Celebs React to Devastating Turkey Earthquake, Twitch Streamer raises $1 Million for Relief

[enlightenight]

Celebrities including F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton, EGOT winner Viola Davis and many more reacted to devastating earthquake that happened in Southeast Turkey on Feb 6, 2023.

(edit: William & Kate of the British Royal Family also supported a campaign in the UK that aims to provide relief to the region. More celebs added.)

Twin earthquakes happened

Comments

[just444]

the situation in Syria is extremely diffilcut, the areas affected are held by rebels, NGOs could hardly reach them even before the earthquake. just awful.

[squirrels_oh_no]

And the government demands that if other countries want to help they have to go through the government which is corrupt and murderous. Syria has had tragedy after tragedy for years now.

[enlightenight]

that's the same in turkey. they literally call people who donate any place other than their own ngos "provocateurs" jfc.

also can someone please help me? i don't want to see this post in the new format it's killing my eyes.

[squirrels_oh_no]

Well in Syria they are trying to use human suffering as leverage to drop sanctions on the ruling elite so they can buy more mansions and sports cars. Erdogan is a similar but different story.

[inandoutofgrace]

Thank you for reminding me I’d actually saved a link for the White Helmets, let me go make another donation :)

[enlightenight]

do you have a link for the white helmets? my brain works at 10% capacity now so i don't wanna find a wrong link. haytap i think i can find but most everyone shares ahbap so i went with them :(

[kashiyaek]

edit: actually don't take my word for it, i only know what's safe in turkey :( i hope there are syrians here who are able to link a trustworthy charity

[inandoutofgrace]

Wow, thank you for educating us! I donated to UNICEF, I really hope the money is used effectively 😐

[deerlike]

20,000 people dead, my god...

I know earthquakes are caused by tectonic activity, but doesn't it seem like their severity (or at least the severity of their consequences) has been increasing over the past two decades?

Edited to add a link to an article I found that suggests that climate change may increase the risk of tremors. Mind you, I don't know the reliability of the newsource, but it's written by a Kurdish professor of environmental philosophy.

[ohhhmydarling]

I think it's generally pretty hard to tell whether earthquake activity has increased. I live in Southern California and spent a good chunk of my 20's with a severe fear of them. In that time, it seemed we were having an increase, one right after the other. Since then (about 10 years ago, now), I've noticed a steady decrease in my area. There has always been debates about whether "earthquake weather" or "season" is a thing. Most professionals say no, but some locals swear by it. It really seems to be a contentious subject.

ETA: I am also constantly surprised by the lack of knowledge most people have about them. They are rare and very regional, so I guess that makes sense, but some of the beliefs people hold about earthquakes are wild.

[jojito]

It very well could be, but the tectonic plates are constantly moving regardless of climate. So big earthquakes are expected from time to time in certain places. In my country we are told to expect a big one (magnitude > 8) every ten years or so. The last big one was in 2015.

This one was particularly devastating because Syria and Turkey don't have an infrastructure that's designed for this and apparently the epicenter was very shallow so the movement on the surface was much stronger, causing even more damage.

[marwari_mettle]

I think that tracks. I remember there was a news special on how climate change was increasing the chance for volcanic activity as well as earthquakes. The surface of the earth can be very sensitive. Like drilling of natural gas has destabilized the crust in some areas of the US and caused earthquakes

[fauxkaren]

It's hard to really comprehend the scale of human suffering happening there.

[sandstorm]

Right. when it first happened, I couldn't believe the 4,000 death toll. Now...

[theylezharold]

Oh god, mte. I'm so sad and scared for how even higher it will quite possibly get. This is so devastating, I can't even fathom. Idk if anyone has read the really-brutal-and-true book "Wave" by Sonali Deraniyagala but natural disasters (and the invasion of Ukraine) keep reminding me of how loss and losses can just fully eviscerate someone to their core.

On a beautiful note, Sonali Deraniyagala is married to Fiona Shaw since 2018!! I love what they've shared about their love story 💕

[xdecadentx]

Yeah it's devastating. Trying to make sense of that number is awful.