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Gore blames humans. He's right, but not in the way he thinks. |
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^^^nice pic...but that storm is not near the scale of Katrina. |
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Rotting corpses pile up as Myanmar stalls on aid
| Quote From Source: | YANGON, Myanmar (CNN) -- Myanmar's cyclone survivors do not have enough fuel to burn the rotting corpses of the dead as the country's military junta continues to drag its feet over access for aid groups.
International concern is growing over the health of Myanmar's cyclone survivors as aid is delayed.
more photos » Relief agencies said decomposing corpses littered ditches and fields in the worst hit Irrawaddy delta area as survivors tried to conserve fuel for the transporting of much needed supplies.
The international community was growing increasingly frustrated Thursday with the junta's lack of progress in granting visas for relief workers and giving clearance for aid flights to land.
They were concerned the lack of medical supplies and clean food and water threatened to increase the already staggering death toll.
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Yup that was my fear yesterday. The longer this government screws around, the more bodies they will have added to the original total.
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THE death toll in cyclone-ravaged Burma could hit 500,000 – more than TWICE the total killed by the Boxing Day Tsunami.
| Quote From Source: | THE death toll in cyclone-ravaged Burma could hit 500,000 – more than TWICE the total killed by the Boxing Day Tsunami.
Last night's warning came as it emerged that 17 Britons, including ex-pats and backpackers, were still missing.
Sources said 200,000 people were already dead or dying.
But the figure could rise to HALF A MILLION through disease and hunger if the nation's hardline army rulers continue to block aid for the devastated lowlands of the Irrawaddy Delta.
That would dwarf the 230,000 deaths across South East Asia in the 2004 catastrophe.
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500,000 deaths placed SOLELY on the government of Myanmar. They did not alert their residents, they did not evacuate their residents, and now they are denying aide to their residents.
They want their residents to die. I can think of no other explanation. |
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Whoa ... now THAT'S a disaster.
Sad, but let's face it guys ... it's only the beginning. Mother Nature is just getting started.
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half a frikin million ... unbelievable.
I'm very worried about the days ahead.
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This is an absolute tragedy. Are there any "war crime" tribunals for peace time? Seriously the leaders of this country should be removed and hung. I was against the war in Iraq but I understood that Saddam needed to be removed.
I would support any country moving in here and taking over and unassing this current government and setting things up right. This is 2008. There is absolutely no reason for this level of deaths from a CATEGORY 3 storm with the technology in place today. With 48 hours notice there was more than enough time to get to high ground. And there is no reason for more deaths after the storm has passed. This is horrible.
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1st big foreign aid flights finally let in by Myanmar junta
| Quote From Source: | YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar's military regime allowed in the first major international aid shipment Thursday, but it snubbed a U.S. offer to help cyclone victims struggling to recover from a tragedy of unimaginable scale.
Five days after the storm, the junta continued to stall on visas for U.N. teams and other foreign aid workers anxious to deliver food, water and medicine to survivors amid fears the death toll could hit 100,000.
Among those stranded in Thailand were 10 members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team. Air Force transport planes and helicopters packed with supplies also sat waiting for a greenlight.
"We are in a long line of nations who are ready, willing and able to help, but also, of course, in a long line of nations the Burmese don't trust," U.S. Ambassador Eric John told reporters in Thailand's capital, Bangkok.
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hmmm, differing point of view...
| Quote From Source: | Burma not thankful for U.S. warships offering cyclone aid
When Burma's biggest enemy the United States offered to send emergency cyclone relief, it probably sounded like North Korea wanting to send its warships and troops to New Orleans to rescue people in the aftermath of Katrina.
Imagine North Korea simultaneously trumpeting their purported benevolence with public insults against Washington for not warning Americans, or providing them with escape routes, before Hurricane Katrina hit the coast.
To complete the comparison, this through-the-looking-glass North Korea would also be successfully strangling the U.S. with harsh international economic sanctions, fueling widespread unemployment, a shattered banking system and other woes for most Americans in a failed bid to change Washington's policies.
Little wonder why Burma, a xenophobic Southeast Asian country also known as Myanmar, recoiled in silence when Washington said it just wants to help.
Then the Pentagon offered to send its nearby USS Kitty Hawk and USS Nimitz to Burma's cyclone-stricken Irrawaddy River delta.
The USS Kitty Hawk's warplanes dropped "more than 20 tons" of bombs on Iraq, the U.S. Navy said on the aircraft carrier's proud web site.
Seen through the eyes of Burma's military, in power since a 1962 coup, U.S. foreign policy is always perceived as a 21st century Trojan Horse.
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we r not the only country that was denied access. the whole world was denied access as thousands of people died. at what point do we just say, f' their government and go in and topple them so that we can get aid to their people. its not like it would be tough at that point after they just got ravaged by a hurricane. maybe thats not a great idea but we could have at least done fly overs dropping supplies on the worst areas. f' their government if they dont like it. people r dying over there. 500,000? thats like nuking a whole US city. some heads need to roll over this one. |
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U.N. halts Myanmar flights after aid 'seized'
| Quote From Source: | YANGON, Myanmar (CNN) -- Authorities in cyclone-ravaged Myanmar have seized United Nations aid intended for victims of the disaster, a move that "shuts down" future flights from the organization, according to a U.N. World Food Program official.
The organization, which insists on distributing its own relief supplies, said the seizure of two aircraft-loads of food, medcine and equipment, has already hit out at Myanmar's refusal to all access to foreign aid workers.
"This is another example of them actively getting in the way of relief getting to the victims," said Tony Banbury, Asia director of the World Food Program.
Asked whether the move would jeopardize future U.N. aid flights, he said, "absolutely, from our perspective, it shuts them down."
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They are trying to kill em all. This is unbelievable. Those poor people are fucked unless somebody does something. Why can't they just fly over and drop food from the back of planes and let it parachute down to the worst hit areas?
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UN halts aid to Myanmar after junta seizes supplies
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Raise your hand if you didn't see that one coming.
This government WANTS their people to die. |
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| Quote: | YANGON, Myanmar - More aid is on the way to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar — but so is the heavy rain. A week after Cyclone Nargis flattened low-lying villages and killed whole families at a time, the military junta finally agreed Friday to allow a U.S. cargo plane to bring in food and other supplies to the isolated country. Myanmar gave the green light after confiscating other shipments, prompting the U.N. to order a temporary freeze in shipments.
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| Quote: | The government, which wants full control of relief operations, has less than 40 helicopters, most of them small or old. It also has only about 15 transport planes, primarily small jets unable to carry hundreds of tons of supplies.
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Pretty disturbing stuff...they are trying to keep their illusion of control....but the only ones they are convincing are themselves. I personally like the idea of dropping supplies from the air to the worst affected places. |
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Toll 'could reach 1 million if disease set in'
Aid trickles into Burma, but toll 'could reach 1 million if disease set in'
| Quote From Source: | Relief deliveries into cyclone-hit Burma increased today but aid groups said supplies fell far short of the enormous need and that foreign experts were still barred from the country.
A cargo plane chartered by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) carrying 35 tonnes of aid was one of the latest to arrive.
The ICRC said the medical supplies on board were sufficient to treat some 250 trauma patients and provide three months of basic health care for 10,000 people. The plane was also carrying sanitation equipment, including a mobile water-treatment plant to provide drinking water for 10,000 people, it said.
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my money is on disease setting in with the way this has been handled. |
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Agency: Junta holding back best cyclone aid
| Quote From Source: | U-TAPAO, Thailand (CNN) -- The United States has sent more aid to cyclone-devastated Myanmar amid allegations that the ruling military junta is keeping the best foreign supplies for itself and doling out rotting food.
Two U.S. military cargo planes flew from Thailand to Myanmar on Tuesday to deliver water, blankets, plastic sheets, mosquito nets and other relief supplies, the military said. Together with a third flight that arrived on Monday, the planes carried 70,000 lbs. of supplies.
The U.S. has offered an additional $13 million in aid to Myanmar, bring its total contribution to $16.25 million, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said.
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Myanmar worried by new storm warnings
| Quote From Source: | PATTAYA, Thailand (CNN) -- Survivors in cyclone-devastated Myanmar are bracing themselves for further hardship following warnings that more bad weather is imminent this week.
A "significant" tropical cyclone is expected to form in the next 24 hours and sweep across Myanmar's largest city Yangon and into the Irrawaddy delta area -- the region worst affected -- according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.
Aid agencies estimate that there are around 2 million people who survived Cyclone Nargis on May 3, many of whom are still homeless, and the groups have been able to reach only 270,000 of them so far, The Associated Press reported Wednesday.
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These people are already screwed and yet they are going to get it again? When it rains it pours.
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New storm heads toward cyclone-devastated Myanmar
| Quote From Source: | YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Another powerful storm headed toward Myanmar's cyclone-devastated delta, where so little aid has reached that the U.N. warned on Wednesday of a "second wave of deaths" among an estimated 2 million survivors.
The U.S. military's Joint Typhoon Warning Center said there is a good chance that "a significant tropical cyclone" will form within the next 24 hours and head across the Irrawaddy delta area.
The area was pulverized by Cyclone Nargis on May 3, leaving at least 34,273 dead and 27,838 missing, according to the government. The U.N. says the death toll could exceed 100,000. An estimated 2 million survivors of the storm are still in need of emergency aid. But U.N. agencies and other groups have been able to reach only 270,000 people so far.
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I take this means the storm did form and is headed towards them?? They have already had a buttload of rain..and the 7 day forecast shows over 100mm of rain in some parts.
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Sat Loop
Here is the latest Loop....looks to me like a tropical storm...not a cyclone.
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov...bal/LOOPS/ir_asia_flood.html
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2.5 Million now in serious danger
| Quote From Source: | The figure was revised up from the 1.5m previously thought to be in need, following the storm 12 days ago.
Since Cyclone Nargis struck, hardly any foreign aid workers have been allowed into Burma to hand out relief supplies.
As forecasters warned a new cyclone was brewing off the coast, latest Burmese official figures put the death toll at almost 38,500 with 27,838 more missing.
But the Red Cross warned the actual figure could be as high as 128,000 dead.
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Well this next cyclone should finish off any survivors. They won't ever get an accurate body count I'm afraid.
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Junta is stealing aid, relief groups assert
| Quote From Source: | YANGON, Myanmar: Amid signs that a second cyclone may be headed toward the Irrawaddy Delta, the directors of several relief organizations in Myanmar said Wednesday that some of the international aid coming into the country for the victims of Cyclone Nargis was being stolen, diverted or warehoused by the military.
The aid directors declined to be quoted directly on their concerns for fear of angering the ruling junta and jeopardizing their operations, although Marcel Wagner, country director of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency, confirmed that aid was being diverted by the army.
He also said it was going to be a growing problem, though he declined to give any further details because of the sensitivity of the situation.
The Associated Press reported that Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej of Thailand arrived for a meeting with Prime Minister Thein Sein of Myanmar on Wednesday, a week and a half after the cyclone devastated the delta region. Sundaravej told The AP that the government had given its "guarantee" that there were no disease outbreaks and that no survivors were starving.
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These people are screwed. With another storm bearing down on them and their government hoarding everything for the elite, these citizens are going to have to fend for themselves. This will be survival of the fittest. Doesn't seem right of fair, but that's how it is.
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