Myanmar Earthquake

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Have the last two episode of Season 3 of "White Lotus" been filmed yet? If not, there may be a dramatic plot twist coming.
 
Wait until Juan de Fuca rips loose. 9.3 or 9.5 or 9.8……

Estimates are everything west of I-5 in Washington and Oregon is gone…flattened….no bridges, no hospitals, no cell phones, no sewer, no water,….…that’s before the tsunamis.

The Pacific Northwest does not have building codes to handle major earthquakes. Why? It doesn’t have a “history” of major earthquakes. White men arrived in the Pacific Northwest in the 1800’s. That’s our “history” of earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest.
 
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Learning what happened there was enabled by the records that Japan keeps of earthquakes and tsunamis.

Japan had records of tsunamis that occurred without records of earthquakes. Those tsunamis coincided with likely dates of the Juan de Fuca fault making a big move.

Going out to Westport, Washington makes one think that Hatteras is hilly.
 


“… Mr. Trump said on Friday that the United States would offer aid to Myanmar, telling reporters, “We’re going to be helping.” But the initial U.S. response has been muted.

Other countries, including China and India, have begun sending food, blankets and search teams to Myanmar, where modeling by the U.S. Geological Survey suggests the number of deaths is likely to surpass 10,000. But Myanmar’s government, controlled by a junta that overthrew the country’s elected government in 2021, is under heavy sanctions from the United States, Britain and others, and its isolation is expected to complicate the global response.

In the past, the United States would “almost invariably” have sent search teams and released money to nonprofit organizations to aid survivors, said Jeremy Konyndyk, a former director of U.S.A.I.D.’s foreign disaster assistance office.

“The first 24 to 48 hours after a major disaster are the time of peak frenzy, because that’s when you’re getting the search-and-rescue teams spun up and organizing the airlifts,” Mr. Konyndyk said. “But none of that’s happening.”

… “I’d love to see them pull back the teams that they’ve fired and really mount a serious response” to the earthquake, Mr. Konyndyk said.

But he added, “The fact that they fired everyone on the day this was all going on does not suggest there’s much seriousness about a real U.S. response.”

U.S. rescue teams have traditionally provided not only sophisticated equipment, but also expertise to assist local teams on search methods, Mr. Konyndyk said.

“When the donor that normally provides about 40 percent of global humanitarian financing leaves the field, no one else can really fill that gap,” he said, referring to America’s role in global relief efforts.

“The absence of the U.S. here is going to mean fewer live rescues of people who could be saved. Full stop.”

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Myanmar Quake Death Toll Climbs as Some Aid Starts to Arrive

Myanmar’s military government said the death toll had reached 1,644, though that number is expected to rise significantly.
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Desperate search for survivors in Myanmar as death toll surges past 1,600​



“… Myanmar, one of Asia’s poorest nations, has largely been shut off from the world by its military government during four years of civil war.

Following yesterday’s deadly earthquake, Min Aung Hlaing, leader of the military government, declared a state of emergency – and made a rare plea for help in an “open invitation to any organizations and nations willing to come and help the people in need within our country.” …”
 
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“… Mr. Trump said on Friday that the United States would offer aid to Myanmar, telling reporters, “We’re going to be helping.” But the initial U.S. response has been muted.

Other countries, including China and India, have begun sending food, blankets and search teams to Myanmar, where modeling by the U.S. Geological Survey suggests the number of deaths is likely to surpass 10,000. But Myanmar’s government, controlled by a junta that overthrew the country’s elected government in 2021, is under heavy sanctions from the United States, Britain and others, and its isolation is expected to complicate the global response.

In the past, the United States would “almost invariably” have sent search teams and released money to nonprofit organizations to aid survivors, said Jeremy Konyndyk, a former director of U.S.A.I.D.’s foreign disaster assistance office.

“The first 24 to 48 hours after a major disaster are the time of peak frenzy, because that’s when you’re getting the search-and-rescue teams spun up and organizing the airlifts,” Mr. Konyndyk said. “But none of that’s happening.”

… “I’d love to see them pull back the teams that they’ve fired and really mount a serious response” to the earthquake, Mr. Konyndyk said.

But he added, “The fact that they fired everyone on the day this was all going on does not suggest there’s much seriousness about a real U.S. response.”

U.S. rescue teams have traditionally provided not only sophisticated equipment, but also expertise to assist local teams on search methods, Mr. Konyndyk said.

“When the donor that normally provides about 40 percent of global humanitarian financing leaves the field, no one else can really fill that gap,” he said, referring to America’s role in global relief efforts.

“The absence of the U.S. here is going to mean fewer live rescues of people who could be saved. Full stop.”

www.nytimes.com

Myanmar Quake Death Toll Climbs as Some Aid Starts to Arrive

Myanmar’s military government said the death toll had reached 1,644, though that number is expected to rise significantly.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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