It's been a good while since the tragedy and it may mean nothing but I was thinking our board could, collectively, wish the people of Myanmar god speed. I'm not religious but there might be something to the idea that putting out good thoughts into the ether is worth something, anything, at times of tragedy.
To our friends in Myanmar----good luck and you have our greatest sympathies.
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Posted 19 May 2008 - 05:46 AM
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Posted 19 May 2008 - 12:49 PM
Good thought banj0 from a good heart. My prayers have been lifted each night for these folks as well as the people in China. The death toll could possibly reach 120,000 in Burma according to reports and has passed 38,000 in China... 
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Posted 19 May 2008 - 03:03 PM
yes let me add my good thoughts
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Posted 19 May 2008 - 07:46 PM
There have been some terrible tragedies within the last month. It's hard to imagine that many people dying. It's incomprehensible.
It pales in comparison to the earthquake and cyclone, but last week several powerful tornadoes ripped through my part of the country. A small EF1 touched down within a mile of my house and a one mile wide EF4 tornado passed within 10 miles destroying an entire town and killing about 20 people. I drove there yesterday to see it and was taken back by the total devastation. Every tree had been uprooted, sheets of metal were wrapped around everything still standing, houses were reduced to piles of debris or gone completely save for the concrete slabs they once stood on.
If one tornado can do that, I can't imagine the destruction in China and Myanmar.
It pales in comparison to the earthquake and cyclone, but last week several powerful tornadoes ripped through my part of the country. A small EF1 touched down within a mile of my house and a one mile wide EF4 tornado passed within 10 miles destroying an entire town and killing about 20 people. I drove there yesterday to see it and was taken back by the total devastation. Every tree had been uprooted, sheets of metal were wrapped around everything still standing, houses were reduced to piles of debris or gone completely save for the concrete slabs they once stood on.
If one tornado can do that, I can't imagine the destruction in China and Myanmar.
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Posted 19 May 2008 - 08:27 PM
Thank you Banj0 for starting this thread. It saddens me to see the destruction that has happened as of late. I am happy brew you are safe. I often wonder about Earthquakes in California, Yellowstone Super Volcano, Ring of Fire and other disasters that can happen at any moment.
To those in China and Myanmar, my sympathies go out to you and your loved ones
To those in China and Myanmar, my sympathies go out to you and your loved ones
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Posted 19 May 2008 - 09:04 PM
Nvyseal, on May 19 2008, 04:27 PM, said:
I am happy brew you are safe.
Me too Brew. That sounds way too close for comfort.
The Cyclone, earthquake, tornadoes---these tragedies can really numb the brain. There was an article in Wired a month or so ago (Link) that touched on that idea---the more people that are affected, the less affected the rest of us are. The author has a sense of hopefulness with regard to the Bill Gates foundation doing some good work fighting disease because Gates is better able than most philanthropists to conceptualize the huge numbers of people affected by tragedies like this.
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Posted 20 May 2008 - 04:45 AM
I have many Chinese friends i chat with on skype now-a-days and all but one (Cathy) have responded to me saying that they are ok. My prayers also go out to them all, and I am hoping my friend is ok as well.
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Posted 16 June 2008 - 07:47 AM
The storms just keep coming. I'm sure by now most of us have heard about the tornado that tore through a town and a Boy Scout camp in Iowa. 4 kids dead, almost 5 dozen injured.
Chapman, Kansas has been wiped off the map. Literally. Kansas State U. is pretty much gone.
I've lived in Michigan (U.S.) for most of my life and I remember only 1 tornado that touched down within 30 miles of downtown Detroit since I was born ('76). In the last month, 2 tornadoes have hit my neighborhood alone--one within 2 blocks of where I'm typing from and the other within a mile. Power was out for days and some residual effects kicked in---i.e, my bank lost power and lost my deposit records and bounced my house check and gas payment. My neighbor across the street came back home after days of seeking refuge at his parents to see his Dodge Dakota pickup upside down, and on top, of his Saturn. Both vehicles are totaled. For whatever reason, I, within 30 feet of that, just have to deal with a branch on the lawn.
To see this type of stuff first hand, and remember that areas like Oklahoma, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, etc., and areas all over the world, are dealing with catastrophes at least 1000 times as great has really given me pause. I mean, my little city looks like a war zone---and we weren't dealt nearly the type of storms that are affecting people all over the country, let alone the world.
Then I read that, this past Saturday, three British soldiers were killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan. Their names are David Murray, 19, from Dumfries; Private Nathan Cuthbertson, 19, from Sunderland; and Daniel Gamble, 22, from East Sussex. 100 U.K. soldiers have now died in Afghanistan. As many more from the U.S.
The dead and wounded in Iraq, I just can't imagine. That's not just a saying---how can anyone imagine the numbers of dead and wounded from the Iraqis, the U.K, the U.S, the whole of the E.U., Turkey, Australia, etc....
As I said earlier in this thread, I'm not a religious person. But I'm starting to think that prayer isn't for "God", it's for us. And for anyone that is suffering from loss. I hope this doesn't bother anyone that adheres to rigid dogma but I'm going to pray tonight for the first time in 15 years. Not to Allah, or Jesus, or "God", but to you. And to me. And to all of us. In the hope that all of us will be ok.
Ok, that might be sappy but the world seems really screwed up lately. Please, my friends, stay safe. X64bit.net, its members, its members' loved ones---this community means, and has meant, a lot to me for many years, both here and across the net. Please be ok.
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Chapman, Kansas has been wiped off the map. Literally. Kansas State U. is pretty much gone.
I've lived in Michigan (U.S.) for most of my life and I remember only 1 tornado that touched down within 30 miles of downtown Detroit since I was born ('76). In the last month, 2 tornadoes have hit my neighborhood alone--one within 2 blocks of where I'm typing from and the other within a mile. Power was out for days and some residual effects kicked in---i.e, my bank lost power and lost my deposit records and bounced my house check and gas payment. My neighbor across the street came back home after days of seeking refuge at his parents to see his Dodge Dakota pickup upside down, and on top, of his Saturn. Both vehicles are totaled. For whatever reason, I, within 30 feet of that, just have to deal with a branch on the lawn.
To see this type of stuff first hand, and remember that areas like Oklahoma, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, etc., and areas all over the world, are dealing with catastrophes at least 1000 times as great has really given me pause. I mean, my little city looks like a war zone---and we weren't dealt nearly the type of storms that are affecting people all over the country, let alone the world.
Then I read that, this past Saturday, three British soldiers were killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan. Their names are David Murray, 19, from Dumfries; Private Nathan Cuthbertson, 19, from Sunderland; and Daniel Gamble, 22, from East Sussex. 100 U.K. soldiers have now died in Afghanistan. As many more from the U.S.
The dead and wounded in Iraq, I just can't imagine. That's not just a saying---how can anyone imagine the numbers of dead and wounded from the Iraqis, the U.K, the U.S, the whole of the E.U., Turkey, Australia, etc....
As I said earlier in this thread, I'm not a religious person. But I'm starting to think that prayer isn't for "God", it's for us. And for anyone that is suffering from loss. I hope this doesn't bother anyone that adheres to rigid dogma but I'm going to pray tonight for the first time in 15 years. Not to Allah, or Jesus, or "God", but to you. And to me. And to all of us. In the hope that all of us will be ok.
Ok, that might be sappy but the world seems really screwed up lately. Please, my friends, stay safe. X64bit.net, its members, its members' loved ones---this community means, and has meant, a lot to me for many years, both here and across the net. Please be ok.
-b
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Posted 16 June 2008 - 04:02 PM
thank you banj. i feel the same way 
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Posted 16 June 2008 - 04:17 PM
No matter how you label it, prayer, and positive thinking is a good thing
There is indeed a lot of crazy thing going on lately, and it seems much of it has touched home with many of us
I won't pretend to compare this with the many tragedies of late, but last week the home and neighborhood I grew up in, where destroyed by fire
Yes, prayer is a good thing, and even if you are not religious or spiritual, there are many that need our positive thoughts these days
There is indeed a lot of crazy thing going on lately, and it seems much of it has touched home with many of us
I won't pretend to compare this with the many tragedies of late, but last week the home and neighborhood I grew up in, where destroyed by fire
Yes, prayer is a good thing, and even if you are not religious or spiritual, there are many that need our positive thoughts these days
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Posted 16 June 2008 - 11:02 PM
RJsPC, on Jun 16 2008, 11:17 AM, said:
No matter how you label it, prayer, and positive thinking is a good thing
There is indeed a lot of crazy thing going on lately, and it seems much of it has touched home with many of us
I won't pretend to compare this with the many tragedies of late, but last week the home and neighborhood I grew up in, where destroyed by fire
Yes, prayer is a good thing, and even if you are not religious or spiritual, there are many that need our positive thoughts these days
There is indeed a lot of crazy thing going on lately, and it seems much of it has touched home with many of us
I won't pretend to compare this with the many tragedies of late, but last week the home and neighborhood I grew up in, where destroyed by fire
Yes, prayer is a good thing, and even if you are not religious or spiritual, there are many that need our positive thoughts these days
Well said RJ, and whether the loss is a wood/brick house in America due to a fire or a thatch house in Burma due to a storm, both are someone's home and the loss hurts just the same.
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Posted 17 June 2008 - 12:36 AM
banj0, on Jun 16 2008, 01:47 AM, said:
The storms just keep coming. I'm sure by now most of us have heard about the tornado that tore through a town and a Boy Scout camp in Iowa. 4 kids dead, almost 5 dozen injured.
Chapman, Kansas has been wiped off the map. Literally. Kansas State U. is pretty much gone.
I've lived in Michigan (U.S.) for most of my life and I remember only 1 tornado that touched down within 30 miles of downtown Detroit since I was born ('76). In the last month, 2 tornadoes have hit my neighborhood alone--one within 2 blocks of where I'm typing from and the other within a mile. Power was out for days and some residual effects kicked in---i.e, my bank lost power and lost my deposit records and bounced my house check and gas payment. My neighbor across the street came back home after days of seeking refuge at his parents to see his Dodge Dakota pickup upside down, and on top, of his Saturn. Both vehicles are totaled. For whatever reason, I, within 30 feet of that, just have to deal with a branch on the lawn.
To see this type of stuff first hand, and remember that areas like Oklahoma, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, etc., and areas all over the world, are dealing with catastrophes at least 1000 times as great has really given me pause. I mean, my little city looks like a war zone---and we weren't dealt nearly the type of storms that are affecting people all over the country, let alone the world.
Then I read that, this past Saturday, three British soldiers were killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan. Their names are David Murray, 19, from Dumfries; Private Nathan Cuthbertson, 19, from Sunderland; and Daniel Gamble, 22, from East Sussex. 100 U.K. soldiers have now died in Afghanistan. As many more from the U.S.
The dead and wounded in Iraq, I just can't imagine. That's not just a saying---how can anyone imagine the numbers of dead and wounded from the Iraqis, the U.K, the U.S, the whole of the E.U., Turkey, Australia, etc....
As I said earlier in this thread, I'm not a religious person. But I'm starting to think that prayer isn't for "God", it's for us. And for anyone that is suffering from loss. I hope this doesn't bother anyone that adheres to rigid dogma but I'm going to pray tonight for the first time in 15 years. Not to Allah, or Jesus, or "God", but to you. And to me. And to all of us. In the hope that all of us will be ok.
Ok, that might be sappy but the world seems really screwed up lately. Please, my friends, stay safe. X64bit.net, its members, its members' loved ones---this community means, and has meant, a lot to me for many years, both here and across the net. Please be ok.
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Chapman, Kansas has been wiped off the map. Literally. Kansas State U. is pretty much gone.
I've lived in Michigan (U.S.) for most of my life and I remember only 1 tornado that touched down within 30 miles of downtown Detroit since I was born ('76). In the last month, 2 tornadoes have hit my neighborhood alone--one within 2 blocks of where I'm typing from and the other within a mile. Power was out for days and some residual effects kicked in---i.e, my bank lost power and lost my deposit records and bounced my house check and gas payment. My neighbor across the street came back home after days of seeking refuge at his parents to see his Dodge Dakota pickup upside down, and on top, of his Saturn. Both vehicles are totaled. For whatever reason, I, within 30 feet of that, just have to deal with a branch on the lawn.
To see this type of stuff first hand, and remember that areas like Oklahoma, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, etc., and areas all over the world, are dealing with catastrophes at least 1000 times as great has really given me pause. I mean, my little city looks like a war zone---and we weren't dealt nearly the type of storms that are affecting people all over the country, let alone the world.
Then I read that, this past Saturday, three British soldiers were killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan. Their names are David Murray, 19, from Dumfries; Private Nathan Cuthbertson, 19, from Sunderland; and Daniel Gamble, 22, from East Sussex. 100 U.K. soldiers have now died in Afghanistan. As many more from the U.S.
The dead and wounded in Iraq, I just can't imagine. That's not just a saying---how can anyone imagine the numbers of dead and wounded from the Iraqis, the U.K, the U.S, the whole of the E.U., Turkey, Australia, etc....
As I said earlier in this thread, I'm not a religious person. But I'm starting to think that prayer isn't for "God", it's for us. And for anyone that is suffering from loss. I hope this doesn't bother anyone that adheres to rigid dogma but I'm going to pray tonight for the first time in 15 years. Not to Allah, or Jesus, or "God", but to you. And to me. And to all of us. In the hope that all of us will be ok.
Ok, that might be sappy but the world seems really screwed up lately. Please, my friends, stay safe. X64bit.net, its members, its members' loved ones---this community means, and has meant, a lot to me for many years, both here and across the net. Please be ok.
-b
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