Gryph Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 (edited) I've been watching coverage aabout this on BBC World since yesterday. more than 20,000 dead as of latest info. And the biggest catastophy in what? 40 years?<{POST_SNAPBACK}> It's definitely the most powerful earthquake in 40 years. Here is a preliminary report: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2004/usslav/ You can read here how the tsunami happened: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4125949.stm Edit: Holy crap, I didn't know that it went as far as Somalia! SOMALIA The northern Somali coastline, more than 6,000 km (3,728 miles) from the epicentre, was reported affected. Hundreds of fishermen are feared to have drowned. Waves also struck Kenya, after hitting Mauritius, Reunion and the Seychelles on the way. Edited December 27, 2004 by GryphonKlaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agozer Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 Yeah, it went pretty damn far. Stuff like this is supposed to happen in movies and such.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoomBa_GoosE Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 its amazing what nature can do...ironic really...we get all this great stuff from nature but on the flip side, nature can be pretty deadly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 I found an animated gif of the shock wave. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:2004_In...unami_100px.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agozer Posted December 27, 2004 Share Posted December 27, 2004 Satellite imaging I presume.... Damn that's huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoomBa_GoosE Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 all together so far, 22,000 people dead....geez this is such a tragedy. i was readin up on yahoo and i found this in the papers..sorta touched me a lil.. "Where are my children?" said 41-year-old Absah, as she searched for her 11 youngsters in Banda Aceh, the Indonesian city closest to Sunday's epicenter. "Where are they? Why did this happen to me? I've lost everything." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madi Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 wow this is bad , it hit alot of freakin places , i wonder how many people are still missing , hope this doesnt happen near the US RIP dead people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluestinger X Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 my gf was telling me how this woman left to go get some food for her family. When she came home her whole village was gone....... i cant imagine how that would feel. losing all ur family that fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 wow this is bad , it hit alot of freakin places , i wonder how many people are still missing , hope this doesnt happen near the US RIP dead people<{POST_SNAPBACK}>If it happens in the US it'll be on the West coast since that's where a major fault is. The saddest part is that if the proper warning systems were in place, many people could have evacuated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoomBa_GoosE Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 makes me feel so good to be here in California.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 over 24,000 now. No warning system would have helped the Maldives islands.It is hundreds of islands, most no more than 2.5 metresabove see level. The 10m wave simply washed right overthem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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