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 Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:12 pm
Thanks cuz! I just realized that I can do something! I WILL HELP!
Tomorrow. I am pretty sure the red cross is closed at midnight.
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:21 pm
I hate needles with a passion, but I think this is a good enough cause to make a donation since I don't have a penny to my name.
Also, did anyone else see the CNN website video with the huge freakin' whirlpool the size of an entire harbor that was caused by the first Tsunami wave washing back while the next came in? That thing was gigantic.
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:33 pm
Hashire Kazemeijin I hate needles with a passion, but I think this is a good enough cause to make a donation since I don't have a penny to my name.
Also, did anyone else see the CNN website video with the huge freakin' whirlpool the size of an entire harbor that was caused by the first Tsunami wave washing back while the next came in? That thing was gigantic. No, but I saw feed of what the Tsunami did to the coast lines on BBC, as well as a burning oil refinery and people on top of houses signalling for helicopters.
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:34 pm
LightsideDarksider Cabron LaSwan Money isn't the answer.
That's all I'm gonna say. Pray tell, what is the answer then? Because offering donations (maybe even blood if there's a local drive nearby) is all I can do to aid while I'm stuck out here in the a** end of the U.S. West Coast with not enough money for an airline ticket to Japan, no passport directly on my hands, and no knowledge of how to speak even a lick of Japanese. I guess money won't help fund restoration projects or purchase food for families out of house and jobs, right? I'm not saying that you should go there and help rebuild. I'm not saying you should do anything more than you're comfortable doing; I'm not saying you should do anything at all. I'm just saying that this probably won't be the last quake, and if you don't have money to give now, would you really have money to survive in the same situation? Donating ten here, fifteen there to everything struck is helpful and a simple way to express your sympathy, but having $100 or so in survival supplies right here, right now, in case s**t goes down close to home is looking like a better plan every day.
I dunno, if I were gonna invest in disaster relief, I'd invest in it for the people around me first; it would get to them faster and I would know exactly what my money was going into. But maybe you guys already have something set up at your places, so do what you think is right. I don't wanna get in anyone's way.
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:41 pm
Here.
It didn't cause any extra damage since the waves had already moved anything in the harbor inland.
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:56 pm
Signups are up. Take the weekend to discuss what you want, I'll shape the game based on your feedback.
-'llegro
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:59 pm
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:59 pm
Cabron LaSwan LightsideDarksider Cabron LaSwan Money isn't the answer.
That's all I'm gonna say. Pray tell, what is the answer then? Because offering donations (maybe even blood if there's a local drive nearby) is all I can do to aid while I'm stuck out here in the a** end of the U.S. West Coast with not enough money for an airline ticket to Japan, no passport directly on my hands, and no knowledge of how to speak even a lick of Japanese. I guess money won't help fund restoration projects or purchase food for families out of house and jobs, right? I'm not saying that you should go there and help rebuild. I'm not saying you should do anything more than you're comfortable doing; I'm not saying you should do anything at all. I'm just saying that this probably won't be the last quake, and if you don't have money to give now, would you really have money to survive in the same situation? Donating ten here, fifteen there to everything struck is helpful and a simple way to express your sympathy, but having $100 or so in survival supplies right here, right now, in case s**t goes down close to home is looking like a better plan every day.
I dunno, if I were gonna invest in disaster relief, I'd invest in it for the people around me first; it would get to them faster and I would know exactly what my money was going into. But maybe you guys already have something set up at your places, so do what you think is right. I don't wanna get in anyone's way. What are you even talking about? This isn't about helping yourself out in the future, this is about helping other people in the present. I had enough money to give to aid Japan, so I donated. That money will go towards a cumulation to pay for food, perhaps medical supplies, maybe even fund projects for restoring houses or other architecture affected by the quake or tsunami. It's not like donating $15 just put me into bankruptcy. I have plenty of money to help myself in a natural disaster if the time should arise, but until that natural disaster comes and bones Monterey Bay in the a**, I'm gonna give some spare cash to help people overseas.
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:01 pm
I don't follow this reasoning.
The idea of saving some cash (a pretty small amount too) for some potential threat that is impossible for me to predict while people are out there dying seems preposterous, condescending, and cruel.
Efforts from these programs (you know, like Red Cross) have saved lives, and I think that my ten or twenty bucks couldn't be used better.
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:05 pm
The only reason I haven't donated money yet is because it's actually too soon: I really need to track the article down again, but a crazy amount of money donated right after the Haiti quake either got embezzled or wasted, because the respective charities hadn't set up shop in the affected country. It takes about 48 hours before any donations, material or otherwise, go through the right channels to the right people. I'd rather feel like my money wasn't going to slip down the drain, and make a solid impact.
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:09 pm
Allegro The only reason I haven't donated money yet is because it's actually too soon: I really need to track the article down again, but a crazy amount of money donated right after the Haiti quake either got embezzled or wasted, because the respective charities hadn't set up shop in the affected country. It takes about 48 hours before any donations, material or otherwise, go through the right channels to the right people. I'd rather feel like my money wasn't going to slip down the drain, and make a solid impact. Admittedly, that was my only concern aside from "will it help much?" when it came to donating to Japan and it's not a big one either. It'd suck if that $15 didn't go through, but I keep my faith that it will.
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:10 pm
Man, I don't care if -I- lose the money. I care if it goes -to- someone.
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:11 pm
Allegro Man, I don't care if -I- lose the money. I care if it goes -to- someone. That's kind of what I was trying to say. sweatdrop
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 11:12 pm
I sort of got that, but saying that "it'd suck" if a needy family didn't get it, and then saying you could easily recoup your losses sounds pretty callous.
Could have been phrased better.
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