I am serious, it look's like someone dropped nuclear bombs on those areas.
Wow!
Unbelievable. Thank you for posting these. It's shocking.
Man oh man. Beyond the shock of the tragedy, this is a testament to the power of nature, which IMO sillifies our exaggerated notions of how we think we can control and preserve this force. It's far more likely to control us.
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bump...best comparative illustration via a "wide-angle" view of what's been lost...
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What you are seeing here is one, very small part of the scope of damage and carnage. There is a 3000 mile coastline, for which most is relatively inaccessable now. Roads have been cut, buried with debris or flooded. It will take months to reach some of these places, a herculean effort I am not sure we can muster. Many more villages have all but been erased.
Our capability to conceptualize the enormity of this tragedy is just not there. We have no way to compare. Our combined experiences cannot relate to 3000 miles of coastline let alone the wrath of a tidal action such as this on hundreds of villages. God be with the survivors along that coastline. For many, aid will come too late, if at all.
If there is one thing we could take to heart...we live a delicate existance, treasure it and be as well prepared as we can to endure......
Unbelievable...if the Thia Government when alerted to this earthquake....making a decision NOT to issue a TSUNAMI ALERT....talk 'bout poor decision making....that's not the word for it.
Just when you think you've reached the saturation point, new information and pictures brings the tragedy home and breaks your heart all over again. With tears in my eyes, thank you.
Fing a good, reliable charity that does not feather its own nest.
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Is photo number 3(right side) the epicenter of the EQ ?
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.
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I believe the original source of the pictures is from http://crisp.nus.edu.sg/tsunami/tsunami.html
Should acknowlege the source.
Wow. It'll be good to see follow-up photos in upcoming days and weeks, as the last of the trapped seawater evaporates.
My God!!! Those poor people. God be with them...
Prayers to all.
Almost too much to comprehend...
I don't what to do first.
Cry, pray, or throw up.
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