The Great Wave- Sumatra Quake and tsunami of 2004

various FR links | 12-26-04 | The Heavy Equipment Guy

[backhoe]

 Yikes...warning from Oman now...and this also says 16,000 so far

http://www.terradaily.com/2004/041227075636.772jb0vi.html  

AFP NEWS WIRE

• Foreign tourists missing as tidal waves slam Thailand's Phuket resort
  
• Tidal waves cause havoc in Sri Lanka
  
• Thousands displaced as massive tidal waves hit Sri Lanka
  

[backhoe]

 UPDATE: Tsunami Waves Kill Over 19,930 in Asia

[backhoe]

 

 

Tsunamis - Living on borrowed time?

[raybbr]

I was a little surprised better advance warnings could not have been given, even if it's just a police officer in a truck with a bullhorn.

I heard on the new last night that when the bays started to empty because of the approach of the wave, people were walking out into the bay to pick up the stranded fish, only to be wiped out by the wave.

[backhoe]

 

 Tidal wave toll jumps to 20,000 in southern Asia

[Jet Jaguar]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308925/posts

Diego Garcia untouched.

[backhoe]

Thanks for the link- people have asked me how DG had fared.

[Jet Jaguar]

You bet!

[backhoe]

 

 Disaster compared to scene from Bible (Planet rotation said affected by 9.0 quake)

[backhoe]

 

 Southeast Asia death toll reaches 23,000, fears grow for 540 Israelis missing in SE Asia

[backhoe]

 

 Asia battles earthquake aftermath totalna tragedia

[reg45]

There was a posting from DG this morning. No problems.

[yoe]

They are all FINE on Diego Garcia, the quake wasn't even felt. My son is stationed there and we recieved an email from him last night. This is also a small bit of information that may help us all understand why a tsunami most likely (never say never) could hit there.

Diego Garcia is at the top of the Chagos Trench located just to our east (hence the island chain name of Chagos Archipelago). This trench is very deep and the steepness of the grade from the trench to the top of the island does not allow tsunamis to build up before they were to come on shore.

[backhoe]

 

 Tsunami, How it happened

 

 The dead are many (22,000), but each has a story (Vivid, horrifying accounts from the tsunami)

 

[backhoe]

 

 Tidal Waves Kill 22,000 in Nine Countries

 

[backhoe]

 

 Hundreds Reported Dead Along Somali Coast

 

 Remember BAM? Just one year ago...

 

 quake: 'The water kept rising -- and rising'

 

 Sumatra Earthquake--How Can I Help?

[bkwells]

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/video/tsunami-indonesia12-2004.qt

You need Quicktime to view this.

[backhoe]

Thanks- I'd been looking for a video link.

[backhoe]

 

 U.S. Has Asia-Africa Disaster Information

[backhoe]

 And yet there was no warning?

The Frantic Tsunami Warning That No One Ever Heard

 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/1309132/posts?page=7#7

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