Tsunami devastates Pacific
Just seen this.....man this looks bad, really really bad. I fear that the casualty figures so far (3,500 dead) are only the tip of the iceberg. What about all the boats at sea caught in the Tsunami for example. Possible that there may be aftershocks as well? And then there is the disease, starvation etc that invariably follows disasters like this.
This just sucks, flat out sucks.
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Thousands of casualties I heard, pretty damn horrible. I always get the shakes when something like this happens.
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Really not a good time to be living in an Indian Ocean coastal village or being a tourist. :(
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6,300 now dead
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Boats don't get affected by a tsunami, it's a small wave at the sea, but unlike a normal wave it affects that entire block of 3000-4000 meter water. Then the same energy comes to the coast were it's somewhat more shallow
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this does suck. when i checked last the death toll was estimated at 7000+. my heart goes out for the dead and the survivors. i can't even imagine a 30 ft wave coming my way.
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Now at a confirmed 150,000+ with an estimated total of around 500,000+ not to mention the injured, missing, or displaced. Keep in mind that 150,000+ is that though currently because a number of the counties (Indonesia mainly) arent keeping official counts at this current time because of the devastation, hence the estimed 500k+. Apparently a large number of people went to pick up fish off the seabed when the water receded shortly before it hit, especially children. If you look at the pic Templar provided you can see how far it receded.
Apparently 2 billion dollars in US currency has been given already (Japan has the most with 500 million, then USA with 350 million, the World Bank with 250 million, UK with 150 million, Sweden with 125 million.) Officials say that billions more will be needed, but thats to be expected.
Looks on course to be as bad as the Bhola Cyclone.
Oh and Tito, Fish is right: the area doesnt get tsunamis regularly, its actually quite rare in the Indian. The last large tsunami the area had seen was in 1883 when Krakatoa erupted
PS - Pics of a part of the Banda Aceh shore. Before
After
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