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7.8 magnitude earthquake hits Turkiye

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Re: 7.8 magnitude earthquake hits Turkiye

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jacquesm wrote: post #34

This is really bad. The timing couldn't be worse, pretty much everybody was at home. The videos that came out so far are devastating, whole apartment buildings leveled with everybody in them, people trapped under the rubble and calling out for help. Given the timing and the magnitude the first estimates of casualties seem surprisingly low, I really hope that they are right but there are some major cities right in the…

In my experience initial reports being low doesn’t necessarily translate into final casualty accounts. When the entire infrastructure is destroyed (see Haiti, the 2004 Christmas tsunami) counting the number of dead is much harder and isn’t the top priority.

On the flip side, I’ve often found that ‘missing person’ reports can overcount the number of casualties. Again, when infrastructure is destroyed or when there’s a locally-devastating disaster it’s hard to get an actual account of who was actually in the area when disaster struck.

Re: 7.8 magnitude earthquake hits Turkiye

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Post by jacquesm »

mensetmanusman wrote: post #78
rdl wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Czechia (formerly Czech Republic) is also trying to change their English-language name; in both cases seems like a reasonable request and worth respecting, at least when it comes at low cost (I wouldn't rush to reprint maps or anything just for this, but am happy to use the terms in new materials including typing it in comments.)

Language is too complicated to wrangle. I don’t care if they add their new names to urban dictionary, but surely it just causes confusion to change definitions under the feet of billions of speakers.

I guess you still say Ceylon in stead of Sri Lanka?

Re: 7.8 magnitude earthquake hits Turkiye

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Post by jacquesm »

in_cahoots wrote: post #82
jacquesm wrote: post #34

This is really bad. The timing couldn't be worse, pretty much everybody was at home. The videos that came out so far are devastating, whole apartment buildings leveled with everybody in them, people trapped under the rubble and calling out for help. Given the timing and the magnitude the first estimates of casualties seem surprisingly low, I really hope that they are right but there are some major cities right in the…

In my experience initial reports being low doesn’t necessarily translate into final casualty accounts. When the entire infrastructure is destroyed (see Haiti, the 2004 Christmas tsunami) counting the number of dead is much harder and isn’t the top priority. On the flip side, I’ve often found that ‘missing person’ reports can overcount the number of casualties. Again, when infrastructure is destroyed or when there’s a…

I just looked at some of the photographs, the imagery is absolutely devastating.

I can't imagine < 1000's of dead.

Re: 7.8 magnitude earthquake hits Turkiye

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selcuka wrote: post #28
wl wrote: post #23

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Nope, the official name uses "ü" instead of "u," which really emphasizes that it's not actually a real English toponym and is out of place in English usage. Erdoğan is just being silly pushing this.

It is a silly move indeed, but an official name doesn't have to use English only characters. The official name of the Ivory Coast has always been "Republic of Côte d'Ivoire".

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