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BREAKING NEWS

TIMIOCATO - It has been reported that an earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale has occurred in southern Pacitalia. The earthquake happened at around 10:24 pm Central Time. The epicentre was measured to have been on the East Pacific Fault, 91 km out to sea, south-southwest of Timiocato, Pacitalia's largest city.

Diagram of this Earthquake (Map) (http://kfox.gamehorizons.net/Pacitalia/quake_8Jan_diagram.jpg)

The tremor was felt up the western coast of Pacitalia, especially on the islands where palm trees were felled by the fierce shaking, which lasted about 28 seconds. In Timiocato, the shaking was delayed by seven seconds from the epicentre and had a maximum power of 5.1 on the Richter scale. Cracks have been discovered in several of the older buildings in Timiocato, but they are without a doubt fixable.

Puntafora, a city of 6 million about 100 km northwest of Timiocato, felt waves measuring around 3.6 on the scale. Saronno, about 75 km northeast, felt a maximum strength of 4.0.

There are reports of some apartment buildings on the islands telescoping or just imploding from the shaking, which was 74 times the normal ground movement. Most older apartment buildings on the islands on softer terrain like sands simply crumbled to the ground.

Preliminary reports estimate about 150 dead on the islands, 1 dead in Timiocato (from a bookshelf crushing an old lady). Over 3,000 are still missing; thankfully most of the citizens and travellers on the islands have been accounted for. There was no tsunami resulting from the earthquake because the fault is too deep in the ground to have an effect on the ocean.

More information as it comes in.

I'm Niles Parker.

Aid Donations from Nations
Canada - $800 million
Jeruselem - $10 million
Roach-Busters - $500 billion and humanitarian aid
Sarzonia - $500 billion and humanitarian aid
Clamparapa - $900 million
Present Day Comatica - $498 million
Yafor 2 - humanitarian aid

Total Foreign Aid - $3,208,000,000

OOC: I just thought I would clarify I mean no offence to any of the tsunami victims, their families or the countries affected by the RL disaster.

To: Prime Minister Timothy Ell
From: President Anthony Raymond Wittrock

Mister Prime Minister Timothy Ell,

I send my sincere condolences to you and the Pacitalian people, we are interested in sending our Disaster Emergency Quick Response Team to your aid if needed. We'll be giving you, eight hundred million dollars in relief money.

Sincerely in good faith,
President Anthony R. Wittrock

To: President Anthony Wittrock
From: Prime Minister Timothy Ell

Thank you so much for your quick reply and immediate contribution to the cleanup efforts. We appreciate that we have a nation like Canada to count on. Your relief money will be put to good use, and we'll be more than happy to return the favour should a natural disaster ever happen in Canada. DART is more than welcome to help with the cleanup.Sincerely,
Timothy Ell
Prime Minister of Pacitalia

To: Prime Minister Timothy Ell
From: President Anthony R. Wittrock

I believe I can speak for the Canadian people and myself that we are more then welcome to serve the Pacitalian people in this time and need. We'll also offer to send investigations into the area, and if there are Pacitlian orphans with family in the Federal Republic of Canada, they are more then welcome to come to our nation.

DART will be dispatched within a half and hour to be deployed in regions striked. From my Defense Secretary, eighteen thousand members of the DART will be splitted up in this area and will work cooperatively with the Pacitalian Armed Forces.

Sincerely in good faith,
President Anthony R. Wittrock

As a nation who has the misfortune of being placed on the edge of the Arabian plate, we understand the problems with "living on the edge". We are ppledging an amount of $10 million to kick start the effort to repair the damage. Please be aware of the aftershocks that will occur and these will further test the stability of already compromised structures.

God bless

We would like to thank our fellow member of the ACN for their support on the earthquake repairs. We would also like to thank Jeruselem for their concern about aftershocks and building safety/stability.Rabastano Grimuso
Agustinate of Public Communication & Safety

OOC: Don't worry, we know full well about earthquakes and aftershocks. The East Pacific Fault runs all the way down the west coast of Pacitalia, and there were three considerable earthquakes last year. The EPF is extremely volatile and the Pacitalian government has spent almost $250 billion seismically upgrading infrastructure and shoring up land to protect citizens from the effects of an earthquake such as this one. The casualties were kept low as they were due to our upgrading work, which has been principally centred on the islands.

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OOC: Going to add a list of aid donations from the various countries. I'll add that they are much appreciated.

We are saddened to hear of this disaster. Be would like to pledge 23 million USD to help with any repairs, and 475 million USD to upgrade the infrastructure in the current buildings in Timiocato and the islands. Also, we would like to pay for all of the funeral costs that this earthquake has caused.

We will send $2,000,000,000,000 (two trillion dollars), 2,000 doctors, 10,000 National Guardsmen, 40 tons of food, 16,000 gallons of fresh water, and 54,000 crates of medicine and vaccines.

-Secretary of Diplomacy Chong Moua

Sarzonia would like to extend its sympathies to the people afflicted by the earthquake in Timiocato. We have authorized 10 Pasteur-class hospital ships to aid in the relief efforts. A contribution of $1.75 tillion to aid in the reconstruction of destroyed buildings in the capital and other areas affected by the earthquake and its after effects will be included aboard the hospital ship Angel of Mercy. 25 Curie-class light medical vessels will also be a part of the convoy.

We request an escort from the Pacitalian Navy to ensure that the fleet's humanitarian efforts are not caused undue harm by our enemies.

We will send troops and suplies to help clear the wreckage and look for survivors. We will also send SRCs (Superior Robot Craft) to help. We will send an aid package of $900,000,000.

Sarzonia would like to extend its sympathies to the people afflicted by the earthquake in Timiocato. We have authorized 10 Pasteur-class hospital ships to aid in the relief efforts. A contribution of $1.75 tillion to aid in the reconstruction of destroyed buildings in the capital and other areas affected by the earthquake and its after effects will be included aboard the hospital ship Angel of Mercy. 25 Curie-class light medical vessels will also be a part of the convoy.

We request an escort from the Pacitalian Navy to ensure that the fleet's humanitarian efforts are not caused undue harm by our enemies.

We do not intend to harm your hospital ships. Not only do they have no military value, but attacking them would be immoral and wasteful.

-Secretary of Diplomacy Chong Moua

We do not intend to harm your hospital ships. Not only do they have no military value, but attacking them would be immoral and wasteful.

-Secretary of Diplomacy Chong MouaUnder the circumstances, I believe you would understand if I am more than a little reluctant to take you at your word. After all, you attempted to kill our President. Anyone whose leader willfully attempted an assassination of another leader while at peace talks is not worth an inch of trust.

Mark Lorber
Senior Vice President for External Affairs

To: Emperor Titus Celmaetus, SVP-E Mark Lorber, Secretary of Diplomacy Chong Moua, The nation of Clamparapa
From: Prime Minister Timothy Ell

Thank you for the outstanding contributions to rebuild the damaged southern islands of Pacitalia. We would be ashamed not to repay you for these gracious amounts of aid you have provided for us to use.

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OOC: RB and Sarzonia, you can lower your contributions to 2 and 1.75 billion, respectively, if you feel like it. Although very much appreciated, your current numbers are quite a bit of money for relatively minor to moderate damage.

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OOC: RB and Sarzonia, you can lower your contributions to 2 and 1.75 billion, respectively, if you feel like it. Although very much appreciated, your current numbers are quite a bit of money for relatively minor to moderate damage.

OOC: Okay, lower mine to 500 billion, then.

[OOC: Granted, a lot of prices are dramatically out of whack in the NS world, but $500 billion is still a very high price for minor to moderate damage. Be that as it may, I'll lower my figure also.]

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Guillermo Vicente turned off the TV, an expression of startled shock upon his face. He had tp help these people. Now!!

Dear Pactalia,

We would like to extend a gift of 200 aid helicopters on loan, 4,000,000 barrels of fresh drinking water, and 20,000 crates of FRESH food to the victims of this terrible earthquake.

~Signed~
Guillermo Vicente
Chief Minister of Yafor 2

[OOC: You can lower mine to $750 billion.]

Thank you, Yafor 2.

OOC: I lowered you to $500 billion, Mike. As gracious as it is, 3/4B is a bit too much at the current moment.

Our pleasure.

I'm planning an earthquake cleanup RP - those nations that donate aid - whether monetary or humanitarian - before midnight tonight (Pacific standard time) will be allowed to participate.

OOC:Keep a place for me...won't be on then.

OOC: Don't worry, if you're on the foreign aid list in the first post, you're considered to be a part of the RP.

Ooc:'k

OOC: Great. I'll be there sometime tomorrow.

IC: We are very glad to see that you have accepted our aid.

OOC: You have a few factual...f***ups there.
1. The Richter scale is used at the quake's epicenter. The measurement there is what it was. A quake that storng should be felt for a few hundred miles around.
2. That quake should have caused at least small tsunamis.

I was planning to have a similar event, but decided to keep going with my current civil war one.

OOC: You have a few factual...f***ups there.
1. The Richter scale is used at the quake's epicenter. The measurement there is what it was. A quake that storng should be felt for a few hundred miles around.
2. That quake should have caused at least small tsunamis.

I was planning to have a similar event, but decided to keep going with my current civil war one.

It did cause a tsunami, just not big enough ones to do any damage to the beachfront areas. And yes, I know that the Richter scale measurement was for the epicenter. When I gave a measurement for Timiocato, it was how strong the earthquake felt in proportion to what it would be on the scale.

Okay, so the nations invited to participate in the cleanup RP are Canada, Clamparapa, Jeruselem, Present Day Comatica, Roach-Busters, Sarzonia and Yafor 2.

OOC:What's the link?

OOC: I think we'll start the RP after the RB-Sarzonian war is finished. It's a little too much for me to have going at once.

- this RP
- RB-Sarzonia war
- GLNP takeout war
- war against the Real ALM
- Cold War Earth Mexican Empire stuff

is definitely a lot.

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