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schwa



Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap

PostPosted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 6:02 pm    Post subject: philippines, maybe 10000 dead Reply with quote

http://news.yahoo.com/philippines-estimates-least-10-000-died-super-typhoon-005733655.html
An unimaginable amount of suffering.
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Popocatepetl



Joined: 14 Oct 2013
Location: Winter in Korea: One Perfect day after another

PostPosted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 7:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Condolences to those affected.


These storms and natural disasters will increase in force, impact and regularity as human-induced climate change takes hold.

Ultimately it is one factor that will hamper and hold down economic growth.
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Fox



Joined: 04 Mar 2009

PostPosted: Sat Nov 09, 2013 7:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Popocatepetl wrote:
Condolences to those affected.


These storms and natural disasters will increase in force, impact and regularity as human-induced climate change takes hold.

Ultimately it is one factor that will hamper and hold down economic growth.


Obsession with economic growth is part of what mandates the industrial system which pumps carbon into the atmosphere.
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recessiontime



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 5:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wonder if this disaster will shake their belief in God?
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young_clinton



Joined: 09 Sep 2009

PostPosted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 10:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

recessiontime wrote:
I wonder if this disaster will shake their belief in God?


Probably not. Bad things have been happening since the dawn of time.
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Rteacher



Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA

PostPosted: Sun Nov 10, 2013 6:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

On a (material) universal scale, creation and destruction are part of the same natural/supernatural cycle...

Philosophy aside, many people in the Philippines are struggling for food, water and shelter, and this thread in Off-Topic suggests some ways to help:
http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=230672

Some survivors are really desperate ...
http://news.yahoo.com/tormented-survivors-philippine-typhoon-raid-dead-192235952.html

Update:
http://news.yahoo.com/typhoon-victims-philippines-plead-aid-230551330.html
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NohopeSeriously



Joined: 17 Jan 2011
Location: The Christian Right-Wing Educational Republic of Korea

PostPosted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 7:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This doesn't look nice at all. President Benigno Aquino's economic reformation policies will sidetrack significantly into something meaningless. Something sketchy will happen among the members of the Moro Independence Liberation Front, a Muslim separatist group.
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Popocatepetl



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 7:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

NohopeSeriously wrote:
This doesn't look nice at all. President Benigno Aquino's economic reformation policies will sidetrack significantly into something meaningless..


These storms will increase in frequency. How are economies and nations going to keep recovering when they get dealt a knockout blow every few years?

Where are all those lame climate change deniers now?
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