[stlnative]

Will post more pictures as I get through them!

[KMC1]

Thanks for posting these - this is awefully tough stuff to deal with...
win Autographed Copy of Hugh Hewitt's Best Seller

[Billthedrill]

BTT. Thank God for the "evil" military - in two weeks the UN will be feeding corpses.

[Ciexyz]

Good Lord, hopefully those area won't have to wait two more weeks to get food shipments!

And it's sobering to remember that as the water drains off the land, more bodies are exposed.

[deport]

A week after giant waves swamped parts of Indonesia the water is only just beginning to drain away to reveal the full extent of the horrific destruction and yet more bodies to count. (Reuters - Handout)

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What is holding the water inland?.... The ocean hasn't risen and stayed that high has it?

How far inland has the waves/water actually penetrated?...

[tutstar]

poing

[diamond6]

May I ask a question? How far did these tidal waves go inland?

[diamond6]

Oh! Never mind, someone else already answered my question.

[RepublicanReptile]

PING

[WIladyconservative]

You guys are the best at answering questions like the one I'm about to ask (can't think of anywhere else better to ask it).

Do you think there might be satellite images of the actual birth of the tsunamis? What would it look like? If the sea floor dropped 6 meters (or was it feet?) would there be a corresponding reaction on the ocean surface and could that have been caught by sattelites?

[Theresawithanh]

Thanks for posting these. It's sobering to realize that the full extent of the damage will come when the waters all recede.

[stlnative]

American Navy flight crewsmen and medical personals carry an injured evacuee from Sampo, Aceh province for further treatment in Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh province in northwestern Indonesia Sunday Jan. 2, 2005. The US has conducted its largest relief operation since Vietnam war following the earthquake-triggered Tsunami last week that killed more than 80,000 people in Indonesia alone and soared to 150,000 across Asia and Africa. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)


Sangeeta, a mother of three boys, looks down on her eldest son, Dinakaran, seated, and the dog that saved his life, Selvakumar Sunday, Jan. 2, 2005. Sangeeta could only carry two of her boys and had to leave Dinakaran to fend for himself when a tsunami crashed into their village on Dec. 26, 2004. Selvakumar pulled Dinakaran out of the family hut and nipped and nudged him up a hill to safety. (AP Photo/Chris Tomlinson )


Twisted tracks : A man walks across railway tracks, twisted by the force of the tidal waves near the village of Kalamulla , 40 km from Colombo, southwestern Sri Lanka. (AFP/Tatyana Makeyeva)


Relief workers unload crates of bottled water at the Car Nicobar airbase on January 2, 2005. The United States may eventually spend billions of dollars to help Asia recover from last week's devastating tsunami, a leading Republican U.S. senator said as the Bush administration battled criticism it had been slow to respond. The $350 million in aid pledged so far by President Bush (news - web sites) represents the entire U.S. foreign disaster assistance budget, and Congress will work to pass emergency legislation to go 'well beyond' that figure, said U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar (news, bio, voting record), an Indiana Republican and head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Photo by Altaf Hussain/Reuters


Smallest victims : A young Indian tsunami victim sits at a relief shelter after her family's home was swept away by tidal waves in Cuddalore, some 185kms south of Madras. (AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)


A Sri Lankan man walks around the upstairs of his wrecked house after visiting his village for the first time since it was smashed by last week's massive tsunami Sunday Jan. 2, 2005 in Mulaitivu in the rebel controlled North of Sri lanka. A few dozen villagers returned to their homes to inspect the damage and to try to find important papers and sentimental items like photos.(AP Photo/Ed Wray)


Christian Nicobarese tribals in India's tsunami hit remote Andaman and Nicobar archipelago participate in a special mass at a relief camp in Car Nicobar January 2, 2005. India raised the number of people killed or feared killed in last week's tsunami to 14,488 on Sunday, up by more than 1,700 since the previous evening's estimate. REUTERS/Altaf Hussain


An aerial view of the eroded shore line at Hut Bay on the Little Andaman island in India's tsunami hit remote Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, January 2, 2005. India raised the number of people killed or feared killed in last week's tsunami to 14,488 on Sunday, up by more than 1,700 since the previous evening's estimate. REUTERS/Altaf Hussain

[Blood of Tyrants]

Not to be picky or to lessen their plight, but while the people are no doubt hungry, they are a long way from starvation. The more immediate concern is to get them medicine and clean water.

[stlnative]

Aviation Anti-submarine Warfare Operator 2nd Class Timothy Sullivan, assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Two (HS-2) 'Golden Falcons,' drops food and milk to waiting refugees displaced by the December 26, 2004 tsunami, January 1, 2005 in Sumatra. The helicopter was unable to land because of the extensive flooding that still exists in the region. HS-2, embarked aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) is transporting supplies, bringing in disaster relief teams and supporting humanitarian airlifts to tsunami-stricken coastal regions. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is currently operating in the Indian Ocean off the waters of Indonesia and Thailand. Picture taken January 1, 2005. REUTERS/U.S. Photo by Reuters (Handout)


A C-17 cargo jet. Having rustled up more than 100 million pounds (141 million euros, 192 million dollars) in funds, Britain said that it was ready to lend some extra military muscle to the tsunami relief effort in Asia.(AFP/File /Rick Loomis )


An aerial view of the devastation surrounding the city of Banda Aceh as seen from an SH-60F assigned to the 'Golden Falcons' of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Two (HS-2), in Indonesia January 2, 2005. The helicopter embarked aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), while transporting supplies and disaster relief teams and humanitarian airlifts to Tsunami-stricken coastal regions.


US Navy soldiers load food and water into Seahawk helicopter as part of relief aid for refugees to a damaged village of Teunom, near Meulabo, 170 km southwest from Banda Aceh, in Aceh province, Indonesia, seven days after a quake-triggered tsunami hit southeastern Asia. An unprecedented global aid operation gathered steam to save survivors of Asia's tsunamis as signs crept up of disease in the overflowing morgues after the disaster that claimed more than 127,000 lives.(AFP/Choo Youn-Kong)

[x1stcav]

Look closely at the photos. Roads have already been cleared. This was not the case 6 days ago. They're already starting their own repairs.

[Born Conservative]

http://CoreyKoberg.com/Tsunami

[satchmodog9]

Here is a picture the media in this nation will not show for some reason. If they did the donations would double. You may have to search the picture for the enlarge icon to get the real effect.
http://www.321gold.com/mustread/tsunami/rip.jpg


another link for property damage
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/indonesia/aceh-andaman-tsunami-imagery.htm
before and after

[Lady In Blue]

Thank you,brigette for this heart wrenching thread! I can't tell but is that dog dead or just resting?

[two23]

Thanks-bump

[Deetes]

BTTT

[MHT]

I am curious how many Muslims were in these countries and what the Arab nations are doing about sending aid to their Islamic brothers. We are called "stingy" and they, some of the richest people in the world, do nothing? Brunei alone is 67% Muslim.

[backhoe]

Grim stuff, but we need to see it- thanks for compiling it.

Crosslinking:

Master source of links here, updated frequently:

The Great Wave- Sumatra Quake and tsunami of 2004