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[technoir]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Kashmir_earthquake

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The 2005 Kashmir earthquake occurred at 8:50:38 a.m. West Asia Standard Time (Pakistan Standard Time) and 9:20:38 a.m. (India Standard Time) (03:50:38 UTC), on October 8, 2005 with the epicenter in the Pakistan-administered region of the disputed territory of Kashmir. It registered 7.6 on the Moment magnitude scale making it a major earthquake similar in intensity to the famous 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

Initially, official Pakistani estimates were that the earthquake has killed over 42,000 people and injured over 65,000. [1] However, as most of the affected areas are in mountainous regions and have been rendered inaccessible by landslides that have blocked the roads, the death toll is estimated to be much higher. At least 2.5 million people have been left homeless.


So why is it we do not get the hundreds of posts concerning this? Do we just care less if it is on the other side of the world? Are we simply just numb? Is there a point when the sheer level of disaster after disaster make the names just bleed together? I know I feel the same sence of powerless frustration watching that news as i did watching the news from New Orleans. If your one who believes in prayer say a few for those poor souls.

just my thoughts.

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[imperatrix.livejournal.com]

(Commentary to no one particular person):

My dad tells me, "You can't save someone from a sinking ship if your own boat is leaking." What this always meant to me is that I need to look to my own needs first, because it's pretty stupid to send money across the globe if I can't even feed and shelter myself locally. Sometimes we're just not in a position to send money or items somewhere, even if it's right next door. There have been plenty of times that people within our own LARP community have had a need, and I despaired over the fact that I wasn't in a position to help at that moment in time. As for the latest disasters across the globe, a dollar here and a dollar there has been the best I can do for the Red Cross, mostly at the grocery store as I run in for whatever thing I used to take for granted in my pantry. I am pleased to know that the American Red Cross isn't just for Americans in the continental USA-- their aid is pretty much global, which says a lot to me for who we are as a nation actually.

If I sit around and despair over every disaster that strikes humanity, I will quickly fall into a deep depression and withdraw from pretty much everything-- the solution is to tackle things a bit at a time, doing as much as I can within reason. Otherwise I'd want to die myself just to get rid of one more person that takes up space and resources that the rest of the world could sorely use. Just because a running commentary of my prayers for people everywhere isn't in every single post in my LJ doesn't mean that I don't care. I think that's true for most people.

The Red Cross does have my blood though, and victims everywhere are in my thoughts, too-- the end of my own nightly prayers is "and to all those who need Your Grace, I pray that it is granted." I think that covers pretty much everyone on the planet (and... elsewhere), whether they're in a disaster zone or not.

Sometimes all we can do is pray.

[technoir.livejournal.com]

I hope no one thought I was making criticism against anyone. I due a lot of posts or conversations for just the point of exploring what the hell is going on in my own head. I dont let myself loose sleep on stuff like this. I do what I can(yes I make annual modest payments to several groups not the least of which is the red cross). I think the people I choose to associate with are some of the most generous people I have ever known. My point was that this one did not seem to have the same emotional impact as some of the previous disasters. I was mearly expressing my thoughts of my own.