Niue 'flattened' by tsunami-type waves [blast from the past]

Villagers talked of tsunami-type waves sweeping up 30 metre cliffs, chasing them out of their houses and into the bush, and they grieved at the loss of their museum with its artifacts – their taonga – and their trust in the beautiful but treacherous sea below... Worst hit was the southern area of Aliluki where the terrifying monstrous waves, rather than the wind, caused devastation... Moto Valiana said he had made his sister leave her Kristof home just minutes before it was swamped by a gigantic wave... Across the road, Osa Williams spoke of how she thought her house was safe but was forced to run through the bush as two huge waves in a row loomed ahead. "We did not want to look back, the waves chased us in." ...A villager said the man had had to retreat between two water tanks, all that was left standing on his section after a wave hurtled over his roof and carried him off... Behind them seas of seemingly tidal wave proportions rolled over their home.

Aleutian finding topples [TSUNAMI] theory
Anchorage Daily News ^ | December 25, 2004) | DOUG O'HARRA
Posted on 12/26/2004 10:56:24 PM PST by BenLurkin
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Asia Struggles As Death Toll Hits 44,000
Yahoo! News ^ | December 28, 2004 | ANDI DJATMIKO
Posted on 12/28/2004 9:51:55 AM PST by Kaslin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1309654/posts

Asian Tsunamis Kill at Least 20,000 People
AP ^ | 12/26/04 | DILIP GANGULY
Posted on 12/26/2004 8:57:28 PM PST by TexKat
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1308840/posts

Asian Tsunamis Surge Against East African Coast
Reuters ^ | Dec 26, 2004 12:11 PM ET | C. Bryson Hull
Posted on 12/26/2004 9:53:01 AM PST by sully777
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308649/posts

Books, Magazines, Movies, Music
Amazon
March 2004
Anatoly T. Fomenko
Posted on 07/11/2004 9:34:44 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1169550/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1169550/posts?page=50#50

Diego Garcia
"My son"
Posted on 12/27/2004 3:59:26 AM PST by margieelisabeth
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308925/posts

Giant wave could threaten US
BBC
10 August 2004
Posted on 08/09/2004 8:34:11 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1188396/posts

Hollywood fantasy? Tidal wave disaster is just waiting to happen
The Guardian Unlimited
August 10, 2004
Ian Sample
Posted on 08/11/2004 5:57:52 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1189804/posts

Massive Tsunami Sweeps Atlantic Coast In Asteroid Impact Scenario
(Surf's Up)
UC Santa Cruz Press Release
May 27, 2003
UC Santa Cruz Press Release
Posted on 05/29/2003 9:57:14 AM PDT by Mike Darancette
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/919723/posts

'Rogue waves' reported by mariners get scientific backing
yahoo news
7/21/04
unknown
Posted on 07/23/2004 1:25:25 AM PDT by Rebelbase
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1176910/posts

Ship-sinking Monstor Waves Revealed By ESA Satellites
European Space Agency
21 July 2004
Posted on 07/25/2004 12:36:29 AM PDT by Yosemitest
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1178061/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1178061/posts?page=8#8

Ship-sinking monster waves revealed by ESA satellites
European Space Agency
7/21/04
Posted on 07/22/2004 10:25:27 PM PDT by uglybiker
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1176837/posts

Southeast Asia death toll reaches 23,000,
fears grow for 540 Israelis missing in SE Asia
Jerusalem Post ^ | Dec. 27, 2004
Posted on 12/27/2004 6:04:21 AM PST by IAF ThunderPilot
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308954/posts

Tidal Waves Kill More Than 3,200 in Asia
(Update: Death toll now tops 11,500)
AP ^ | Sun, Dec 26, 2004
Posted on 12/26/2004 2:09:10 AM PST by Grzegorz 246
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308556/posts

Tidal Waves Kill More Than 700 in Asia
yahoo/AP ^ | 12-26-04 | LELY T. DJUHARI
Posted on 12/26/2004 1:18:45 AM PST by sully777
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308542/posts

Tidal wave threat 'over-hyped'
BBC UK
Oct. 30, 2004
Posted on 10/31/2004 9:35:18 AM PST by Company Man
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1263784/posts

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