Thousands Dead After Earthquake in Southeast Asia

Post by **SMLCHNG** » December 26, 2004 3:54 pm

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,142566,00.html

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/1 ... index.html

WOW!

TikiTom · Post by **TikiTom** » December 26, 2004 8:18 pm

That's awful

Hopefully we (the U.S.) are planning on sending lots of relief over there, that's devastating.

creeky · Post by **creeky** » December 26, 2004 8:22 pm

At least 6 australians are unaccounted for.

We had some "strange wave activity" on the North West of Australia - but all settled down now.

A true international tragedy

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » December 27, 2004 7:52 am

CNN is saying this morning that as many as 21 000 are dead. Such a tragedy. Nature's forces are not to be underestimated, are they?
Relief efforts are underway here in Canada, too.

IsleReef · Post by **IsleReef** » December 27, 2004 9:43 am

That is so crazy............

That wave and all of its power had to be huge..........

Cousin Baxter · Post by **Cousin Baxter** » December 27, 2004 12:14 pm

My friend just got back a couple of months ago from Thailand. He stayed at the island where they filmed the movie The Beach. The bungalows he stayed at were one of the many that were destroyed. He came back with some amazing stories and beautiful pictures.

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » December 27, 2004 12:21 pm

IsleReef wrote:That is so crazy............ That wave and all of its power had to be huge..........

I saw an article in the paper that said as a tsunami is going across the ocean heading to land it can reach speeds of up to 500 mph and as it approaches the shore it's as loud as a train. They said if you don't get any advance warning, once you can hear it you only have about 5 minutes to get to higher ground.

El mojito · Post by **El mojito** » December 27, 2004 12:41 pm

It was said in a news report that Sumatra moved 100 feet south because of the earthquake also that the earth is vibrating due to the quake

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... _explainer

Enzo Boschi, the head of Italy's National Geophysics Institute, likened the quake's power to detonating a million atomic bombs the size of those dropped on Japan during World War II, and said the shaking was so powerful it even disturbed the Earth's rotation.

"All the planet is vibrating" from the quake, he told Italian state radio. Other scientists said it was early too say whether the rotation was affected by the quake.

A1A BOUND · Post by **A1A BOUND** » December 27, 2004 12:55 pm

I HEARD ABOUT THAT ON THE RADIO THIS MORNING. ONE OF HUNTSVILLE'S CITY COUNCILMEN WAS THERE. NO ONE HAS HEARD FROM HIM YET.

sailingagain · Post by **sailingagain** » December 27, 2004 1:03 pm

That's such a sad story and a true tragedy.

MelliJellyBean · Post by **MelliJellyBean** » December 27, 2004 2:23 pm

i can't even begin to imagine how terrifying that would be to see a huge wall of water coming and not being able to do a thing about it but RUN.

How tragic. My prayers go out to these people.

halfpint6924 · Post by **halfpint6924** » December 27, 2004 2:37 pm

Eight Americans confirmed dead.

creeky · Post by **creeky** » December 27, 2004 2:57 pm

halfpint6924 wrote:Eight Americans confirmed dead.

We have a 6month old baby and 52yo businessman confirmed dead. 10 aussies officially still missing and hundreds not yet accounted for.

It is so sad and depressing to watch

A1A BOUND · Post by **A1A BOUND** » December 27, 2004 3:28 pm

halfpint6924 wrote:Eight Americans confirmed dead.

HAVE THEY RELEASED ANY NAMES?

honeysucklevine · Post by **honeysucklevine** » December 27, 2004 3:53 pm

I saw the pics of the waves that someone had recoreded this morning on the Today Show, and they were huge! They didnt even look real, it was like watching a movie. What a tragedy!

creeky · Post by **creeky** » December 27, 2004 3:54 pm

We are at 6 confirmed dead (including a 3yo child and 14yo boy) and 10 missing, feared dead

mermaidindisguise · Post by **mermaidindisguise** » December 27, 2004 4:02 pm

it really reconfirms how mother nature has the power... not us. I justcan'tget over how the number keeps climbing....

Sam · Post by **Sam** » December 27, 2004 4:59 pm

the toll is up to 24,000 dead and I expect it will climb higher.
I have a very good friend from South Africa that vacations with his wife in Thailand... I am not sure when they were suppose to leave.
I can only hope and pray they are safe and elsewhere besides the affected areas!

Unfortunately, There will not be closure for so many people.
I don't think they will recover and identify the majority of the bodies...maybe with DNA tests but the conditions and no telling where bodies will wind up........or how to preserve the remains........

I don't know how many lives were lost in Krakatoa.......I don't know if they will ever get a confirmed total of the lives lost....in this disaster...many places were lowland and remote....

A few years back a rogue wave around 25 feet high, hit Daytona Beach...luckily it was at a time when no one was on the beach so no loss of life occurred. I forget the exact details on it. There was much speculation on it and the cause......seaquakes were blamed for it.

There are no words for these castastrophic loss of life events.

aquaholic · Post by **aquaholic** » December 27, 2004 7:35 pm

jus watched the news......so sad

Post by **SMLCHNG** » December 27, 2004 8:08 pm

For those who are able, and wish to help, here's a link to the Red Cross International website.

http://www.ifrc.org/index.asp

I found when I was donating today, the site is running slow - I'm sure due to a lot of traffic - so be patient.