The Tsunami, Satellite Images, BEFORE AND AFTER. AMAZING!! (Warning: Graphic images downthread)

crushelits | Dec. 30, 2004 | crushelits

[crushelits]

A satellite image taken Dec. 29, 2004, shows an overview of Aceh province in the western Indonesian island of Sumatra. The area absorbed the double shock of the world's worst earthquake in 40 years coupled with the resulting catastrophic tsunami
BEFORE: This detailed view of the northern tip of the island was taken on Jan 10, 2003	AFTER: A photo taken of the same area on Jan. 29, 2004, shows the extreme destruction caused by the earthquake and tsunami. On Thursday, Indonesian officials issued a new death toll of nearly 80,000 for that country alone.
BEFORE: This detailed view of northern Banda Aceh was taken on Jan. 10, 2003	AFTER: News services on Thursday reported that pilots in Sumatra had discovered about 28,000 more dead in Banda Aceh while dropping food to remote villages still unreachable by rescue workers.
BEFORE: This detailed view of the island was taken by the IKONOS satellite on Jan. 10, 2003	AFTER: Some officials said there was dismal coordination among the Indonesian military, civilians and foreign governments. "We haven't gotten any help at all, nothing, said a resident who was camped out five miles from the airport in Banda Aceh.
BEFORE: This detailed view of the west of the island was taken on Jan. 10, 2003	AFTER: As of Thursday, several governments had pledged $500 million in emergency aid for stricken areas.
BEFORE: This detailed view of the west of the island was taken on Jan. 10, 2003	AFTER: On Wednesday, the Indonesian military finally reached the Sumatra town of Meulaboh, closest to the epicenter on the massive earthquake. A bulldozer dug a mass grave the size of a swimming pool in which to pile corpses covered only by plastic sheets.

[Bryan]

It seems the bodies are all face down....

When a human being loses consciousness, the natural position of the floating body is face down.

[RepubMommy]

yikes. that pic needs a warning...

I agree. There is a child in there rumble with his arms up. I can't even imagine what his last few minutes were like:(

[Prost1]

Here is a link of the Tsunami at one location:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/tsunami

[herewego]

bump fer later

[Orlando]

Is photo number 3(right side) the epicenter of the EQ ?

[AmericanInTokyo]

(Re that photo), that is how I would picture Hell, all presided over by Satan, laughing. Really.

[Orlando]

In pic #3 it looks like a crater to the left ???
Maybe impact ???

[Bars4Bill]

That picture is gruesome... was it really necessary to post it?

Yes, as long as the MSM won't and continues with its feeding frenzy on "who's not giving enough," i.e. the evilUS and evil Bush.

[DSBull]

When you go to the drudge site and click on Video, it should take you to a mirror site. if it does, don't hit on the videos but hit on the guys who supplied them. It will take you to there direct sites and they play. I couldn't get the first site to play at all but the other way works pretty good.

God bless,
Scott

[hershey]

Bangladesh suffers periodic, deadly high tides, storm tides, whatever...and thousands die. We read about it in the press, but it happens repeatedly. Maybe at this point they're building some kind of barriers to the sea, but I don't really know.

[thedavetx]

To the squeamish to objected to the photo in post #21:

That's reality. That's nature. Get used to it. I think people living comfortably in modern industrial societies have become too insulated from the facts of Life and Death.

[GVnana]

Thanks. I did manage to get a couple to play. Just mind boggling. Overwhelming.

[Frank_2001]

It certainly is, and the survivors will face starvation; all those checkerboard patterns are probably farms/rice paddies, and they are all gone. Hopefully they will get food in time; they need our help!!!

[Bryan]

That's reality. That's nature. Get used to it. I think people living comfortably in modern industrial societies have become too insulated from the facts of Life and Death.

I agree. As I said, the decision to post it could have gone either way. In the end, I decided to go ahead. Those satellite photographs provided only one dimension of this terrible natural disaster. I provided another.

We lost 3,000 Americans on 9/11. The people of Southeast Asia and Somalia lost more then 30 times that number -- and their disaster relief networks are pathetic compared with ours.

[Bryan]

I had no idea what I was looking at in the picture...I just thought it was showing debris and such until I started to scroll...unreal.

I had the same experience the first time I saw it. At first it looked like a couple of acres of flotsam and driftwood. Then I began scrolling down and saw those rounded, smooth objects and I thought, "What are those?" Then I kept scrolling down and ... oh, my God.

[GodOfmercy]

God be with the people that lived through this...

Here is a good site for current information. It shows the toll at 160l :(

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake#Casualty_summary

[SauronOfMordor]

CNN has been getting an avalanche of emails indicating they should not be showing the horrors. They are standing by their theory that, if not shown, this would soon be forgotten.

They should be reminded of the discrepency of their policy here versus showing graphic images of WTC 9/11, another event that should not be forgotten

[GodOfmercy]

I think they should show pictures. Because the media job is to keep us informed...9-11 also should of been shown/remembered more over the media. I do not understand that to this day.

[Snoopers-868th]

ping

[GodOfmercy]

Ping for Amazing satellite photo's!!!