[hedgetrimmer]

A view of the damage caused by a tsunami at a beach in Phuket, about 535 miles south of Bangkok, Dec. 26, 2004. The wave was triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean and it tossed cars around like toys on Thailand's southern tourist playground on Sunday and swept into luxury hotels on Phuket Island, killing at least 120 people in the region, officials said. (Reuters)

[Central Scrutiniser]

His Majesty's grandson among those missing

Published on Dec 26 , 2004

BANGKOK, Dec 26 (The Nation) - Khum Bhumi Jensen, the son of Prince Ubolrattana and the grandson of His Majesty the King, is among many people still unaccounted for, according to a radio message broadcast from Phuket.

An unnamed source working for the provincial authorities confirmed the missing-person radio bulletin, which was broadcast at the order of provincial governor Udomsak Assawarangkool. Khun Bhumi, 21, was last seen in Takua Pa district in Phang Nga province before the tsunami struck Sunday morning.

Scary stuff, it coulda been me...

[hedgetrimmer]

Boats are slammed into shops on shore after the area was hit by tidal waves at Patong beach in Phuket, Thailand, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004. The most powerful earthquake in 40 years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed coastlines across Asia on Sunday, killing more than 500 people in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, Malaysia and Thailand. The U.S. Geological Survey (news - web sites) said the 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia is the largest in the world in 40 years. (AP Photo/Karim Khamzin)

[oceanperch]

I went to bed this morning (PST) with all this on my mind.

Dreaming of expatguy and being in there myself in the tsunami crying because my Labs were swept out and then back in, all the dogs I was pulling out of the ocean alive from my back door were not Kolbe, Porter or Hunter and sharks were circling along with fish that the other freeper here (hard screen name) has on his bio page of his last dive in the area.

My heart goes out to all who have been devastated by all this. Prayers going up.

[bd476]

Thank you for posting this, Hedgetrimmer - I'm without words looking at it. Prayers up for all.