No threads about Typhoon Haiyan?

[i-need-a-martini]

Perhaps I've missed it.

But just in case I haven't, what horrific devastation our neighbours have suffered. Aside from the dead and missing, to see so many people homeless and without basics like water and edible food is heartbreaking.

News like this makes me so much more grateful for the safety a country like Australia offers.

[icyfroth]

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

The enormity of it is hard to comprehend, hence no comment, I guess.

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Not being critical of your comment personally icy. And I am about to take your comment out of context so apologies in advance -

Why would people not comment because they can't comprehend the enormity of it?

We've commented on lots of trivial stuff today. 

How is it that we can 'feel' the pain of an artist that nails his testicles to the floor in Russia but have no comment to make on horrendous news right on our door step?

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Because mere words can't cover the scope of horror and devastation.

I mean, what do you say? "Isn't that awful, that Typhoon in the Phillipines"?. Shocking? Terrible? Horrendous? Just don't quite hit the mark, do they?

So we tend to ignore the elephant in the loungeroom.

Comment on trivial things, they're easier to grasp.

[j*oono]

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@donnashuggy wrote:

Apparently charitable threads are a no go zone I was actually interested in who are the best charities to donate to.

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Sorry Donna.  I couldn't find your thread.

My favourite is Medicines sans frontieres but you do get an awful lot of email requests once you have done a donation online.  Of course I also like World Vision, Red Cross and Oxfam.

Edit because I spelt their name wrong.

[cherry*135]

It just stuns me when I look at the photos and there is just flattened houses/buildings/trees everywhere.. where would you start rebuliding all that?... worse of course is the many lives lost.. children swept away out of their parents arms etc.

[fourandsixpants]

http://tropic.ssec.wisc.edu/storm_archive/2013/storms/haiyan/HaiyanVIS.html

Interesting to note that there are conflicting reports on the death toll from news media compared to official Philippine Govt. Perhaps the govt only uses confirmed numbers....makes sense. Media reports are talking 10,000 souls lost. Terrifying.

[twinkles**stars]

After the last thread regarding the earthquake in the Philippines I'm not surprised this is the first mention of the horrific news there. 😞

[***super_nova***]

I guess it is the enormity of the disaster that left us all speechless.  I am sure that there will be many more bodies under all that debris.  It is such a poor country, with millions living in shanty towns where there just was no shelter, and even concrete building were washed off. 

This will be a new wave of refugees wanting to come to Australia. 

[fourandsixpants]

....interesting.......where have 'deleted' posts gone?!.....