Nothing on Myanmar?

[DWT]

Apparently they just got ass ****ed with a 7.7 earthquake.

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000pn9s/executive

 

[bdkw1]

Tsunami time?

 

[CDA 455 II]

 

[Ditchrunner]

They are an exceptionally repressive military regime that allows very little outside coverage of events. News will be slow to get out.

 

[DWT]

TMZ has a pretty crazy video of **** getting destroyed.

7.7-Magnitude Earthquake Devastates Myanmar and Thailand

At least 20 people are suspected dead after a massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar and Thailand on Friday, devastating buildings across Southeast Asia.

www.tmz.com

 

[sikjeep2]

Some reports out saying some videos and photos are being faked.

 

[total newb]

Registers as a mild "meh" on the give****meter.

 

[CDA 455 II]

Some reports out saying some videos and photos are being faked.

 

[BUCKLAND]

150 dead was the last news headline I saw. Oh well.

 

[ExWrench]

oh ****!

Wait, do they have oil?

No? Then . . . meh

 

[total newb]

 

[Steve300xcw]

Did not know Myanmar was a place

 

[total newb]

Did not know Myanmar was a place

Didnt used to be
Might not be anymore.

 

[frank c]

Did not know Myanmar was a place

formerly Burma

 

[KarlVP]

They will be fine. They are a very resilient people.

 

[NakedJeep]

shrug

Myanmar's primary exports include natural gas, dried beans, rice, and clothing, with major export partners being China, Thailand, Japan, and India.

 

[PAE]

Thats where my Burma Jeep came from but that was from 1943 or so.

Looks more like a truck than a Jeep however carries bombs big bombs.

formerly Burma

 

[CDA 455 II]

shrug

Myanmar's primary exports include natural gas, dried beans, rice, and clothing, with major export partners being China, Thailand, Japan, and India.

I've known of their existence (as Burma) ever since I was a wee lad in the early '70s building plastic model planes with a cool tiger mouth on it.

I did kid-research (had to go to the library!) and learned the history of the P-40/AVG-American Volunteer Group/2nd Sino-Japanese War/Burma Road.

In 1975; I was 10y.o. and had a pretty decent understanding of the events in China even before Pearl Harbor happened!
That's why I'm of the opinion WWII actually started in 1936/7; not in 1939.

 

[JR4X]

New fear unlocked. Saw a video of people hanging out in a pool on top of the high rise when the quake hit. All the people were able to get out of the pool but the building bucked all the water and all the pool floaties right off the side of the building.

 

[CDA 455 II]

Interesting: Qatar

This small nation is the most common entry on every list of countries with the lowest risk of natural disasters. Qatar is considered a country least likely to experience cyclones, droughts, big floods, and earthquakes.

The worst this country can hope to experience are sandstorms and negligible floods. It is far enough from any major fault lines, as well as volcanoes, which makes it one of the safest countries with the least seismic activities.

 

[bigun]

New fear unlocked. Saw a video of people hanging out in a pool on top of the high rise when the quake hit. All the people were able to get out of the pool but the building bucked all the water and all the pool floaties right off the side of the building.

The vid of the water spilling over the side is in another thread on here

 

[CDA 455 II]

New fear unlocked. Saw a video of people hanging out in a pool on top of the high rise when the quake hit. All the people were able to get out of the pool but the building bucked all the water and all the pool floaties right off the side of the building.

 

[Weasel]

Ah could figure out where all the water was coming from in the other videos. That's gotta cause some unpland loading of the building with that much water sloshing around.

 

[Weasel]

Building that collapsed under construction?

 

[CDA 455 II]

Building that collapsed under construction?

Because it had a crane attached to it I would assume so.

While the crane collapsed you can see the crane operator fall out of the cab and bounce off debris.

 

[total newb]

Ah could figure out where all the water was coming from in the other videos. That's gotta cause some unpland loading of the building with that much water sloshing around.

Watwr tanks on top of a building is a thing. Its a stabilizing load motion or some ****. A pool up top is maximizing the function of that.

 

[CDA 455 II]

Watwr tanks on top of a building is a thing. Its a stabilizing load motion or some ****. A pool up top is maximizing the function of that.

No ****? 🤔

 

[bdkw1]

The waves looked decent, but that shore break sucks.

 

[subybaja]

Be nice if the earthquake victims could hold the damn camera still for the rest of us! Most of those clips look like the bridge of the Enterprise!

 

[Santa]

New fear unlocked. Saw a video of people hanging out in a pool on top of the high rise when the quake hit. All the people were able to get out of the pool but the building bucked all the water and all the pool floaties right off the side of the building.

The vid of the water spilling over the side is in another thread on here

I still have vivid memories of 1/3 to half the water sloshing out of my parents pool during Loma Prieta. And that's an in ground pool. Up on a roof top, **** thst it was VIOLENT!