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I’ve never thought to be bothered by this. It seems pertinent for a number of reasons. You would prefer not knowing any numbers until the final tally? That’s interesting. Does it apply to other things too?
I have a different brain about certain things and have never heard this particular complaint so I’m curious. I hope it’s ok to ask questions!

Every day the number grows is a day the Turkish people should feel angry that greed and corruption led to so much tragedy.

This is a new take for me to see on this topic... Do you have links to stuff elaborating on this? I assume you're talking about how the construction of these buildings to not be able to withstand the shocks?

Here's at least one source on the topic:

https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/10/turkey-earthquake-erdogan-government-response-corruption-construction/

And yes, by greed and corruption I'm referring to the corner-cutting and inspection bribes that led many buildings to collapse unnecessarily.

Is there something about being trapped in rubble that helps people survive longer without water? I see this in cave entrapments too. I'm thinking being immobilized, your body temperature being insulated, and maybe losing less water to respiration because of the confined space might be a factor. I know 6 days isn't unheard of but it is absolutely toward the maximum of time you can survive without.

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150,000+?! Doing the math -- if most of those people are dead, the final death toll from this disaster will end up anywhere between 175,000 and 200,000. And that's not counting the secondary deaths that might take place if contagious diseases like cholera take hold.

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And the thirty billion that is missing from the earthquake response fund…

While it's great we are still finding survivors it just shows what kind of a race against time the rescuers are facing :(

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It’s close to freezing, makes no sense they still find survivors. Pretty amazing.

There's a saying in medicine that you're not dead til you're warm and dead. Cold slows a lot of processes, and makes you survive longer.

I think the "3 days without water..." is an estimation, but everyone is built differently, and don't underestimate the will to survive

reduces exposure to winds, maybe?

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People who are found many days later have a source of water, enough to keep them alive, through something like rainfall.

In the Sampoong department store collapse in South Korea, the last surivor was rescued 17 days after the collapse with only a few scratches.

More details here.

I’d imagine 3 days with barely moving is also different

These poor people. My god.

Oh god, I remember this story. The sheer greed and incompetence killing so many people and then the guilty convictions brought so little prison time. Made me sick to read it again.

I didn’t know that ppl had drowned during the fire fighting efforts. That kills my heart. Those poor ppl.

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> and a man rescued after nine days reported that other trapped survivors had drowned from the rain and from the water used for fire suppression.[12]

New fear unlocked. Holy shit.

I'm an alcoholic so can last 14 hours.

Yeah, but if you can hear people above yelling, it gives you hope

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... really depends on what they're yelling lmfao

I was a kid in Korea when this happened, I remember watching this news vividly. My mom went to this department store before as well when we were living in Seoul. She was super shocked when this happened.

Wrong: We are here to help.

Correct: The calvary is here.

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Couple of floors of insulation (concreete) could be insulating. After all igloos work?

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Yeah, it's a very rough estimate. 3 minutes without air, 3 days without water, and 3 months without food. Or 3 weeks without food before you start risking injury but you have to go a lot longer to die.