"Container City" ~ Built in Turkey, now keeping earthquake survivors ~ First time I have heard this term, but means the same to me as: refugee camp, FEMA camp, COVID camp, quarantine camp, concentration camp.... How will the people ever escape?

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[–]Tums_is_Smut_bkwrds 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's hard to tell from the photo but I'd suggest that those are actually not shipping containers. Rather they are pre-fabbed 'houses' that just happen to remind us of containers.

Various projects have proposed re-purposing actual shipping containers for housing, often to some fanfare. But the reality is that shipping containers do not translate well to housing. They are a purpose designed and built shell will no insulation or access points for power, plumbing and other basics of full time, long term accommodation. Cutting holes in the sides weakens the container since the sides are part of the supporting structure, as opposed to the walls of a house. Originally it was envisioned to stack containers to make ready, cheap apartments but once they started putting windows and doors in and running services the idea fell apart -- no pun intended -- quickly.

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I also wondered why they would call these "containers".... but that's what the news article called them. Regardless of the architecture, they are small shelters and these people have no permanent homes to move into. Many apartment buildings were destroyed in the earthquakes. This is happening as wars are spreading over the globe, with famines and diseases. How will they escape? Of course, I hope they will, but it's bizarre how people think after ever disaster that everything will go back to normal. They do not see the signs of the times and have lost their way, but if they will repent and turn to Jesus, who died on a cross so their sins could be forgiven, then they would be saved.

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Source of image with interesting article to go with it: https://saidit.net/s/news/comments/ar2w/earthquake_survivors_in_turkey_some_lived_in/