TAWAIN EARTHQUAKE

[yuiyoshida]

[MrMickeysMom]

1. I can't even imagine...

Horrors!

[silverweb]

2. Oh, no!

[yuiyoshida]

3. I thought for sure I would see huge headline news of this in DU

But no, and I am probably one of few who published it!

[silverweb]

4. It's the first I've heard of it.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Didn't even see anything on Facebook about it, so I shared your post there.

[yuiyoshida]

5. I tweeted it, saw little on Twitter either

NO hashtags:

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[silverweb]

6. This should be a major news story!

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]I don't understand the apparent media blackout at all.

[yuiyoshida]

7. Not to some people...

I guess

Seems what ever Beyonce does is MORE FUCKING IMPORTANT!

[silverweb]

9. So it seems.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Corporate pop/consumer culture rules because that's where the profits are.

Sadly, the same people willingly sucked into that culture most likely don't even know what or where Taiwan is. Truly pathetic.

[zeemike]

8. You would think.

But I stopped watching TV years ago so what do I know...good that at least some here on DU keep us informed.

[silverweb]

10. I ditched my TV nearly 10 years ago, too. :)

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]The internet usually provides me with better news coverage, anyway. If you google "Taiwan earthquake," there is plenty of information about it - but one would have to know about it to ask about it.

[zeemike]

11. That is about when I ditched mine.

There was mostly garbage on it then and I am sure nothing has gotten any better.

But I have ROSE feed on my browser list that I check from time to time and I would have known about it...but I learned it here first.

[silverweb]

12. What's ROSE feed?

[zeemike]

14. It is a site that gives earthquake and other events around the world.

here
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php

[silverweb]

15. Oh, wow!

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]I need that! Thanks!

[silverweb]

17. I still don't see the Taiwan quake listed...

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]I wonder what gives? It's on the USGS site....

[zeemike]

18. It's there you might have to zoom in

The icons are small.

[silverweb]

19. I looked at the listings under "earthquakes."

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Didn't see it there yet.

On edit: Of course, I'm gettin' old and easily befuddled.

[Lodestar]

13. Saw coverage on NBC News tonight. Buildings on their sides. They showed many children

being pulled out of the residential high rises that fell. Just horrifying!

[silverweb]

16. It is horrific.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Glad the evening news is covering it. I'd been thinking they must!