2,200 killed in tidal wave

by **cavalierlwt** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 5:24 am

Holy Sh*t,
It's scary how 'casually' (to us anyway) the people in India and Asia get killed on a yearly basis. This is pretty big news for them, but it's not like 9/11 was to us. This kind of thing happens to them from time to time.
Damn, 2000+ killed, just like that.

edit: make that 3000+ people.
By the time it's over, I bet it goes over 5000.

by **Sabres** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 7:45 am

That is unbelievable. 3000+ gone like that.

by **cavalierlwt** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 9:45 am

make that 5,000+ now.
It just hit out the blue I guess.

>>People that were snorkeling were dragged along the coral and washed up on the beach, and people that were sunbathing got washed into the sea," said Simon Clark, 29, a photographer from London vacationing on Ngai island.

In the Andaman Sea on Phi Phi island — where "The Beach" starring Leonardo DiCaprio was filmed — 200 bungalows at two resorts were swept out to sea.

The worst known death toll so far was in Sri Lanka, where a million people were displaced from wrecked villages. Some 20,000 soldiers were deployed in relief and rescue and to help police maintain law and order. Military spokesman Brig. Daya Ratnayake said 2,425 people were dead in areas under government control. <<

by **Davis** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 10:25 am

Still climbing

http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=34&tmpl=fc&in=Science&cat=Earthquakes_and_Volcanoes

by **deathBOB** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 11:53 am

Do they know what caused it?

by **Sabres** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 11:54 am

That link doesn't work for me Davis.

by **Mugzy** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 12:12 pm

Originally posted by deathBOB
Do they know what caused it?

An 8.9 underwater earthquake. Just go to http://news.google.com.

by **Sayntfuu** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 1:29 pm

wow 7200 and counting.

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*edit*

The US Geological Survey said the earthquake recorded west of the Indonesian island of Sumatra measured 8.9 on the Richter scale.

Death toll:

Indonesia: 4185
Sri Lanka: 3225
India: 2447
Thailand: 310
Malaysia: 42
Maldives: 15
Bangladesh: 2
Total: 10,226

a 7.6 mag aftershock in Bangladesh as well.

Updated as of Sun Dec 26 14:09:18 UTC 2004. DATE-(UTC)-TIME Latitude Longitude Depth Magnitude Comments
yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss degrees degrees km
2004/12/26 11:05:00 13.54N 92.88E 10.0 6.3 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
2004/12/26 10:19:29 13.45N 92.79E 10.0 6.2 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
2004/12/26 09:20:01 8.87N 92.38E 10.0 6.5 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
2004/12/26 07:38:24 13.12N 93.05E 10.0 5.8 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
2004/12/26 07:07:09 10.34N 93.76E 10.0 5.7 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
2004/12/26 06:21:58 10.62N 92.32E 10.0 5.7 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
2004/12/26 04:21:26 6.90N 92.95E 10.0 7.3 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
2004/12/26 03:08:42 13.81N 92.97E 10.0 6.1 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
2004/12/26 02:59:12 3.18N 94.26E 10.0 5.9 OFF W COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
2004/12/26 02:51:59 12.51N 92.59E 10.0 6.0 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
2004/12/26 02:36:06 12.14N 93.01E 10.0 5.8 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
2004/12/26 02:34:50 4.10N 94.18E 10.0 5.8 OFF W COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
2004/12/26 02:22:01 8.84N 92.53E 10.0 6.0 NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
2004/12/26 02:15:57 12.38N 92.51E 10.0 5.8 ANDAMAN ISLANDS, INDIA REGION
2004/12/26 01:48:46 5.39N 94.42E 10.0 5.9 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
2004/12/26 00:58:50 3.30N 95.78E 10.0 8.9 OFF W COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA

by **cavalierlwt** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 2:14 pm

10,000 and counting.
What really pisses me off right now, is that the major news stations are business as usual, they are treating it like a minor story. They should be fixated right now, instead they are running a show about the history of Saddam Hussein, another one is running 'people in the news' etc.
Its a pretty bad message being sent about how life is valued.

by **CodeRed68** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 3:44 pm

Not to be morbid.. but are there any videos of the tidal wave? You never see those except on computer animations. You think with more people having access to personal video cameras we would get to see one.

by **deathBOB** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 4:11 pm

Wait a few days, im sure their out there...

by **MoJo** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 4:42 pm

I just saw one on BBC News 24, Man its Scary!...

by **Agent-Commando** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 5:08 pm

Mother nature at her greatest fury...

Our condolences to our brethren in Southeast Asia... It is tragic that it happened around this time of year, the one occasion that everyone around the world can share in.

by **Sir Loin** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 6:03 pm

HANG TEN.......................THOUSAND!!

Just kidding....thought i would bring some humor into the thread.

by **Jeffro** » Sun Dec 26, 2004 6:12 pm

This is terrible...just terrible!

2,200 killed in tidal wave

2,200 killed in tidal wave

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