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Paper Roses

(7,473 posts) Sat Apr 25, 2015, 06:21 PM Apr 2015

Pictures from CNN; The earthquake. Horrible. No words adequate.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/25/world/gallery/nepal-earthquake/index.html

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Pictures from CNN; The earthquake. Horrible. No words adequate. (Original Post) Paper Roses Apr 2015 OP

... CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2015 #1

1400 dead.... rainbobryte Apr 2015 #8

I see lots of brick structures FLPanhandle Apr 2015 #2

horrific niyad Apr 2015 #3

The Kathmandu I remember is mostly gone... awful JCMach1 Apr 2015 #4

Have a friend who is there G_j Apr 2015 #5

Wow. pinto Apr 2015 #6

Devastation... Thespian2 Apr 2015 #7

It's already started. rainbobryte Apr 2015 #9

please, everyone google HOW TO HELP and follow through Skittles Apr 2015 #10

One way to help RecoveringJournalist Apr 2015 #11

There are many organizations better than the Red Cross kath Apr 2015 #17

No...will not donate to them ever again. JimDandy Apr 2015 #19

Ok RecoveringJournalist Apr 2015 #20

Yes, I know. And Nepal really needs help now. JimDandy Apr 2015 #21

Just horrible. City Lights Apr 2015 #12

terrible shireen Apr 2015 #13

So heart wrenching wendylaroux Apr 2015 #14

This should make the Correspontents dinner a little awkward project_bluebook Apr 2015 #15

Could you please add a Trigger Warning:Dead Bodies to your title? DRoseDARs Apr 2015 #16

omg Liberal_in_LA Apr 2015 #18

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,629 posts)

1. ...

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2015, 06:28 PM

Apr 2015

rainbobryte

(43 posts)

8. 1400 dead....

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 25, 2015, 07:55 PM

Apr 2015

Thousands more missing and thousands of years of history gone in an instant. We are indeed a fragile species.

FLPanhandle

(7,107 posts)

2. I see lots of brick structures

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2015, 06:29 PM

Apr 2015

Not a good building material for an earthquake prone area.

niyad

(113,336 posts)

3. horrific

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2015, 06:32 PM

Apr 2015

JCMach1

(27,559 posts)

4. The Kathmandu I remember is mostly gone... awful

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2015, 06:33 PM

Apr 2015

awful awful...

G_j

(40,367 posts)

5. Have a friend who is there

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2015, 06:35 PM

Apr 2015

Family reports he is OK. I can't imagine what it must be like.

pinto

(106,886 posts)

6. Wow.

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2015, 06:43 PM

Apr 2015

Thespian2

(2,741 posts)

7. Devastation...

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2015, 07:27 PM

Apr 2015

human tragedy...will the world help them?

rainbobryte

(43 posts)

9. It's already started.

Reply to Thespian2 (Reply #7)

Sat Apr 25, 2015, 07:56 PM

Apr 2015

Skittles

(153,169 posts)

10. please, everyone google HOW TO HELP and follow through

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2015, 08:37 PM

Apr 2015

yes indeed

RecoveringJournalist

(148 posts)

11. One way to help

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2015, 08:40 PM

Apr 2015

https://www.redcross.org/donate/ps0215-d?donationProdId=prod10001&flow=oc1&pgver=psearch&scode=RSG00000E017&subcode=grantdonationsbrand&gclid=CImNttzdksUCFQGUaQodYRcAcw

Sorry. It's a long link.

kath

(10,565 posts)

17. There are many organizations better than the Red Cross

Reply to RecoveringJournalist (Reply #11)

Sat Apr 25, 2015, 11:48 PM

Apr 2015

MSF(Doctors Without Borders), Oxfam, International Rescue Committee, CARE

JimDandy

(7,318 posts)

19. No...will not donate to them ever again.

Reply to RecoveringJournalist (Reply #11)

Sun Apr 26, 2015, 12:41 AM

Apr 2015

They do not distribute all the money donated to the region it was solicited for, or specified by donors to be distributed to. They are vultures that use every disaster to bolster the bottom lines of their organization, their fund-raising company, and their executives.

RecoveringJournalist

(148 posts)

20. Ok

Reply to JimDandy (Reply #19)

Sun Apr 26, 2015, 04:13 PM

Apr 2015

Sorry. Just trying to help.

JimDandy

(7,318 posts)

21. Yes, I know. And Nepal really needs help now.

Reply to RecoveringJournalist (Reply #20)

Sun Apr 26, 2015, 04:41 PM

Apr 2015

I'd just rather the default for international assistance requests on DU become a better organization, such as Doctors Without Borders.

City Lights

(25,171 posts)

12. Just horrible.

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2015, 08:41 PM

Apr 2015

shireen

(8,333 posts)

13. terrible

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2015, 09:06 PM

Apr 2015

thank you for posting.

wendylaroux

(2,925 posts)

14. So heart wrenching

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2015, 09:17 PM

Apr 2015

those poor people

project_bluebook

(411 posts)

15. This should make the Correspontents dinner a little awkward

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2015, 09:29 PM

Apr 2015

kind of hard to joke around when thousands just died. They should cancel and use the $300 a plate money for aid.

DRoseDARs

(6,810 posts)

16. Could you please add a Trigger Warning:Dead Bodies to your title?

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Sat Apr 25, 2015, 09:37 PM

Apr 2015

CNN did a piss-poor job warning about the photos of dead bodies, crushed under debris. I can handle it, but there are those that are going to be super-sensitive.

Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)

18. omg

Reply to Paper Roses (Original post)

Sun Apr 26, 2015, 12:00 AM

Apr 2015

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