Typhoon Bopha and the Philippine death toll

[Lysander]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and post about this because no-one else has. This was grossly underreported in the mainstream media while other stories were shunted to the fore. Typhoon Bopha was a category 5 super typhoon which made landfall on the Philippines on 3rd December. Here's a quick fill-in:

Typhoon Bopha (international designation: 1224, JTWC designation: 26W, PAGASA designation: Pablo) was the strongest tropical cyclone to ever hit the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, making landfall as a Category 5 super typhoon with winds of 160 mph (260 km/h).[1] Bopha originated unusually close to the equator, becoming the second-most southerly Category 5 super typhoon, reaching a minimum latitude of 7.4°N on December 3. Only Typhoon Louise of 1964 came closer to the equator at this strength, at 7.3°N.[1] After first hitting Palau, where it destroyed houses, disrupted communications and caused power outages, flooding and uprooted trees, Bopha made landfall late on December 3 on Mindanao, an island that had been devastated by Tropical Storm Washi in December 2011.[2][3] The storm caused widespread destruction on Mindanao, leaving thousands homeless and more than 600 fatalities.[4]

After hitting Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley provinces, Typhoon Bopha crossed the southern and central regions of Mindanao, cutting power to two provinces and triggering landslides. More than 170,000 people fled to evacuation centers. The typhoon moved to the South China Sea west of the Palawan island province, eventually dissipating on December 9.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Bopha

Death toll is currently over 1,000 and likely to rise further.

The number of people killed after Typhoon Bopha struck the southern Philippines has risen to more than 1,000, officials say.

With nearly 850 people still missing, the toll is likely to rise further, Civil Defence chief Benito Ramos said.

The storm struck the Philippines on 4 December, with the southern island of Mindanao worst affected.

Many of those still unaccounted for are fishermen who went to sea before the storm hit.

"The death toll will go higher," Mr Ramos told AFP news agency. "We found a lot of bodies yesterday, buried under fallen logs and debris."

The number of people known to have died now stands at 1,020, the national disaster relief agency said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20745450

 

[trojan698]

Why is this not front page news? Last Typhoon Tsunami they lapped this shiz up.

Jimmy Saville, that sly dog.

 

[Lysander]

Why is this not front page news?

Because the media want you to feel bad about other stuff.

 

[trojan698]

True.

 

[[TW]Fox]

Because the media want you to feel bad about other stuff.

I heard 'The Media' get together every week and decide what to make the Sheeple feel bad about this week.

 

[Cosimo]

I heard 'The Media' get together every week and decide what to make the Sheeple feel bad about this week.

Where did you hear that?

 

[RDM]

I heard 'The Media' get together every week and decide what to make the Sheeple feel bad about this week.

Only when they aren't busy putting illuminati symbols in pop videos to help keep the secret leaders secret...

 

[doofer]

I heard 'The Media' get together every week and decide what to make the Sheeple feel bad about this week.

Merry crisis and a happy new fear! /populationcontrol

 

[scorza]

I for one am quite disgusted that this hasn't been reported widely in the UK. 1,000 dead is an awful figure.

 

[Participant]

If you look at the news you'll see that there are paedophiles to be hunted and skydivers lying dead for days undiscovered. Surely this beats 1000s of death from a people that die loads anyway?

 

[trojan698]

I for one am quite disgusted that this hasn't been reported widely in the UK. 1,000 dead is an awful figure.

3000 died in 9/11, but you're right asians don't count the same as white people.

If you look at the news you'll see that there are paedophile to be hunted and skydivers lying dead for days undiscovered. Surely this beats 1000s of death from a people that die loads anyway?

Haha! Surely you're not suggesting social engineering?!?

 

[Lysander]

If you look at the news you'll see that there are paedophile to be hunted and skydivers lying dead for days undiscovered. Surely this beats 1000s of death from a people that die loads anyway?

Jimmy Savile was on News 24 for several hours a day for nearly two weeks. It was crazy how much coverage they gave it.

3000 died in 9/11, but you're right asians don't count the same as white people.

It didn't happen in the US or Western Europe so it doesn't count. But OMG hurricane Sandy!

 

[godinman]

I didn't know about this at all, why isn't it bigger news?

 

[Lysander]

I heard 'The Media' get together every week and decide what to make the Sheeple feel bad about this week.

And what else is your theory for why this wasn't reported more widely?

 

[trojan698]

The sheeple like their blinkers. Less brain work.

 

[Eddie]

The media obviously felt that we didn't need to know about it, for whatever reason. What else was going on at this time?

Here's a good site for anytone interested, it lets you see the various 'incidents' that are going on around the world.

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php

 

[RDM]

And what else is your theory for why this wasn't reported more widely?

Probably because it happened on the other side of the world and no Brits were involved. However it was reported when it happened on the BBC and there are at least 6 articles on the BBC News website. Does that no longer count as mainstream media anymore?

 

[trojan698]

Probably because it happened on the other side of the world and no Brits were involved. However it was reported when it happened on the BBC and there are at least 6 articles on the BBC News website. Does that no longer count as mainstream media anymore?

Don't be daft..