Venezuela Devastated By Massive Earthquakes

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In reply to aggiehawg • 8:11p, 6/25/26
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aggiehawg said:
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TyHolden said:

Interesting that the VZ ones weren't on the "Ring of Fire"...

I think that's still a plate boundary, the Caribbean plate

several plates come together right there

Thanks. I was thinking the same although it has been a long time since I learned about plate tectonics at A&M.

<Insert joke about learning real time as the plates were formed>


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In reply to cheeky • 8:17p, 6/25/26
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cheeky said:
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P.H. Dexippus said:
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File5 said:
Opportunity for US to come and help? Would be good to build the relationship and good will. Would love to see that as a joint effort of all Latin America but not likely. We have no money though so would ideally be driven by non-profits (with actual private donations). Horrible situation, wish them the best.

Umm...

a) I hope we come to help
b) We HAVE the money

It's called "charity"…you know, individuals and organizations giving voluntarily. Not government taking and redistributing tax dollars.

Charity won't solve a problem where 10-100K people are dead...at least not initially.

And since we just changed our relationship with VZ, this would also be a good way to cement our relationship with the people there.


The American taxpayer cannot always be the answer to the world's calamities.

The massive fraud we have seen for decades has consequences. Our treasury has been sucked dry.
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Aftershocks?
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In reply to TshirtVulture • 2:06p
TshirtVulture said:
First, let me say I would think I'm in the +90% percentile of people who are angry about fraud corruption, and taxation in this country. I'll follow that up with. I don't understand how somebody thinks we should not send any aid to help these people with numbers of casualties possibly going to 100,000. It has been less than a year since Texas suffered the flood tragedy and lost just over 100 people and it was gut wrenching. Holding out hope that they would find us one person out of less than 150 and we have a country with possibly 10 to 100,000 casualties!?! How fortunate that we were financially able to go through rescue efforts with little or no need from foreign governments but I can promise you that if Texas suffered any disaster with 10,000+ casualties we would be taking help from foreign countries search and rescue groups, etc. it's just unfathomable to me right now that something so recent as those floods that gripped our whole state and nation that personally affected so few of us and now a whole region is affected with possibly 1000x more casualties and we don't think we should lend any help. It sickens me

People love to help with other peoples money.
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In reply to aggiehawg • 2:07p
aggiehawg said:


Aftershocks?

The one in the Philippines, almost certainly given the location. Aftershocks can continue for a long period of time. Heck, on the Island of Hawaii, they still have aftershocks from an earthquake that occurred in 1868.

The one in Pakistan is right on a plate boundary and not out of the ordinary.
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