Massive 8.5 quake rocks Southeast Asia, triggers tidal waves

The Hindu ^ | December 26th, 2004 | AP

[Cobra64]

Mike, good point -

I am of German, Austrian, Welsh and English descent I can trace my heritage from all of these countries early to mid 1800s.. My wife is from German and Bohemian (Czech) extraction as well.

It is today's politics that twists my shorts. The United States rebuilt Germany after WWII. And today the French and Germans have been disloyal to America. That was my only point.

BTW, I drive a BMW M3, Karen dives a BMW X3, and I own a Sig 9mm firearm. So, it is not as if we do not contribute to the German economy. But, somehow that will change soon in the Davis household unless Schroeder has a change of attitude.

Until that happens, if I were Rummy, I would pull all of our 30k American troops from Germany, and deploy them elsewhere; probably Poland.

Then again, I am not a political scientist, but to our family, and business; trust and loyalty are large factors in which we make decisions. IMOHO

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Unfortunately, I think that the ongoing jihad which is occurring in the Moluccas (Spice Islands) will take care of Indonesia's "infidel" problem, once and for all.

Bali is another redoubt that appears to be falling into the hands of the barbarians.

Thank goodness for Australia!

Otherwise, a much worse fate might have befell E. Timor.

[redheadtoo]

...on Christmas Day

Actually, due to the time difference, the quake struck on December 26 not on Christmas.

[capitan_refugio]

As I recall, there was a massive area of the seafloor that dropped several feet suring the earthquake. That could easily set up a low amplitude, long wavelength, wave-train that would result in tsunamis as they approached the coasts. (Tsunamis are not observed in the open ocean as high amplitude waves.)

I think you are correct about the lack of underwater landslides in 1964 - at least on a large scale.

[capitan_refugio]

I don't follow that part of the world very much, on a professional or political level anymore. Doesn't sound good, in any case.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Nope.

Aside from the humanitarian/political intervention in E. Timor and the capture of JI operational commander "Hanbali", there hasn't been much good news to report out of the region.

[capitan_refugio]

Update on my own post. The main shock is now calcualted to have a hypocentral focal depth of 40 kilometers - that's more like a typical subduction trench earthquake.

[happy_happy_joy_joy]

Use this website:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2004/usslav/
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The website is now stating 8.9 Magnitude. Wow!

[MikefromOhio]

We are going to be moving virtually all of those troops to Poland and Hungary I think.....Both of those countries look forward to our American dollars :)

[MikefromOhio]

yeah well you know....

Thank you!!!

[American in Israel]

I imagine they still mourn. The significance of the sea wiping them out on Christmas will not be lost I imagine. Muslims are a superstitious lot. I feel sorry for them. I may hate Islam, but I do not hate the people trapped in it.

[happy_happy_joy_joy]

I agree.

[Strategerist]

Many of the areas with hundreds killed by the Tsunami are not predominantly Muslim.

Not that facts ever got in the way of death-gloating by types such as yourself though.....

[steve86]

I think the Buddhist and Hindu deaths might be higher.

[Strategerist]

Eh, re-reading I see you actually weren't one of the many people gloating over this hitting Muslim areas....sorry about that.

[DB]

It looks like they upped it. A little earlier the same site indicated 8.5.

[M. Espinola]

Agreed

Fox News earthquake updates

[BIGLOOK]

Another thread; great! The last one got weird.

Last heard 8.9 in Sumatra and 6.5 in Chittagong. Tsunami generated.

[cmsgop]

HS!!!!!!! 8.9 !!!!

Just Wow Man!

[Cobra64]

There once was a girl from Anheuser,

Who said no man could surprise her,

Pabst took a chance,

Found Schlitz in her pants,

And she's not older,

Budweiser.