http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/tsunami/ en-us Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:09:04 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415379/posts PHUKET, Thailand (AP) ― Buddhist monks chanted on white-sand beaches in Thailand and thousands prayed at mosques in Indonesia to mark the fifth anniversary of the Asian tsunami that left 230,000 people dead. The devastating Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami struck a dozen countries around the Indian Ocean rim. Its towering waves wiped out entire coastal communities, devastated families and crashed over tourist-filled beaches the morning after Christmas. Survivors waded through a horror show of corpse-filled waters. In Thailand, hundreds of residents and foreigners returned to the beaches on the island of Phuket to recall one of the worst natural disasters... WCBSTV.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415379/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:09:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2400443/posts WELLINGTON, New Zealand – The tsunami that killed more than 200 people in the Samoan islands and Tonga earlier this year towered up to 46 feet (14 meters) high — more then twice as tall as most of the buildings it slammed into, scientists said Friday. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2400443/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 20:15:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2371590/posts “There is a likely chance of tsunami waves reaching the shores of Israel,” says Dr. Beverly Goodman of the Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences at the University of Haifa following an encompassing geo-archaeological study at the port of Caesarea. “Tsunami events in the Mediterranean do occur less frequently than in the Pacific Ocean, but our findings reveal a moderate rate of recurrence,” she says. Dr. Goodman, an expert geo-archaeologist, exposed geological evidence of this by chance. Her original intentions in Caesarea were to assist in research at the ancient port and at offshore shipwrecks. “We expected to find... Science Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2371590/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:24:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362004/posts A 10-year-old New Zealand girl has been honoured for recognising the approach of Samoa's deadly tsunami and running up and down a beach to warn people. Wellington schoolgirl Abby Wutzler has been presented with a certificate of commendation for her actions in warning of the approach of the tsunami on September 29. The honour was bestowed by New Zealand's Ministry of Civil Defence. The tsunami, triggered by a 8.0 magnitude earthquake, killed at least 143 people in Samoa, as well as 32 in American Samoa and nine in neighbouring Tonga. Abby was on the beach at the village of Lalomanu... Nine News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362004/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:19:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2359596/posts Here is security camera video from American Samoa that captures the Tsunami that came ashore there as the wave hits a parking lot area on September 29. You can see the tremendous power and force of the Tsunami as it sweeps into view, moving the cars in its path. This video was released by the FBI there. . . . (VIDEO) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2359596/posts#comment Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:22:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2359479/posts The volcanic explosion that obliterated much of the island that might have inspired the legend of Atlantis apparently triggered a tsunami that traveled hundreds of miles to reach as far as present-day Israel, scientists now suggest. The new findings about this past tsunami could shed light on the destructive potential of future disasters, researchers added. The islands that make up the small circular archipelago of Santorini, roughly 120 miles (200 km) southeast of Greece, are what remain of what once was a single island, before one of the largest volcanic eruptions in human antiquity shattered it in the Bronze Age... LiveScience http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2359479/posts#comment Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:07:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358226/posts Pictures of before and after the devastation of the tsunami in Samoa. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358226/posts#comment Fri, 9 Oct 2009 11:15:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357150/posts tsunami warning has been issued for 11 nations in the south-west Pacific, including Papua New Guinea, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake off Vanuatu. BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357150/posts#comment Wed, 7 Oct 2009 23:47:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355578/posts WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2009 – As the U.S. military continues to provide assistance to victims of storms and earthquakes in the Philippines and Indonesia, tsunami relief operations in American Samoa are tapering off, a Defense Department spokesman said here today. The humanitarian-relief operation in American Samoa “is essentially winding down,” Bryan Whitman told reporters. The U.S. territory in the Pacific Ocean was hit by an earthquake-caused tsunami Sept. 29. Eleven C-17 cargo-plane missions provided nearly 700,000 pounds of supplies, blankets, electricity generators, vehicles and other help to American Samoans, Whitman said. A 14-member civil-support team from the Hawaii National Guard... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355578/posts#comment Mon, 5 Oct 2009 23:50:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354358/posts It took only eight minutes after the most powerful earthquake she'd ever felt knocked her to the ground, for a wall of water to slam through the sleepy Samoan surf resort where she was staying and sweep it away. As she fled in a van, Cristiane "Kiki" Martins said she and others screamed at villagers to escape to higher ground. But the Paia resident said she saw some families stay behind in their homes, waiting for a warning or evacuation order that wouldn't come in time. Back home safely on Friday, but still fragile and shaky from her ordeal, Martins... Maui News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2354358/posts#comment Sun, 4 Oct 2009 00:11:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353999/posts HONOLULU — On a search-and-rescue mission in a tsunami-stricken American Samoa village, Capt. Nate Duff and his Hawaii Air National Guard troops waded through knee-deep swampland and under trucks hanging from trees in hopes of finding missing children. Duff's medical team was the first government relief agency to reach the fishing town of Leone following the tsunami, one of dozens of American rescue squads spread throughout the wrecked islands delivering personal help, food, tents and medical supplies. "The air stunk with ... hundreds of dead fish and animals, and rotting food and debris," Duff wrote in an e-mail to his... The Associated Press (hosted on Google) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353999/posts#comment Sat, 3 Oct 2009 09:41:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353910/posts Samoa is planning a mass burial for victims of the tsunami, the government said Friday. The funeral will take place next Tuesday, a week after the deadly waves swept ashore following a powerful 8.0-magnitude earthquake. There were 123 confirmed dead in Samoa with another 16 people missing, government spokeswoman Vaosa Epa said Friday. There were 32 confirmed dead in neighbouring American Samoa and nine killed in nearby Tonga. Samoan families who have already buried their dead in their own villages would have the choice of leaving them to rest in the family plot or transferring them to the mass grave... AFP via Breitbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353910/posts#comment Sat, 3 Oct 2009 02:42:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353788/posts ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 2, 2009 – A physician assistant from the Hawaii Air National Guard’s 154th Wing provided his unit at Hickam Air Force Base with a first-hand account from tsunami-torn American Samoa. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Carissa Maxson of the Hawaii Air National Guard studies the shorelines of Pago Pago, American Samoa, Oct. 1, 2009, while conducting assessments of the area after a tsunami stuck there Sept. 29. Maxson is with the 154th Medical Group's Chemical, Biological, Radiological/Nuclear and Explosives Enhanced Response Force Package. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Cohen A. Young  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353788/posts#comment Fri, 2 Oct 2009 23:01:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353158/posts Surfer 'rode Samoa tsunami' to escape death October 02, 2009 11:00am A SURFER escaped death in the Pacific tsunami by riding out the giant waves that surged over the Pacific Island. New Zealand student Chris Nel was surfing on the south coast of Savai'i island when the 8.3 magnitude quake struck on Wednesday morning, The Dominion Post newspaper reported. He had been in the water with four other New Zealand surfers and an Australian when the tsunami appeared. Meanwhile, Samoan disaster officials said they fear up to 150 people may have died in a massive tsunami that pounded the Pacific... Perth Now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353158/posts#comment Fri, 2 Oct 2009 05:15:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353007/posts APIA, Samoa (AP) — Convoys of military vehicles brought food, water and medicine to the tsunami-stricken Samoas on Thursday as victims wandered through what was left of their villages with tales of being trapped underwater, watching young children drown and hoisting elderly parents above the waves. The death toll rose to 160 as grim-faced islanders gathered under a traditional meetinghouse to hear a Samoan government minister discuss a plan for a mass funeral and burial next Tuesday. Samoans traditionally bury their loved ones near their homes, but that could be impractical because many of their villages have been wiped out.... APIA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353007/posts#comment Fri, 2 Oct 2009 01:16:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352854/posts SIUMU, Samoa, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Rescuers fished bloated corpses from the South Pacific off Samoa and pulled bodies from the mud and twisted rubble of devastated islands as the death toll from a series of tsunamis neared 200 on Thursday. Officials feared it could go much higher. A spotter aircraft circled the ocean looking for bodies, dropping smoke flares to pinpoint their location for a boat to collect. Within an hour five were hauled ashore. The confirmed death toll stood at 149 in Samoa, 31 on American Samoa and nine on neighboring Tonga, but officials feared that whole towns... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352854/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 22:09:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2352307/posts I live here. Our own home was untouched but many were far less fortunate. I'm posting photographs of the devastated areas, homes, and businesses. Taputimu CoastlineLeone ChurchLeone Post OfficeRescue Workers Evacuating Injured Over Broken Bridge93KHJ VW Bug overturned and quite a ways away from where it had been parkedPago Pago Park was completely leveledA "bus"...The bathroom is all that is left of this home.Another home completely washed away.Debris where houses used to be.Another foundation is all that remains of a structure.The Gogosina perched on land where the tsunami deposited it.The Gogosina againSite of the old Soli's Restaurant, more recently Bay... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2352307/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 09:42:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2352226/posts An early warning system introduced after the disastrous Christmas 2004 tsunami worked as planned, U.S. officials say, but failed to prevent the deaths of more than 100 people in Samoa and American Samoa on Tuesday because of the proximity of the originating earthquake. It was the first practical test of the system, set up in response to the 2004 wave that killed more than 220,000 people in the Indian Ocean region, primarily in Indonesia. Officials scrambled after an 8.0-magnitude earthquake shook just before dawn Tuesday, and after a flurry of phone calls within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA)... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2352226/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 04:21:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2351466/posts ENTER IN BEFORE THIS BEGINS ! ! ! free republic | Jedediah Posted on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 9:05:49 PM by Jedediah Waters of the earth are about to rise , Some shall meet their maker and their demise , Those that before " Me " have turned and shut their eyes , Yet to my flock , my children I Shall reveal , The opening of a seal , A promise told of long ago , Yet even before I open it now you shall know , Because you daily inquire of ME , Just as David and Zadok... The Joshua Chronicles http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2351466/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:22:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351437/posts BREAKING NEWS — A powerful magnitude 7.9 earthquake has struck near the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia, the U.S. Geological Survey reports. The quake damaged houses and bridges, and caused fires in the city of Padang in Sumatra, a Reuters witness said on Wednesday. FOX NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351437/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:05:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2351435/posts Video showing a walk-through from the scene on American Samoa. The Constitutional Alamo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2351435/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:04:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351380/posts APIA, Samoa – A police official says 63 people are confirmed dead in Samoa following a tsunami that smashed the southern shore of the South Pacific nation. Samoan police commissioner Lilo Maiava told The Associated Press that police have confirmed 63 deaths, and officials are still searching the devastated areas, so the number of deaths might rise soon. A powerful Pacific Ocean earthquake with a magnitude between 8.0 and 8.3 spawned towering tsunami waves that swept ashore early Tuesday on Samoa and American Samoa, flooding and flattening villages, killing dozens of people and leaving scores of others missing. At least... AP/Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351380/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:01:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351270/posts ...A TSUNAMI ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT WHICH INCLUDES THE COASTAL AREAS OF CALIFORNIA AND OREGON FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO THE OREGON-WASHINGTON BORDER... RECOMMENDED ACTIONS A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED WHICH COULD IMPACT THE ADVISORY REGIONS LISTED IN THE HEADLINE. PERSONS IN LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO INSTRUCTIONS FROM THEIR LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. EVACUATIONS ARE ONLY ORDERED BY EMERGENCY RESPONSE AGENCIES. - PERSONS IN TSUNAMI ADVISORY AREAS SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE WATER... OFF THE BEACH AND OUT OF HARBORS AND MARINAS. FORECASTS INDICATE THAT A TSUNAMI WITH AMPLITUDES IN THE RANGE OF 20 TO 65CM IS EXPECTED... National Weather Service Forecast Office, Los Angeles http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351270/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:01:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350993/posts 10 foot tsunami also hit Samoa: http://news.bnonews.com/upti less than a minute ago http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350993/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:39:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350964/posts BULLETIN TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 1 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 805 AM HST TUE SEP 29 2009 TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WATCH A TSUNAMI WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE AT 0805 AM HST. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0748 AM HST 29 SEP 2009 COORDINATES - 15.3 SOUTH 171.0 WEST LOCATION - SAMOA ISLANDS REGION MAGNITUDE - 7.9 MOMENT EVALUATION BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED BY THIS EARTHQUAKE THAT COULD BE DESTRUCTIVE ON... NOAA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350964/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:52:37 GMT