Earthquake in Turkey

 Alas, one suspects the mounting numbers of dead found will continue to go up.

Turkey is a NATO member, and Nato countries are sending much needed aid to help in the rescue, or alas what is going on now, the cleanup and the care of the survivor with things like food, clothing, and shelters.

and aid is sent from numerous other countries like Israel, Russia, India, the Philippines,etc. 

and churches will send help to survivors as they do after every emergency but rarely get noticed by the press.

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to make things worse, this happened in an area where the Syrian civil war is going on.

From StrategyPage:

February 6, 2023: A massive earthquake registering 7.8, on a scale where anything over six is considered major, devastated the Turkish-Syrian border in northeast Syria. This has long been a major combat zone on the Syrian side of the border. Most of the earthquake damage took place on the Turkish side. Total deaths soon grew to over 20,000 and the total won't be known until the massive numbers of collapsed structures, especially in residential areas, are searched.

There is a minor hopeful result of the earthquake: 

The quake brought a halt to combat in Syria and Turkish military operations in the area

 But alas it meant this: 

as well as the food and other aid for the many civilians trapped in the Syrian Idlib province combat zone. 

 Israel and Iraq have both sent rescue and relief aid to Turkey. Iran ordered its Islamic terrorists support units (Quds Force) in the area to provide any quake relief they are capable of. Some other Islamic terrorist groups did the same....

The logistics will be a big problem: a lot of untrained helpers are worse than useless and will get in the way, but the main problem is getting aid to whrer it is needed.

WSJ article about the logistics is behind a paywall.

That area of Turkey produces a lot of steel, and the company that has plants there has this article about the earthquake damage to the infrastructure that will need to be repaired: things like gas lines, electric lines, roads, etc. and notes that there is damage to the local ports (meaning it might be a problem bringing in needed supplies).

Every time there is a major earthquake, Filipinos feel sympathy, because we are in an area prone to major earthquakes, and of course we are constantly suffering from disasters from volcanos, typhoons, etc.

The 85 member rescue team and 31 emergency medical responders are probably only a small amount of help, but it is a way to show we are grateful for the help Turkey has given us in making peace in the southern Philippines.