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Weirder to know them. There was an old guy I would see over the window in the office. We have seen him watching porn in house once so we called him "porn uncle". His apartment is gone now. I don't know if he was there but very likely he was.
WHO estimates death toll could rise up to 20,000 people in Turkey & Syria. >

Risklayer, a catastrophe risk firm, is estimating the death toll at around 30,000 based on the known damage. >

It was before second earthquake afaik >

After according to their Twitter. >

Current number of collapsed buildings is 5606 in Turkey alone...
This is about as grim a disaster situation as it gets... 
The word out of Syria is just as bad it seems and the weather is hovering right around freezing. 
Help can't arrive quickly enough for many of those currently stuck. >


Current number of collapsed buildings is 5606 in Turkey alone

If even half of those collapsed buildings were residential properties then that could be a devastatingly high casualty number. >

Yup... considering 4:17 am is the dead of night for even night owls, this is looking like a worst case scenario. My heart is broken for the whole region. The lucky ones got killed instantly. >

Around 13:15-13:30. >

Still, with all the damage already done, it was rough to hear there was another quake that strong. Glad it wasn't at night, but damn. >

It’s so dark to think that while I’m watching Netflix and surfing Reddit there’s likely people stuck under a ton of rubble thinking about their imminent demise.
The world can be so grim.