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My pastor said that the earthquake in Türkiye has the largest amount of deaths in one earthquake. I don’t know if it’s true, but he was referring to end times stuff.
Banda Aceh, Indonesia lost about 60,000 in the 2008 tsunami. Japan lost tens of thousands in the tsunami of 2011. Japan had a good recovery system by clearing ground outside of the cities for staging and organizing materials and people throughout the demolition and rebuild. Psychologically it takes more time. Good psychologists can probably introduce a philosophy of acceptance, honoring what was, and recovery that helps people to carry on.
Found some statistics.
1556 Shaanxi 830,000
1976 Tangshan 255,000
856 Qumis 200,000
1920 Ningxia 200,000
1923 Kanto 143,000
There was more, but I stopped at the top five.
Yes, anytime that there is a tsunami, there’s definitely more people that die
My brother has lived in Japan for 30 years, and he was there when the earthquakes and tsunami hit on March 11 2011
The Japanese people are quite resilient, and always worked together for the betterment of their country and their culture. People found bags and boxes of money, cash that is, and returned it to police departments to make sure people got their money back. Back in the day, that’s how Japan handled their finances. There would be an old woman walking to the bank, with the paper bag, to pay their mortgages.
I’ve been there several times. It’s a wonderful country.
I’ll have to look into some history regarding earthquakes without tsunami’s called me to see what the highest death toll was.
Unimaginable loss of life, I am thinking of end times stuff too, stay awake! Be ready to greet the Lord is all we can do.
Agreed! I’m on my way to a women’s Bible study. Guess what books were studying right now. Revelation. Lol. And this is not your tea and crumpets Bible study. These women are lit. They really get down into God’s word. Most of them are over 55, and every single one is so far down the rabbit hole. It’s amazing. These women or wide awake.
Wow! Good for you & them! If only we could fire up more young people...