Massive earthquake in Turkey

[Pohemi]

Yep besides the cold/elements and starvation, the next issue that's going to make things hell will be disease and sickness. This won't be over for a while IMHO.

 

[KMFJD]

Reporting that it's over 41,000 dead now

 

[Oric]

Near 50K unfortunately,

One of our interns from last summer, we heard today he passed away with his brother, he was 21

 

[Roger Wilco]

6.4 quake today.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1627734580412182528

 

[Saylick]

Jesus H Christ! My heart goes out to the Turkish and Syrian people...

I think people here would be interested. Given my foray into architecture as a career I certainly am. Good luck. Stay safe.

The timeline is moving fast and everything is starting to come together. The firm decided to send two teams instead of one because there's just too many impacted sites to cover for one team. First team flies out next week, and I'll be flying out with the second team the week after. Going to visit my local pharmacy today to get a plethora of vaccinations: Hep A, Hep B, Tdap, rabies, and typhoid fever all in one go. *deep inhale and exhale* It's getting crazy.

 

[manly]

Vox has a good explainer.

There are a number of good relief organizations, but I'll likely donate through Direct Relief. They are ridiculously efficient at deploying donations without siphoning off the top for administration.

As for L.A. metro, everyone has heard by now that the southern San Andreas Fault is overdue for "The Big One," and that a large M 7.0+ quake there would devastate the region.

 

[manly]

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I can't comment on the quality of the games, but I'm sure at least a few are worth your time.

 

[Oric]

Thank you Manly

 

[Saylick]

Alright, ladies and gentlemen. The time has come. We will be departing for Turkey shortly. The first team gave us valuable insight regarding what they've seen thus far, so I'll be studying up on Turkish building codes on the flight (among other in-flight activities *cough* binging TV shows *cough*).

 

[allisolm]

Have a safe flight and please keep giving us updates when you can.

 

[Saylick]

Okay, I'm officially out of Turkey but won't post too much until next week. We have additional people in the country who won't be back until next week and I don't want to risk compromising them.

Here's a photo of me standing next to one of the infamously damaged buildings in Gölbaşı. This was a case of foundation failure where the soil settled completely out from the back side of the building. The structure above the foundation was surprisingly intact and relatively undamaged. You can see where the side of the building scraped up against the adjacent structure when it rotated backwards.



I'll eventually post more, but I will say that the photos you can find on Google are quite accurate. In some towns/cities, the devastation is widespread. I'm talking about entire swaths of residential condominiums that were completely leveled. Of the buildings that did not collapse, many are marked for demolition because there's little to salvage. It's a depressing sight and I got teary-eyed just walking amongst the rubble.

In the meantime, the NYT posted an excellent article on the wide-spread damage in Antakya that I suggest reading: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/03/13/world/middleeast/antakya-damage-assessment.html

 

[misuspita]

I'm hearing that people's houses that are still up but unsafe for living are gonna be destroyed and the state will build them a replacement, but they will have to pay for them roughly 20 years. No article, just spoken with my friend there...

 

[Kaido]

I'm hearing that people's houses that are still up but unsafe for living are gonna be destroyed and the state will build them a replacement, but they will have to pay for them roughly 20 years. No article, just spoken with my friend there...

My friend went down to visit her grandma in Puerto Rico last year. The place is still wrecked from Hurricane Maria apparently. Half of her grandma's roof got ripped off during the hurricane & she doesn't have the money to fix it, so they just move into the other rooms when it rains. Not many resources for repairs, making money, etc., especially as COVID hit a few years after the hurricane, so tourism went way down. Never thought I'd be so grateful for Home Depot...