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Purported photo of Phuket Thailand tsunami wave (Urban Legend alert)
Marty's Inbox | 2/2/05

Posted on 02/02/2005 4:08:52 PM PST by martin_fierro

From an e-mail I received today. Don't know if the photo's fake or not.

"The attached picture was forwarded by the head of the National Fire Sprinkler Association. He received it from someone who was in Phuket, Thailand at the time the tsunami hit. This perspective is much more amazing than what I have seen on TV coverage. Now I better understand the reason for the extent of the damage. The speed of the wave generated by the earthquake was estimated at 500 mph."


TOPICS: History; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: tsunami; urbanlegend
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To: martin_fierro

"picture was forwarded by the head of the National Fire Sprinkler Association"

This is as fake as the ken doll hostage. The perspective of the wave would make it twenty stories tall. I also question whether there is a national fire sprinkler association, but if there is I imagine they have a lot of time on their hands.


21 posted on 02/03/2005 11:45:53 AM PST by orangelobster
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You can tell its fake by the mist overtaking the road, bad photoshop.


22 posted on 02/03/2005 2:19:02 PM PST by Husker24
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