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Diego Garcia
My son
Posted on 12/27/2004 3:59:26 AM PST by margieelisabeth
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.
TOPICS: Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: diegogarcia; earthquake; militarybases; sumatraquake; tsunami
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To: margieelisabeth
I'm glad Diego Garcia made it through safely!
I was very worried that the tsunami would wash up on the island and cause considerable damage, especially given that the straight line from DG to the earthquake epicenter is
open ocean.
To: margieelisabeth
The deep water would prevent tsunami buildup to be sure. Also, DG would by its very nature be designed so that it could be buttoned up pretty tight in case of attack. A tsumami from Indonesia would give several hours warning. It really never was much of a risk.
-Eric
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posted on
12/27/2004 7:57:52 AM PST
by
E Rocc
To: margieelisabeth
Who or what is Hector?? Hector is a 28+ foot hammerhead shark that used to live in the lagoon on Diego. It's been awhile so he may be gone by now but I'm sure the legend lives on. And there's truth to it. I saw a picture taken over the side of a ship. There was a 28 foot work boat along side the ship and you could just make out the image of Hector in the water. By the way, he was longer than the work boat...
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posted on
12/27/2004 8:10:27 AM PST
by
Poseidon
To: livius
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posted on
12/27/2004 8:46:16 AM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Who is General Chat?)
To: Rebelbase
Woohoo! Thanks - I'm forwarding it to the Big Fisherman himself! He'll probably want to reenlist.
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posted on
12/27/2004 8:50:30 AM PST
by
livius
To: margieelisabeth
Welcome to FR! What a wonderful first post! Thanks for setting a lot of minds at ease about our military over there.
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posted on
12/27/2004 8:55:51 AM PST
by
kayak
(Merry CHRISTmas!)
To: kayak
I'd like to thank everyone for making this a good experience for me, it was my first post on any board, but I was just so thrilled about things being ok, AND after knowing how disapointed I was in not finding any information out myself till I heard from my son, there just wasn't any hesitation in posting so anyone concerned could find out the good news. Some of the posts have given me goosebumps because I know in the 'sighs' and thank you's, there is deep relief (just as I felt). And those make me smile 'almost' as much as the email did. Thanks again! And I'll continue to try and post on things that come up but hopefully nothing as worrisome or heartbreaking as what happened over the weekend. Happy New Year everyone.
To: NautiNurse
To: Bon mots
No no...read twice, post twice, that way it'll help you remember what you said. (Its an age thing)
To: margieelisabeth
Happy New Year, margieelisabeth! Those of us who have connections with Diego Garcia were thrilled by this thread!
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posted on
12/27/2004 3:58:36 PM PST
by
livius
To: margieelisabeth
Of course Diego Garcia was fine, after all, Halliburton caused and controlled this earthquake and Tsunami, so they were able to make the waves avoid our military base.
But *shhhhhh* don't tell anyone...
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posted on
12/27/2004 7:08:15 PM PST
by
DTogo
(U.S. out of the U.N. & U.N out of the U.S.)
To: Poseidon; margieelisabeth
That picture of "Hector" was taken over the side of our ship I believe! The ship I was on (AS-39) was in the lagoon for almost 5 months back in 1979-80. Hector was/is a big boy! Often thought about Hector when out snorkeling on the outside of the island. It was the one coral beach you could surf on and not be a bloody pulp if you fell (and was lucky) while surfing.
margieelisabeth - Welcome to FR!
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posted on
12/27/2004 7:28:46 PM PST
by
Issaquahking
( Bush won, PROTECT OUR BORDER'S- NOW! Stop the Illegals!!!We'll handle the PC and the ACLU losers.)
To: DTogo
Have you been reading over at the DUmp?....LOL
I saw that posted over there earlier... "Bush's Fault", Halliburton, Nukes, yada, yada yada.... ;)
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posted on
12/27/2004 7:55:30 PM PST
by
Repub4bush
(Hey DU.......Saint Rove....Patron Saint of all your votes!)
To: margieelisabeth
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posted on
12/27/2004 8:02:49 PM PST
by
the_daug
To: margieelisabeth
FYI, there are dorms for the permanent party personnel at DG. Its the TDY people who are living in tents...at least that's the status as of last time I was there, about a year ago.
As remote as is that island, its remarkably nice. I've been on five continents during my military service, and DG is one of the most unusual and unique places I've ever seen. They also have more per capita "Morale, Welfare, and Recreation" money and resources on that island than any base I've seen in over 23 years in service.
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posted on
12/27/2004 8:07:37 PM PST
by
RavenATB
To: the_daug
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posted on
12/27/2004 8:07:42 PM PST
by
the_daug
To: margieelisabeth
Thanks for the info. Glad all are well there on Diego Garcia.
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posted on
12/27/2004 8:09:23 PM PST
by
Palladin
(Proud to be a FReeper!)
To: margieelisabeth
Anyone have any photos of this place. I imagine it is beautiful. I saw an ariel view, but you could not see what it looked like on the ground.
Any history of this place would be appreciated.
Does any native people live on this island? It really looks like a neat place to live.
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posted on
12/27/2004 11:05:49 PM PST
by
rawhide
To: rawhide
Tuesday morning update, I just spoke to my son on yahoo. And he said the only effect they have that they can tell at least is a higher then normal tide last night, He said it was 3-4 feet above the norm. Apparently CNN also mentioned Diego Garcia on the news (finally) saying it sustained no damage which we all , already knew.
To: margieelisabeth
MANY thanks for posting this - I've been wondering about DGAR for days now. And welcome to Free Republic!!!
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