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This is without doubt the hardest post I've ever had to make. I had to spend the past couple of days composing myself, and coming to terms with the fact we may never see @CorinaMarie again. I truly wish this wasn't the reality we now face, but everything suggests otherwise. ---------- Cori has been absent from Simtropolis since 18:32 (EDT) on Friday 15 July, 2022. Firstly to give a bit of background context to paint the picture... During the past few months, Cori has been enduring real life turmoil with the passing of a very close relative, and also an untimely turn of events which meant there was no other option but to move house. Big changes in life were set to happen, and an unknown with a new job and how this might affect participation on Simtropolis. I tried my very best to maintain optimism how it could be made to work out, and I'd continue taking care of the site while Cori needed time away. Throughout this time it's been my total focus to provide the support I could, even though I'm many miles away and could only give emotional and not physical assistance. Cori frequently thanked me for giving the support I was able, and understood it was a limitation of our distance for not being able to help more. We were both content, and realised our friendship was integral to their ability to continue along in life. As some of you may know, Cori and I are very good friends, and we chat on Skype on a daily basis. That day on Friday was just like any usual day. We'd been allocating "work time" so she could get on with sorting things for the upcoming house move. Cori returned just after 17:44 that day, and we caught up on site notifications (or beeps as she liked to call them). After doing so, Cori played a SC4 for a bit, before we had a relaxing time prior to calling it a night. Little did I know at 22:09 that evening, it would be the last chat message I'd receive from her (at least to now). Usually I'm a little too quick to become concerned in such situations, although this fear stemmed from a worst case scenario and trying to prevent it. I felt a duty of care to look after Cori in keep providing all the support as able. I encouraged and we still had recent fun times, and during the past few weeks things were looking hopeful with progress for RL things being accomplished. The future seemed brighter. I reinforced how she wasn't alone, and still had me to talk with about any concerns or fears. I tried to give hope for the future in years ahead. The prospects of what can be achieved in both reality and creatively in game. Just that last night we were saying about still seeing ourselves playing SC4 for the next 10-20 years in some form. I believed it too. The following morning (Saturday 16th) I awoke and checked Skype to see Cori had not returned as expected. The time by then was about 14 hours since, and I received an email and written document file from them. The start of the message said "Hiya, CB." but then the following sentence made me realise the theme of what it would be about: "This is devastating news." I knew instantly this was something dreadful. It was tragic. While I'll not post the full details of the message since it's very personal, I can sum it up with this quote: Cori said they planned to not continue on in life. The implication of reasoning was due to the pressures of their situation, and prospects of the future being less than desirable. I can empathise with this position, as it sounded awful. As much as wishing it didn't come to this, and if only there was still another possible pathway. I'm still unsure whether they went through with these plans, but at this point I fear the worst. There were no signs leading up to Saturday how this might become a possibility. Again, I wish with all my heart this wasn't reality. Perhaps there's even a remote possibility they changed their mind. Hope can sometimes be artificial, but I suppose it's a natural trait. We always keep hope. They concluded their message by thanking me for our friendship with very heartfelt words. Cori, if by chance you're still here and somehow read this message, I still wish to chat with you again. You are still a much valued Member, Moderator and Admin, and you'll continue to be treasured by us all. At this point I'm still in a combination of shock and denial. I cannot believe this has happened. Not only to my very best friend, but for how much the absence of Cori will send shock waves through the entire community. About involvement with Simtropolis, she often said much about enjoying being part of this place, and also for the way SC4 was still a focal interest to us both. If this mayoral world was reality, I know you'd still be here now. In the days ahead I'll make another post here which explains where I personally stand, and what this means for Simtropolis. ---------- To end this post, here is a timely beautiful song I remember Cori once mentioned: And an image which Cori and I both particularly admired from the James Webb telescope First Images release: (This is officially named the Carina Nebula, but at the time while chatting, we decided to name it the Corina Nebula.) It seems only fitting to conclude my post here with this very image. -CB
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Family tragedy has me occupied.
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May 5th 1992 : I don't know if it's known out of France , but here it's a traumatism : the worst day of the french football history ! It was a semi-final of the French Football Cup , the Olympique de Marseille against the SC Bastia = the medias said it was going to be a giant match , the match were everybody should be ! And it's really important , it's like David vs Goliath ... The OM in those years was the greatest and wealthiest team of France and Europe , they were winning all the matchs and earning fantastic amounts of awards and money ! While the SC Bastia was a province team , and it was already a miracle that they were in a semi-final ... And the chance had decided that this match will take place at Bastia in the very old Furiani Stadium ... To celebrate this match , the boss of the SC Bastia , Jean-François Filippi , decided to build a provisional tribune which will stand for 5 000 seats , when the decision is made we are at 12 days from the ceremony and two compagnies are ready to take the opportunity : Space Locations and Sud Tribunes . But at the very last minute , Jean-François Filippi said that the tribune must be finally for 10 000 seats ! So Space Locations gave up but they warned the Furiani administration : it's strictly impossible to build a serious tribune of this capacity in just 10 days ! But Sud Tribunes don't want to give up : it's the business of the century ! To make it possible they spat on the security principles ... The 5th May , the day of the match , the new tribune seem to be OK ... It's a wonderful party under a quiet blue sky and the stadium is fully occupied : 18 000 seats in total with 10 000 on the provisional tribune ! Some firefighters are telling that the structure is not stable , they have a terrible feeling ! But nobody heard them ... At 20 : 20 the journalists are going to open the emission in a few minute when a strange sound is heard ... Like thunder ... Here is what it mean : Advance the video to 00:20 to see the tape I'm talking about http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg3IK6hJGSI&feature=player_detailpage#t=1647s On this tape you can hear a boy crying " Daddy ! " " Daddy ! " " Daddy ! " ! And he's not alone ... An important part of the victims are children of less than 16 years old ... Half of the tribune crushed on the ground taking half of the 10 000 persons on it ... Peoples are killed or rudely injured by the long tubular pieces of metal are real arrows ! Players and policemen have been the first to rescue the victims enmeshed within the mass of tubes and steel beams of the North Stand , but 18 persons died this night and more than 2 500 persons are still paralysed : this is the worst event in France that caused so many paralysed in only a single time ! That's how was the tribune the day after : Do you know why the separation between what crushed and what keep on is so clear ? It is because the material that Jean-Marie Boismond , the engineer of Sud Tribunes , had used for the upper seats is ( normally ) absolutely not for this kind of construction ! It is not even a professional material ! Since this night of horror , the 5th May is bannished : no football matches this day ! I wanted to show you what is the price of money for some peoples and as I'm a huge football fan , I don't want to see this again !
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After a long time without updating back with a bitter note. I decided to create a tragic fact also devising national media coverage.Here what happened. CAUSES A TRAGEDY IN RIYADH LOMA PRIETA Loma Prieta is a town of 10,000 inhabitants located over the riverand reliever Victoria River Victoria from the dam located 4 milesupstream. On 3 December last, in a hot afternoon in this city south of the province of Ostend, people are preparing to return to their homes in the midday break before returning to work during the afternoon. At 13 hours, a loud bang in the town feel. A passer-known in town to present a small mental deficiency, runs along the main avenueto the cries of "THE DAM COMES DOWN, IN DANGER" Because they are psychic, no one believed in the village until at 13:07 a furious mass of water entering the city destroying what we find along the way. Within seconds the swell of more than 8 meters north to southmending to Loma Prieta dragging everything in its path. People,cars, houses, businesses, crops, electrical towers, bridges and trees were swept away like toothpicks. More than 80 people died, there are 35 missing, 9,800 homeless, lost 15 billion dollars. POSTCARDS FROM THE TRAGEDY ► Dam Cracks and leaks a few minutes before its destruction. ► Aerial view after the tragedy. You can see the flooded area ► Center Sector. At the bottom, right, you can see the roof of a portion of the train station. Several shops have disappeared by the raging water. NEWSPAPER COVERAGE Disclaimer: tapas are fictitious real Argentine media. Theinformation is in Spanish but I've translated for you. ► Cover the newspaper "La Voz del Interior" to Austral City. "RIAD AND TRAGEDY - 80 dead in Loma Prieta" ► Cover the newspaper with national coverage "Clarin." "Tragedy of water - Loma Prieta in the fury of a river" ► Cover the newspaper with national coverage "TiempoArgentino". "Tragedy in Loma Prieta after rupture of the dam Victoria - The national government sent aid. Immediate solidarity of Brazil, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela" ► Cover the newspaper with national coverage, "The Nation". "Tragedy in the center of the country - 80 killed by the flood in Loma Prieta - The cameras that recorded the tragedy" and on the right side "The safety of dams in the country - The memory ofMendoza - San Carlos Minas: the people that emerged from the tragedy " This was all, have been more updates more cities! Cheers, until next time. ARGENTINA
