Video just released (October 23rd,2011) showing the devastation in the city of Van,Turkey as civilians panic to recover wounded and dead civilians from the rubble.
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2011-10-23/turkey-earthquake/50880238/1
A magnitude-7.2 earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Sunday, killing at
least 85 people and sparking widespread panic as it collapsed dozens of
buildings into piles of twisted steel and chunks of concrete.
Tens
of thousands of residents fled into the streets running, screaming and
trying to reach relatives on cellphones. As the full extent of the
damage became clear, desperate survivors dug into the rubble with their
bare hands, trying to rescue the trapped and the injured.Turkey's
state-run television TRTsaid a group of inmates escaped from a prison
after the earthquake struck. It gave no other detail and it was not
immediately known how many had fled.
"My wife and child are inside! My 4-month-old baby is inside!" CNN-Turk
television
showed one young man sobbing outside a collapsed building in Van, the
provincial capital.TRT television reported that 59 people were killed
and 150 injured in the eastern town of Ercis, 25 others died in Van and a
child died in the nearby province of Bitlis.Turkish scientists
estimated that up to 1,000 people could already be dead, basing the
calculation on low local housing standards and the size of the quake.The
hardest hit was Ercis, a city of 75,000 close to the Iranian border,
which lies on the Ercis Fault in one of Turkey's most earthquake-prone
zones. Van, about 55 miles to the south, also sustained substantial
damage.Up to 80 buildings collapsed in Ercis,including a dormitory, and
10 buildings collapsed in Van, the Turkish Red Crescent said. Some
highways also caved in, CNN-Turk television reported.
By: the demon
In: Regional News
Tags: Earthquake, 7.2, Van, Turkey, raw, video, footage, disaster, panic, chaos, rescue, wounded, dead, injured
Location: Van, Van, Turkey (load item map)
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I blame the fat lady that was on the dr. drew show in the previous upload.
Posted Oct-24-2011 ByZZZzzzap (262.48) 
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I agree, it was her alright....
Posted Oct-24-2011 Byrcpilotjae (349.18) 
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Damn yeah...must have been the same feeling being under her and standing in that city...in the city you could at least breathe a little....not that dude! :S
Posted Oct-24-2011 ByDamnNation (169.10) 
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@ZZZzzzap I concur
Posted Oct-24-2011 ByNoozDude (45.24) 
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Yeah, I'm not seeing much rebar sticking out.
Posted Oct-23-2011 ByJottritter (62.34) 
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good observation, I wouldn't have thought of it.
Posted Oct-24-2011 ByLikeLiveLeak (144.48) LikeLiveLeak View Channel Send Message
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And yet Tayyip Erdoğan refuse any help from Israel.
Posted Oct-24-2011 Byusounddodgy (1781.80) 
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after nearly 3000 yrs in the region, you'd think they would have insisted on some sort of earthquake codes for construction years ago.
that said, i am surprised at what seems to be a lower death toll than i would have guessed at.
but ...the worst is yet to come
Posted Oct-24-2011 Bygeoleojoh (274.04) 
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Your right I see no rebar at all in those slabs
or walls!!!
Posted Oct-24-2011 Byzecadr (105.44) zecadr View Channel Send Message
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What is tragic is the 3rd world construction techniques. If you are going to pour concrete PUT SOME DAMN REBAR in it! Much of this could have been prevented.
Posted Oct-24-2011 ByDiverdanm (407.82) 
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@Diverdanm The tragic is the 3rd world construction in US also , especially in tornado valley. Who build the houses from 2x4s and 2x6es on that areas?? So dumb. No wonder that your houses flying over there like dirt on wind.
Posted Oct-24-2011 Bymuras100 (81.28) 
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I agree with you looking at Japan also how many dead after that big f'kr. I also have heard that they are the mos prepared for that sh1t but the tsunami was whole other kick in the nutz
Posted Oct-24-2011 Bytrancefreak64 (33.14) trancefreak64 View Channel Send Message
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Shit...i read that wrong...7.2 earthquake hits A van....not the city Van :S....i need my sleep i guess.
Rest in peace and serenity those who perished.
Posted Oct-24-2011 ByDamnNation (169.10) 
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oh it's a town, not a car.
Posted Oct-24-2011 Byrage1 (36.02) 
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turkey was sending troops into iraq. Hmmmm HAARP.Where is my tin foil hat?
Posted Oct-24-2011 ByDCX (351.20) 
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@DCX HAARP is an evil weapon to control the skys/weather/activate underground earthquakes/control peoples moods plus a few more to boot.. we will get hold of their data one day & I'm sure it will prove amerikunts have been fking with the world long enough]
Posted Oct-24-2011 ByGunZenBomZ (717.50) 
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@GunZenBomZ Its always the Americans..... we are always the big bad wolf. But of course, this earthquake is somehow our problem.
Posted Oct-24-2011 Byhealingduck (179.76) healingduck View Channel Send Message
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@GunZenBomZ LMFAO Next you'll be saying the American economy is fucked because of goddamn secret volcano lairs, henchmen and internet video conferencing to demand one miiillon dollars!!
Posted Oct-24-2011 Bysnowfire (476.94) 
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Sorry but i would laugh my ass off if just one of those were true :).
Posted Oct-24-2011 ByDamnNation (169.10) 
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So very sad, no chance in that lot.
Posted Oct-24-2011 Bypantoe (571.58) 
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Where's your Allah now bitches?
Posted Oct-24-2011 Byvibrating (20.86) 
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Alah Akbar this, bitch.
Posted Oct-24-2011 ByGR8Debate (63.54) GR8Debate View Channel Send Message
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That building was all sorts of fucked up and toppled over
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