EVE General Discussion

Exactly, I took a dump so big the bowl overflowed on the first flush and flooded the hallway...Where do I pick up my relief cheque?

In short: who can help; help out. Who cant, dont be a hater and forum troll.

...I am not from flodded area, but i live in Croatia, we have part of the country flodded aswell, and i know how ppl feel now in rough times... Belive me, its not nice, not even a bit.

It's people like you who ****** up the Easter Islands.

I have posted the info 5 days ago in Out of Pod Experience : https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=345932&find=unread. The reason was primarily to see what was happening with fellow pod pilots from the affected areas. Some info was shared in the thread and some came from social media about the thread. Big thanks goes to ISD Ezwal for making it sticky when it was needed.

Since then, the situation has been developing and this is my overview of it:

(Oh, by the way, I'm from Serbia approximately 3km from one of the severely affected areas)

As it usually is with developing countries, the initial reaction of the government was poor, since the country lacked even enough rescue boats due to not enough funds being allocated in the past. Emergency supplies were also low, as well as skilled rescue workforce. The biggest help and impact that could be provided was when the disaster was happening and right after the disaster happened in terms of rescue equipment, trained rescue personality and emergency supplies.

Yes, the countries are not among the rich or completely developed. However, Croatia has been a member of EU since July last year and Serbia is on the same path as well. As such, both countries have a certain level of access to EU's disaster relief funds. Serbia, for example, have another big partner that is helping and will be helping in the future - Russia. Other countries which have business interests in the area, like United States, United Arab Emirates and China are providing help as well. And Japan is providing help because of the help our people provided after Fukushima disaster.

Bosnia was hit the worst with floods and land slides, but I'm certain that the help will be split between the countries. I have noticed that the disaster have united the people of different nationalities and religions in the area, like I already mentioned in the linked post, and that the war that was raging 20 years ago is becoming a thing of the past and just a really really bad memory. People just want to help each other now, which is a great thing.



Overall, there is great amount of help coming from all sides of the World. It was very difficult in the beginning, during rescue operations, especially because the global media didn't cover the events in time or haven't dedicated much attention to it, so there was no global awareness of what's happening when the help was needed the most. Tens of thousands of people lost everything they had and entire cities have been destroyed. It will require much time, work and dedication to rebuild. But, considering that the help is coming from everywhere, it's a matter of governments utilizing the help wisely now.

TL;DR:
Save the "Plex for Good" initiative for another time. EU, Russia, USA, UAE, China and Japan have this one covered and we have so many local volunteers that it's not uncommon to have too much of them in the affected area. Local charities are greatly contributing as well (Red Cross in particular). Of course, you are welcome to make a donation to Red Cross directly and all help will be appreciated.

Thank you ALL for the great help so far, especially Russia and their rescue teams. Many lives were lost, but it could have been much worse without your help.

Came here to game? On the forums?

Ok.

So many here claim to be gaming, yet posting on the forums.

I know, I know, alt tabbed while warping...

Agreed. These three pics are of the UK (Somerset) at New Year floods.
http://i.imgur.com/pfNfObs.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/OD6wgWz.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/wKkFI6n.jpg

And what's worse is that the above pictures aren't that bad compared to the staggering amount of Crops and Cattle that died. The whole of Farming and the Somerset infrastructure still to this day hasn't picked back up. Fields still arent taking the crops.

Yeah its bad, flooding is bad wherever it is. But I dont think any of this merrits plex for good or whatever. We can't keep throwing money at something, because that's not the answer...

This happens all over the world. But the media are bashing it out stating its really really bad. Yes, yes it is, but its no different to floods anywhere else that most people don't give two ***** about...

Edit: And please, don't no one go reading into that saying I'm a **** or heartless or whatever, but that is how it is. There are enough charities and aid that could go out to these people, and while some is / has, not even all the charities spend money on this kind of thing.