the U.S. would send aid, $$&, food, medical supplies, a hospital ship. I seriously doubt the orange felonious racist rapist even thinks of these things….and if it does it will want something big in return BEFORE any assistance is sent.

I am so ashamed of this country!

SARose

(1,303 posts)

7. Not a word on the news

Reply to sdfernando (Reply #6)

Fri Mar 28, 2025, 04:05 PM

Mar 28

Me, too.

Xavier Breath

(5,493 posts)

13. Every president except him, even the likes of Shrub, would have been on the phone immediately

Reply to sdfernando (Reply #6)

Fri Mar 28, 2025, 05:15 PM

Mar 28

offering all manner of assistance, and then telling the American people about our efforts. It's just who we are. Or, I guess, who we were.

canetoad

(18,876 posts)

9. ABC Au is reporting

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Fri Mar 28, 2025, 04:21 PM

Mar 28

That the military head of Myanmar gov. is requesting international help. I can't recall them ever doing this before; the country is pretty much a blank slate, like North Korea.

Myanmar's isolated military junta has issued a rare plea for international help after an earthquake killed at least 144 people, with warnings the number would likely rise.

Friday's 7.7-magnitude quake shook the region, with neighbouring Thailand continuing rescue efforts after a 30-storey construction site collapsed, killing at least three people and trapping dozens of others under the rubble.

While the full extent of the catastrophe was still emerging, the leader of Myanmar's ruling military junta, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, addressed the country in a televised address.

After confirming the number of dead, he said 732 others had been injured.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-29/myanmar-issues-rare-call-for-international-help-after-earthquake/105111720

malaise

(282,787 posts)

10. Too sad

Reply to canetoad (Reply #9)

Fri Mar 28, 2025, 04:42 PM

Mar 28

Just wait for the real death toll

muriel_volestrangler

(103,427 posts)

14. Official Myanmar death toll is now over 1,000

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sat Mar 29, 2025, 05:19 AM

Mar 29

Here are the latest developments:

The official death toll stands at 1,002, according to Myanmar's junta government, with 2,376 people injured
Rescue workers are racing against time to save survivors buried under collapsed buildings after the quake struck Myanmar's second-largest city yesterday afternoon
There are similar scenes in Bangkok, where officials say at least 15 people are still alive underneath metres of rubble after an unfinished high-rise collapsed in Chatuhak
Air strikes and drone attacks have continued in Myanmar, the People's Defense Force says. The country been under military rule since a coup in 2021

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4gex01m7n5t?post=asset%3A276f9ada-1c1b-4e89-a74c-759516607626#post

And, as an example of how getting aid in will be hard:

The main airport in Myanmar’s capital of Naypyitaw has been closed after Friday’s earthquake caused its air traffic control tower to collapse, killing at least six people, according to a news report.

The independent outlet Myanmar Now also said there were reports of extensive damage to aviation equipment.

It reported a source as saying that an air traffic controller, three female assistants, the son of one of the assistants and a military intelligence officer were confirmed dead following the collapse of the tower.

The report could not be independently verified.

It also cited an aviation officer at Yangon’s international airport as saying the radar systems at the airports in Naypyitaw and Mandalay were no longer operating.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/29/myanmar-earthquake-race-to-find-survivors-as-junta-confirms-huge-rise-in-death-toll?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-67e7a0608f08bb7e41c34d66#block-67e7a0608f08bb7e41c34d66

malaise

(282,787 posts)

15. Just saw this

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #14)

Sat Mar 29, 2025, 08:27 AM

Mar 29

will be thousands by the time they recover all the bodies

malaise

(282,787 posts)

16. Latest - BBC says 1,600 confirmed dead in Myanmar

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #14)

Sat Mar 29, 2025, 06:22 PM

Mar 29

so far - 13 in Thailand.

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