My friend is at Patong. I didn't ask about Karon or Kata. I can't call now the line won't go through. All circuit busy or somthing.
So you're somewhere near Kuala Lumpur Indonesia right?
If it happened around noon, all the scuba boats were out, I imagine that the wreck I've dove many times is trashed, had the chance to dive it again a few weeks ago, maybe I should have.
I hope the airport is ok, its in the far north of the island, but very close to the sea.
Thailand dodged a bullet when I was there over thanksgiving, a typhoon was bearing down on Koh Tao and Samui, but it turned north and dumped rain over a droughed area in the Thai/Burma border area.