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Waves caused by Typhoon Sanba slam into the coast of Yeosu, about 460 km (286 miles) south of Seoul, South Korea.
Yonhap News Agency via AP
High waves caused by Typhoon Sanba crash onto a beach in Yeosu, south of Seoul, South Korea, on Sept. 17.
Yonhap News Agency via Reuters
High waves beat upon a coast road in Busan, about 420 km (261 miles) southeast of Seoul Sept. 17.
Typhoon Sanba, packing winds of 137 kilometers (85 miles) per hour, slammed into South Korea on Monday, bringing torrential rains across the country and shutting down flights, ferry services and cutting power to many. At least one person died and tens of thousands of people were forced to evacuate. Full story.
Typhoon Sanba battered South Korea with strong winds and heavy rain on Monday, flooding streets and damaging hundreds of homes. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.
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Do we Americans still call these types of happenings "acts of God"? Or is that only applied when God targets other countries?
NO BO IN 2013 ....
There will ALWAYS be body odor.
Right Guard bro.
I believe the "act of God" is giving life. The lack of logic and reasoning is by
our own design. We put more value in what we think we can do, than in what
we've already been given.
no bo in 13
I learned from the Scorpions, that it is Hurricanes that rock. Journalism 101, people!
NO
BO
in 2013
The hell is wrong with you?
It is "Mother Nature"............... and she is pissssed at all of us.......creatures on 'Earth'
There is No "mother nature", only Father GOD! "I am The LORD and there is none else. There is no God besides me... I form the light and create darkness. I make peace and create evil. I The Lord do All these things." Isaiah 45:5-7 "The Lord has HIS way in the Whirlwind and in the Storm. The Clouds are the Dust of HIS Feet." Nahum 1:3 The ONE Who Made it All, Rules it All." Glory Be To GOD!
.... and they talk about the Koran.
This Planet is trying desperately to shake us all off like a bad infestation of fleas. For the way we have treated it, that is a perfect analogy.
Alan: God the Father told us to be good stewards of the earth in Genesis. We have not been good stewards of the earth. We have killed off animal species, not naturally, but shooting them and leaving their bodies, not even using their meat and fur. We have let domesticated animals graze the grasses of Mongolia and the Great Plains of the United States until these areas are deserts, and planted things that require more water than an area can give. We take water from the poor so that we can play in swimming pools. We burn more than we need to, and you can argue that carbon emissions do not cause global warming, but where does it say in the Bible that we need to burn so much of the earth? Look at a map of the north pole right now: look up "arctic ice" and see what the year 2012 is like: half the ice cap is GONE. A thin sheet will return in the winter, but every summer this disaster is getting worse. God the Father notices as much or more than mother earth; and what is mother earth? Eve was named the mother of us all (us humans), and therefore it is ultimately humans that are being offended. How? Because humans are reproducing in record numbers, now 7 billion and going up, and they are starving because of the lack of water, food, and resources. Such starvation does not please God the Father. We are supposed to be stewards of this planet, including of ourselves, as it says in Genesis, and that means that we are not supposed to cause such massive destruction and starvation. I cannot understand those who say they are faithful but then expect God not to notice their sins.
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If only you could read properly and see he has used quotation marks, indication he is quoting someone else. Not only that, he quoted the bible passage.
Better them than us.
I'm an American living in Korea, as are many US military personnel, English teachers, and business professionals. "Us" in American terms is applicable in all countries. "Us" in terms of humanity is also applicable in all countries.
"Better them than us?" Our turn comes very soon, everyone's going to get a turn on this ride. Us will be them and vice versa. Climate change is global, talk to Florida, talk to NYC, talk to La.
Rob, I am a retired Air Force veteran who was stationed at Kunsan AB back in '63 - '64. I don't know where you are at but the air base is below sea level on a manmade peninsula on East coast (I think) so I have to wonder if this typhoon has had an affect that far north. As I remember it was about 2 flying hours south of Seoul.
No more aid to this country until the dog and cat consumption stops.
they don't eat cats in korea !
S Korea doesn't really get aid from US, other than stationing of some American troops, which many Europeans nations have also.
english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_editorial/389918.html
South Korea has become the 24th member nation in the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). This marks the first time since the OECD was established in 1961 that a country has joined the “advance nations’ assistance club” after transitioning from an aid recipient to a donor.
MARK,
"they don't eat cats in korea !"
That's true, but does anyone eat cats? I've never heard of anyone eating cats. But I have heard of certain big cats eating people.
I lived in Korea and have have dog and cat. As well as a few other things that still moved on the plate. But cat is a little stringy. Dog has a good flavor.
They've known about this storm for days (if not a couple of weeks). Why was there anyone in the vicinity at all, much less someone dying already?
Most of their population centers are on the beach (except for Seoul). It would be like evacuating NYC to evacuate Busan.
????? "Most of their population centers are on the beach? Really? How much time have you spent there to come up with that assumption?I spent a year in Dongducheon (Camp Cassey, Second Infantry Division) South Korea in the early 80's. Some of the craziest weather I have ever seen in my 50 years of life during that time. I saw 100 degrees with 100 percent humidity during the monsoon season, and constant rain for over a month. during the winter we had two weeks of 76 degrees below zero with the wind chill. CRAZY weather indeed.
Live&LetLive, I live in Seoul right now. I disagree, with IVotedYes that the nation is focused on the Southern Coast (49% of the nation lives in Seoul alone), but I agree that evacuating Busan would be like evacuating NYC. Also, in Seoul the storm hasn't been anything more than a normal rain storm.
I hope the injury and death countdoes not increase. Wish you a quick recovery South Korea!
i think things like this happen and we just need to accept the risk of building on the oceanfront or not build on the oceanfront. They knew it was coming in plenty of time. GTFO and rebuild after it passes. Let's stop blaming whatever politician happens to be in office or God.
I think it is called weather.
i miss this place ,korea was awesome as all
I am going there next month and can't wait!!!!
mark
I didn't like it. Maybe because they had a curfew when I was there? (Kunsan AB)
FL; when were you at Kunsan? I was there from August '63 - August '64 and I hated it. The winter was so cold that it took anti-freeze (if you get the idea) to survive. We could put a six-pack of beer out on the ledge outside of our window and the next morning it would be nearly frozen solid. I was so glad to get one month curtailment of my tour and get away from there.
ed
Was there 80/81.
Awesome pics.
Seeing pics like these and those of the tsunami make me think that one day the earth will wash itself clean of us. It's just a matter of time.
we are pretty resiliant, much like roaches.
Well the Tibetan monks will survive...
Korea is awesome. I miss it and can't wait to go back
That region is fertile territory for earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, and hurricanes.
Maybe they better build some huge disaster shelters in China.
On the other hand, China is one huge ongoing disaster itself, everywhere and every day.
i wonders if dats my brother? i hears he is a big bidness typhoon!
Oy, maybe instead of all this complaining and argueing about God or Nature or whatnot, perhaps we could all give a moment to the people who are suffering and whether there is anything we can do to help. I happen to love South Korea and am holding my breath in concern.
My heart goes to those people.
The pictures of the waves remind me of some paintings where the waves look too monstrous to be real. But the pictures show that waves of that size do happen, and that isn't even a tsunami.
notice in the second picture the rough seas to the right, with waves crashing, and calm seas to the left? very strange
Another 40 billion coming right up.
Not an act of God.