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Eight killed in Turkey flash floods
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09 Sep 2009 Wed 04:51 pm |
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So you don´t want there to be any discussions in the discussion forum? Hummmm? I guess we can just look at eachother.
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09 Sep 2009 Wed 04:54 pm |
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Maybe we could set a limit on what body count is considered newsworthy?
On the other hand I agree with Suyu, I don´t think it´s a "must" read. I´m sure my day will go on as usual regardless of whether or not I read this article.
Edited (9/9/2009) by Melek74
Edited (9/9/2009) by Melek74
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09 Sep 2009 Wed 05:00 pm |
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Maybe we could set a limit on what body count is considered newsworthy?
On the other hand I agree with Suyu, I don´t think it´s a "must" read. I´m sure my day will go on as usual regardless of whether or not I read this article.
Melek please don´t discuss anything.
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09 Sep 2009 Wed 06:23 pm |
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Today there was a striking piece of news in a Turkish newspaper, the amount of precipitation accumulated after the 30 minute heavy rain fall of yesterday (90kgs) was higher than the amount of average total precipitation of the entire year (80kgs).
Every year torrential floods happen in this country. They are a very serious problem especially for the Black Sea region where precipitation amounts are particularly high and where most towns are located at the mouths of natural gullies on a mountainous terrain with sharp slopes.
I noticed that many homes are built near small streams. From my experience, those small streams can very rapidly become large. Isn´t there any program to raise awarness of flooding in Turkey. I noticed some places that looked like flood plains with multiple homes built in them.
In parts of CA we have a lot of very devastating floods during certain seasons. I´ve seen those tiny streams turn into huge rivers with cars, refirgerators and other stuff flowing in them. It´s truly amazing.....and dangerous.
CA floods
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09 Sep 2009 Wed 06:29 pm |
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Here are some amazing photos of the floods in Turkey. They are from the Istanbul area on September the 9th, 2009.
Flash floods in Istanbul
Edited (9/9/2009) by alameda
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09 Sep 2009 Wed 06:41 pm |
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Oh my. I can´t imagine how it must feel to be there right now, someone I care about has gone to Istanbul for 5 weeks and the first thing I did after hearing this was to call him. Thankfully he is ok. So much rain is hard to comprehend, my condolences to the familes who have lost people, and my best wishes to the many who have, and will be affected in any way.
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09 Sep 2009 Wed 08:18 pm |
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Such news are really tough....thanks for posting the links to news articles, it does help to get more information.I just discovered this right now on the French TV channel LCI and came straight here to learn more.
My wholehearted support and best wishes to the people of Istanbul and the region, this is really sad.
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09 Sep 2009 Wed 08:32 pm |
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A very sad day watching the news coverage for most of the day, we are not far away from most of the worst flooding and just want to express our deepest sympathy for all those that have died and are hopes for the people still missing that they will be found
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09 Sep 2009 Wed 10:20 pm |
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It is extremely sad and worrying ,tv shows terrible scenes,I hope that ones I care are ok...And all families that lost their members will find peace.
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09 Sep 2009 Wed 10:28 pm |
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This has made it to the BBC 6:00 news tonight with terrible scenes of people struggling to be saved from violent flooding. The news reported that some 30 people have died and there are many missing. It is the worst flood for 80 years in Istanbul.
I am hoping that all our TC friends are safe from this.
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09 Sep 2009 Wed 10:49 pm |
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A very sad day watching the news coverage for most of the day, we are not far away from most of the worst flooding and just want to express our deepest sympathy for all those that have died and are hopes for the people still missing that they will be found
Hope you and your family are safe!
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