8.0 earthquake (255,000 dead)
Guatemala, 1976: earthquake (23,000 dead)
Andhra Pradesh, India, 1977: cyclone (10,000 dead)
Mexico, 1982: volcanic eruption (1,800 dead)
Yemen, 1982: earthquake (3,000 dead)
Bhopal, India, 1984: Chemical pollution (3,800 dead)
Ethiopia, 1984: Famine (900,000 dead)
Ciudad de Mexico, 1985: 8.1 earthquake (9,500 dead)
Armenia, 1988: earthquake (55,000 dead)
Bangladesh, 1988: Monsoon flood (1,300 dead)
Gilan and Zanjan, Iran, 1990: 7.7 earthquake (35,000 dead)
Bangladesh, 1991: tsunami (138,000 dead)
Latur, India, 1993: earthquake (22,000 dead)
Kobe, Japan, 1995: earthquake (5,500 dead)
North Korea, 1995-98: Famine and floods (3.5 million dead)
West Africa, 1996: meningitis outbreak (25,000 dead)
Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 1996: earthquake (??,000 dead)
Papua New Guinea, 1998: Tsunami (2,200 dead)
Yangtze Kiang, China, 1998: flooding (3,600 dead)
Central America, 1998: Hurricane Mitch and floods (12,000 dead)
Colombia, 1999: earthquake (1,185 dead)
Turkey, 1999: earthquake (17,000 dead)
Taiwan, 1999: 7.6 earthquake (2,400 dead)
Orissa, India, 1999: Cyclone (7,600 dead)
Venezuela, 1999: Floods (20,000 dead)
Gujarat, India, 2001: earthquake (20,000 dead)
El Salvador, 2001: earthquake (850 dead)
Afghanistan, 2002: earthquake (2,500 dead)
Algeria, 2003: earthquake (2,266 dead)
Andhra Pradesh, India, 2003: Heat wave (1,300 dead)
France, 2003: Heat wave (15,000 dead)
Bam, Iran, 2003: earthquake (41,000 dead)
Al-Hoceima, Morocco, 2004: earthquake (571 dead)
Haiti and Dominican Republic, 2004: rains (2,400 dead)
Philippines, 2004: typhoon (1,000 dead)
Southeast Asia, 2004: 9.0 earthquake (4,440 dead in Indonesia, 6,000 in Sri Lanka, 6,000 in India, 400 in Thailand, 50 in Malaysia, 32 in the Maldives)