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Woodpigeon Started conversation Aug 20, 1999
Back home after my trip to Turkey. People are now saying that the earthquake could have killed as many as 40,000 people. I mean how is it possible to take that kind of number in? 40,000 people killed in 40 seconds?
I met someone yesterday who had relatives killed in the quake. He was working during the day, but during the evening he was heading over to Ismit to find and collect relatives. He was in bits.
There were lots of people sleeping outside in Istanbul, but I saw relatively little damage. It's was very hard to reconcile my experience to the situation in Ismit and Gulcuk. This is a dreadful experience for many people in Turkey.
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