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Pray all is well for west coast and Hawaii

1 posted on 12/26/2004 1:18:46 AM PST by sully777

The latest reports here(in India) put the toll in SriLanka at over a thousand & 350+ in 2 Indian states.

2 posted on 12/26/2004 1:22:16 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki

Unbelievable.

The following site says quakes don't get bigger than 8.8-8.9.

5 posted on 12/26/2004 1:36:03 AM PST by Dr. Eckleburg (There are very few shades of gray.)

Maldives under media black out as per this FR link http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308548/posts

Casualties reported but nothing about deaths. Wonder if Perth, Australia is in danger, as well as all of West Africa, especially South Africa and Madagascar

6 posted on 12/26/2004 1:38:06 AM PST by sully777 (our descendants will be enslaved by political expediency and expenditure)

"7-point aftershocks."

Wow.

7 posted on 12/26/2004 1:38:32 AM PST by Dr. Eckleburg (There are very few shades of gray.)

Currently, 4;30PM in Thailsnd, the radio is reporting 84 confirmed deaths with 35 in puket, 31 in Krapi and 70 tourists missing in Emreil Cave near Krapi/Png Nga and Ko Phi Phi (featured in the lousey De Caprio Picture -- The Beach) having heavy damage and unknown missing or dead with only two hotels left (out of at least 15).

There are so many fishermen and their families living on the water/beaches. It is horrible. There is no way of guessing how many are dead -- 4000KM Diameter area potentially effected -- I don't know wat directions have the waves have gone.

My neighbors are crying at the tragedy -- me too. Thai news is mostly reporting Thai problems but I can imagine it is far more devistating in Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives (so low lying), etc.

13 posted on 12/26/2004 1:46:59 AM PST by JimSEA ( "More Bush, Less Taxes.")

I heard about 1000 killed only in India.

18 posted on 12/26/2004 2:05:41 AM PST by Grzegorz 246

UPDATE 18 Minutes ago

Same headline and source (Yahoo/AP) Over 2,200 Dead So Far
Link http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041226/ap_on_re_as/indonesia_earthquake_15

21 posted on 12/26/2004 2:13:17 AM PST by sully777 (our descendants will be enslaved by political expediency and expenditure)

Re: Australian Broadcasting Corporation/Asia Pacific
Thousands killed as tsunamis sweep across Indian Ocean

Last updated: 26/12/2004 8:47:30 PM AEST http://abcasiapacific.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_1272475.htm

A series of earthquakes off Indonesia has triggered a series of tidal waves, killing thousands of people, with many still missing, and causing widespread damage.

There are initial reports of people dead and missing in Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia and Maldive islands

The United States Geological Survey has now upgraded the magnitude of the initial quake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra to eight-point-nine.

Sri Lanka has declared a "state of disaster" after unprecedented tsunami waves lashed more than half the island's coastline, killing at least 1,000 people.

Officials say President Chandrika Kumaratunga, who is in London, is expected to cut short her holiday and return home.

India's government says at least 1000 people are dead while 99 people are confirmed dead in southern Thailand.

In Indonesia the death toll from the quake has risen to over 100

23 posted on 12/26/2004 2:17:27 AM PST by sully777 (our descendants will be enslaved by political expediency and expenditure)

Do any photographs of tidal waves exist?

A google search of "Tidal Wave and Photo" turns up people wearing hats, flowers, riding bycycles, and cutsie wave paintings on black velvet--but no pictures of what a real tidal wave looks like.

34 posted on 12/26/2004 4:14:11 AM PST by SkyPilot

To: blam; Ernest_at_the_Beach; FairOpinion; ValerieUSA

"magnitude-8.9 quake"

wow.

42 posted on 12/26/2004 3:13:58 PM PST by SunkenCiv (There's nothing new under the Sun. That accounts for the many quotes used as taglines.)

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