And it reached Africa....
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And it reached Africa....
Yeah it reached Africa , killed about 38 people in Somalia....
yea, but he was asking if it reached south america... Unless there is some giant cannal through africa it couldnt have. The only other way i can think of is by traveling east, but I would have thought indonesia would have absorbed all the tsunamis in that direction.
Something like, say, the Suez Canal?
Nah, nothing like that in Africa :rolleyes:
3 VIDEOS OF TSUNAMI IN ACTION FROM SRI LANKA AND THAILAND
http://bstn.free.fr/start_en.htm
(turn off pop up blockers-firefox users i suggest using ie)
another one http://media.livingwithstyle.com/vid...ami/penang.wmv
more in first post http://forums.livingwithstyle.com/sh...7&page=1&pp=30
well I don't like ogrish but they have all the videos and pics without signing up or pop ups :/
be warned not work safe, and not for the faint of heart.
http://www.ogrish.com/archives/tsuna...c_29_2004.html
or just click http://www.ogrish.com/ and scroll down for some new videos
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Originally Posted by muchspl2
nice link... the one where people are ooing and ahhing and there is a guy in the surf is so messed up. They are getting excited then they realize the wave isnt going to stop.
exacully :ohmy:Quote:
Originally Posted by mogadishu
exacually :)
no thanks, i dont' much care for ogrish.
death toll has climbed past 80,000. may god have mercy on the people over there, i'm gonna donate as soon as i get some cash in my hands.
Here we go:
source: http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/nation...ami041229.html
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By Thursday morning the death toll from the Dec. 26 tsunami stood at more than 81,000, with the Red Cross predicting it could pass 100,000 once the outlying islands of India are fully checked. A UN official said the toll in Indonesia alone could amount to 80,000.
The World Health Organization says up to five million people are in urgent need of clean water, food and sanitation.
The tsunami was caused by an earthquake off Indonesia's Sumatra island that measured 9.0 on the Richter scale. Worst hit by the resulting waves were Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand.
Four nations, including one that suffered enormous losses of its own, have formed a coalition to co-ordinate relief and reconstruction efforts in South Asia.
President George W. Bush says the United States will join Australia, Japan and India in providing damage assessment teams and military manpower.
"I'm confident more nations will join the group in short order," said Bush.
The outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell is co-ordinating relief assistance in the United States. He and his Indian, Japanese and Australian counterparts have been in touch with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to see what they can offer.
World leaders have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to provide relief to the survivors.
And some of that aid is already arriving.
Water purifiers and bags of lentils are among the supplies that were delivered to the devastated west coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. Cargo planes have been coming in with goods they hope will help survivors of the catastrophe.
But there are also reports of outbreaks of disease.
Sri Lanka says it is reporting its first cases of diarrhea, and paramedics in southern India are vaccinating as many as they can against cholera, typhus, hepatitis A and dysentery. Bleaching powder is being spread on beaches where many of the bodies were found.
A mobile surgical hospital and medical personnel have arrived in the Sri Lankan capital.
There are also reports from within Sri Lanka of a potential ethnic conflict in the midst of attempts to distribute aid on the stricken island.
A convoy of trucks loaded with rice, sugar, tents and other essentials entered Tamil areas of the country, only to be forced to head for predominantly Sinhalese areas by mobs and low-ranking government officials.
Meanwhile, thousands of people remain unaccounted for in India's remote Andaman and Nicobar islands. The estimated death toll on the archipelago now accounts for almost half of the Indian toll of nearly 11,000 deaths.
A helicopter pilot who flew over the islands near Nicobar, said that he could see no traces of villages or houses. "There is nothing out there," he told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
It is believed the pilot was referring to flattened villages that contained 30,000 people before the tsunami struck. But with communication and transport links broken, it remains impossible to know the true extent of the island's catastrophe.
One of the men in charge of relief efforts, Brig. J. Davidos, has said rescuers cannot see light anywhere.
In Indonesia, troops have been mobilized to help the massive relief effort underway to help tsunami victims in the province of Aceh.
Rescue workers and aid agencies are only beginning to realize the full scale of the disaster in the province. At least 40,000 people are dead, but the fate of 100,000 more on Aceh's west coast is still unknown.
not to be funny but i think its god ways of controling the population over there
Hello!
One thing I wonder is how is this beeing reported in the USA??
Here in Sweden and most places in Europe and many other parts of the world it is a huge story and particualry here in sweden it is all we talk about as Thailand is one of our favourite vacation spots during vintertime and at the time of this natural dissaster which by now is the largest one in modern history we had 40000 swedes in the area 20000 of them was on charter the rest was people travelling light meaning only payed for the airplane chair and currently there is more then 1000 swedes missing that was on charter and probably more then double that is missing if we count the non charter travellers but at the moment only 6 swedes is confirmed deaths. Sweden is currently one of the countrys which has suffered most from this amongst foreigners as it is such a popular destination for swedes. I actually had plans on going down there this christmas thank God I did not!
Sweden is a contry in depression right now and this New Years Eve will not be a party and funny one instead it will be a day of thinking about the suffering ones and their familys,relatives and friends and many city's have cancelled the Fire Works and the cost is intsead donated to the South East Asia dissaster area.
Contribution is important the estimated damages is in excess of 20 billion dollars I have donated 75 dollars not much in relation to what is needed but it is always something and I feelt good doing it!!.
Here in Vancouver everyone is talking about it, it's all over the news with updates every few hours. Don't know about the rest of Canada, but I think it's safe to say that CBC being a Canadian-wide channel/media, it's being reported a lot and many people have been affected by it. I know I have.
@bujub
Well, I guess you could say that (and I don't find it funny so you really didn't have to say that :) actually it makes me think).
120,000 :blink:
UN estimates 120000 dead :s It's unconfirmed yet tho', dan.
Bloody hell.
I do windsurfing - and have been cruising over major currents - its alright as long as you have wind and are moving - if you fall in you get dragged.
In one of the news videos- in the background i saw one guy windsurfing(good wind)
what im wondering is if that guy actually even noticed that it happened while he was out there.
and the shock he mustve gotten when he came back in
just a thought
116,000 Dead :(
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapc...ake/index.html
the us news is doing about as good as you can except... but of course fox is focusing a lot of iraq and how bush is being this great guy and giving money to the poor asian people. I'm still sure the bbc etc are doing a much better job than these crap cable news channels.
I have been in many of the palces the surge hit
i avoided the tourist traps (towns) like the plague
i worry alot about the smaller villages and wonder if they recieve any help (from everyone)
I hear CNN managed to mention every effort to help the thai 'cept the russian one, in one broadcast. Rather odd they missed that one.
Yeah CNN over here was covering on the Tsunami disaster almost 24/7 for the past 3-4 days ... .And mogadishu is right, Fox News is a right-winged conservative-republican biased channel, mainly covering Iraq and Bush....
Now Now, stop sitting on the fence... say what you mean :rolleyes:
Im sorry but i would like to ask one very sick question
how many americans where killed due to this Very tragic natural disaster?
and how many us & iraqi innocents died to his tragic enforcement?
I wish to humbly beg that, for the time being, we defer any political insinuation with regard to this disaster?Quote:
Originally Posted by 15%
It is difficult to evince the proper mien while others insist on honing their little daggers.
There will be time for that later, perhaps we might persuade you to keep your powder dry until we are done counting the bodies?
The UK Government are giving £50,000,000 ($96,000,000), to match the £50,000,000 already donated by the UK public...
Doesnt pay for the lives lost, but maybe it will help cut down the time that disease and lack of supplies will also take life.. :(
Germany offered Sweden help to transport its wounded out of there, and also places in hospitals if there aren't enough back home. And they say Sweden had a lot of tourists over there, fifty something confirmed dead and thousands of wounded it sounds like.
Kinda' makes me wonder why everybody goes to thailand, I mean, can't they think of better places to go.
It ain't exactly on my top ten list of great places to visit.
Maybe you'll understand when your older...Quote:
Originally Posted by SnnY
Think of Amsterdam or Hamburg... with sunshine.
:whistling
a reminder that we are mere humans
i pray for all those who are outside of the help regions and within
there are soooo many isolated villages outthere who have nothing
nothing
they will be the last to be helped
the small people
Sorry, but you and Mogadishu are both wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by Formula1
I have the telly on at work all day; the tsunami story accounts for about 90% of FOXNEWS' programming.
You obviously believe this is insufficient.
@mogadishu, what else do you expect? thank god i dont' watch fox.
100,000+ dead, ouch serious ouch. may god have mercy on the people over there and ease their pains.
A Distaster of epic proportions...no doubt the death toll will continue to rise for some time.
I will give a little at each collection point I see, and hope to help make some small difference.
@Sara, yes no doubt it's an epic disaster, biggest one probably in my life so far. I'm getting my pay cheque next week, will donate. And the fact that the death toll will keep rising is unsettling but reality I guess.
I am thinking about Sam4, who many of you know despite his absence. His wife had taken their baby to Thailand, wasn't it? Hope all is well with Sam and his daughter.
I agree - indeed, lets keep our powder for other matters. This one is purely a case of hoping that there is some solace and peace for the survivors. This is all more ghastly than words can say. It transcends partisan politics and it is pleasing to see so many resources being committed from all parts of the world.Quote:
Originally Posted by j2k4
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Originally Posted by Biggles
I also agree. I'm sorry for any remarks that I may have made, directly or indirectly. It makes me feel a lot better to see that the whole world is contributing to this, honestly this being the worst of times is also turning out to be the best of times in humanity in the fact that people that live half way around the world are opening up their hearts. So for now, please, keep politics out of this.
I'll inquire at R & C's immediately... :huh:Quote:
Originally Posted by hobbes
Hope they're alright.