Asian Tsunamis Kill at Least 20,000 People

CNN is reporting this morning that 20,000 are dead, with thousands more missing.

61 posted on 12/27/2004 3:01:30 AM PST by Catspaw

My God, this is very sad.

62 posted on 12/27/2004 3:14:50 AM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)

It's horrifying.

Just reading the first-hand experiences of the survivors is terrifying. I hope aid gets to those areas swiftly.

63 posted on 12/27/2004 3:26:53 AM PST by Catspaw

note who Thailand has turned to for help...the USA...

Now, has Thailand withdrawn its troops from Iraq yet? Supposedly they were. If not, we should send over a similar amount of aid. If so, tell them sorry, all of our forces are picking up the slack...maybe next year?

64 posted on 12/27/2004 3:45:35 AM PST by Jon Alvarez

To: Central Scrutiniser

Quake Fears for Tourist Divers (Krabi)

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3928947

Sorry.

65 posted on 12/27/2004 4:06:14 AM PST by Rebelbase (Who is General Chat?)

To: Catspaw; MEG33; No Blue States; mystery-ak; boxerblues; Allegra; Eagle Eye; sdpatriot; Dog; ...

66 posted on 12/27/2004 4:07:03 AM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)

Tying disaster relief for Thailand to the WOT is ridiculous.

Shame on you.

67 posted on 12/27/2004 4:16:45 AM PST by Rebelbase (Who is General Chat?)

Forensic officers and charity workers examine the bodies of those killed when giant waves hit the tourist resort island of Phi Phi on Sunday, being kept at a Chinese temple in Krabi province, southern Thailand, Monday, Dec. 27, 2004. Rescuers converged on beaches and islands Monday to search for survivors of earthquake-spawned tidal waves that devastated idyllic resorts of southern Thailand. The interior ministry said more than 830 people were killed. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

An aerial view of the destroyed town of Hikkaduwa, 70 kilometers (44 miles) south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Dec. 27, 2004. The death toll from massive tidal waves that struck Sri Lanka's coastline leapt to more than 11,500 on Monday as thousands of soldiers and families searched for bodies a day after the disaster. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

An ariel view of the destroyed town of Hikkaduwa, 70 kilometers (44 miles) south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Dec. 27, 2004. The death toll from massive tidal waves that struck Sri Lanka's coastline leapt to more than 11,500 on Monday as thousands of soldiers and families searched for bodies a day after the disaster. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

A woman cries near the body of her child, unseen, who was killed by tidal waves at Silver Beach in Cuddalore, India, Monday, Dec. 27, 2004. Massive tidal waves triggered by an Indonesian earthquake slammed into southern India Sunday, killing nearly 2,300 people and sweeping away boats, homes and vehicles. The worst affected area was Tamil Nadu state, where 1,705 people were killed. The U.S. Geological Survey said there quake's magnitude was 9.0 - the strongest since a 9.2 magnitude temblor in Alaska in 1964, and the fourth-largest in a century. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)

An injured tourist is carried to a waiting helicopter on the Phi Phi Island after giant waves swept through the tourist resort in Krabi province, southern Thailand, Monday, Dec. 27, 2004. More than 430 people, including a number of foreign tourists, were killed and 4,100 injured in southern Thai resorts after a major earthquake hit South and Southeast Asia on Sunday, causing tidal waves and flooding. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

A damaged speedboat is seen overturned and caught by a palm tree near an evacuation site on the Phi Phi Island after giant waves swept through this famous tourist resort in Krabi province, southern Thailand, Monday, Dec. 27, 2004. More than 530 people, including a number of foreign tourists, were killed and 4,100 injured in southern Thai resorts after a major earthquake hit South and Southeast Asia on Sunday, causing tidal waves and flooding. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

Foreign tourists carrying their belongings head for the pier for evacuation at the Phi Phi island after giant waves swept through this famous tourist resort in Krabi province, southern Thailand, Monday, Dec. 27, 2004. More than 430 people, including a number of foreign tourists, were killed and 4,100 injured in southern Thai resorts after a major earthquake hit South and Southeast Asia on Sunday, causing tidal waves and flooding. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

Rescuers carry a victim killed by tidal waves at a beach in Penang Island, northwestern Malaysia, Monday, Dec. 27, 2004. Rescuers scoured Malaysian beach resorts and towns Monday for more than 100 vacationers, fishermen and villagers missing after tidal waves killed at least 48 people and injured more than 220 others. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Relatives of victims who were killed by tidal waves mourn at a mass burial site in Cuddalore, India, Monday, Dec. 27, 2004. Massive tidal waves triggered by an Indonesian earthquake slammed into southern India Sunday, killing nearly 2,300 people and sweeping away boats, homes and vehicles. The worst affected area was Tamil Nadu state, where 1,705 people were killed. The U.S. Geological Survey said there quake's magnitude was 9.0 - the strongest since a 9.2 magnitude temblor in Alaska in 1964, and the fourth-largest in a century. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)

A woman, center, grieves as her daughter who was killed by tidal waves is buried, background, in Cuddalore, India, Monday, Dec. 27, 2004. Massive tidal waves triggered by an Indonesian earthquake slammed into southern India Sunday, killing nearly 2,300 people and sweeping away boats, homes and vehicles. The worst affected area was Tamil Nadu state, where 1,705 people were killed. The U.S. Geological Survey said there quake's magnitude was 9.0 - the strongest since a 9.2 magnitude temblor in Alaska in 1964, and the fourth-largest in a century. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)

A sports utility vehicle is wrapped up in power lines on Patong Beach, Monday, Dec. 27, 2004, in Phuket, Thailand. Rescue teams converged on beaches and remote islands in search of the missing Monday as the Thai prime minister said that up to 700 people perished when earthquake-spawned tidal waves devastated idyllic resort areas of southern Thailand. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett)

A ferry loaded with tourists leaves the Phi Phi Island after giant waves swept through the tourist resort in Krabi province, southern Thailand, Monday, Dec. 27, 2004. More than 430 people, including a number of western holiday-makers, were killed and 4,100 injured in southern Thai resorts after a major earthquake hit South and Southeast Asia on Sunday, causing tidal waves and flooding. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

Tourists pack on a pier as they wait to be evacuated from the Phi Phi Island after giant waves swept through this famous tourist resort in Krabi province, southern Thailand, Monday, Dec. 27, 2004. More than 430 people, including a number of foreign tourists, were killed and 4,100 injured in southern Thai resorts after a major earthquake hit South and Southeast Asia on Sunday, causing tidal waves and flooding. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

68 posted on 12/27/2004 4:25:19 AM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=1&u=/ap/20041227/ap_on_re_as/indonesia_earthquake

World - AP Asia
AP
Tsunami Waves Kill Over 20,900 in Asia

11 minutes ago

69 posted on 12/27/2004 4:28:52 AM PST by maggief

Now, has Thailand withdrawn its troops from Iraq yet? Supposedly they were. If not, we should send over a similar amount of aid. If so, tell them sorry, all of our forces are picking up the slack...maybe next year?

Hmmm, I suppose we could do that--but then, not everyone--including President Bush--is as petty and vindictive as you.

70 posted on 12/27/2004 4:29:09 AM PST by Catspaw

Asia Tsunami Toll Tops 21,000; Rush to Find Bodies

An Indian man sits atop the ruins of his house which was destroyed in a tsunami in Cuddalore, about 100 miles south of the southern Indian city of Madras, December 27, 2004. Soldiers searched for bodies in treetops, families wept over the dead laid on beaches and rescuers scoured coral isles for missing tourists as Asia counted the cost of a tidal wave triggered by an earthquake that killed tens of thousands. (Arko Datta/Reuters)

An Acehnese woman walks past dead bodies in the Indonesian city of Banda Aceh December 27, 2004. The United Nations warned of epidemics within days unless health systems in southern Asia can cope after more than 15,500 people were killed and hundreds of thousands left homeless by a giant tsunami. Photo by Beawiharta/Reuters

People stand on the beach amongst destroyed boats and debris at Velankanni near Nagappattinam, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Monday, Dec. 27, 2004. Nearly 3,000 people have died in India in the tidal wave disaster, with Tamil Nadu state accounting for most of the deaths, the government announced Monday. (AP Photo/Str)

Indian men stand exhausted after searching for missing relatives at Silver Beach in Cuddalore. Massive rescue operations were scrambled along Asia's devastated coastlines as the death toll from a powerful earthquake and the giant tsunamis it unleashed rose to almost 23,000 and hopes faded for many thousands more still missing.(AFP/Prakash Singh)

71 posted on 12/27/2004 4:37:05 AM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)

Catspaw a reporter that is in Sri Lanka is reporting that the beaches are still lined with dead bodies and that the bodies are westerners.

72 posted on 12/27/2004 4:38:46 AM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)

To: maggiefluffs

CNN reporter in Sri Lanka reporting that the beach is stilled lined with dead westerners bodies.

73 posted on 12/27/2004 4:39:57 AM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)

Catspaw a reporter that is in Sri Lanka is reporting that the beaches are still lined with dead bodies and that the bodies are westerners.

Most of the areas the tsunami hit were vacation areas...this morning I thought of all the vacations we've taken (to escape Wisconsin's harsh winters) to sunny climes, and how many times we've spent the day just hanging out on beaches, swimming, snorkeling, and just enjoying ourselves, the same as these tourists. If we'd been there, I know we wouldn't have had a clue about what was going on when this hit.

The scope of this tragedy is unimaginable.

74 posted on 12/27/2004 4:48:10 AM PST by Catspaw

A hospital worker looks for identification on corpses at the Karapitiya hospital Sri Lanka. Massive rescue operations were scrambled along Asia's devastated coastlines as the death toll from a powerful earthquake and the giant tsunamis it unleashed rose to almost 23,000 and hopes faded for many thousands more still missing.(AFP/Sena Vidanagama)

A unidentified tourist lies next to a child at a shelter in Colombo December 27, 2004 after a tsunami hit island's coastal area. Hundreds of wounded and displaced foreigners waited for flights home on Monday after Sri Lanka's coastal belts were hit by a devastating tsunami that killed at least 4, 891 people. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi

Residents walk through the trail of destruction along the coastal railway line in the southern Sri Lankan town of Lunawa after tsunami tidal waves lashed more than half of Sri Lanka's coastline.(AFP/Sena Vidanagama)

Thai rescue workers search for victims of the tsunami that hit Phang Nga province, about 788 km (489 miles) south of Bangkok, December 27, 2004. One of the most powerful earthquakes in history hit Asia on Sunday, unleashing a tidal wave which devastated coastal areas of Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia and tourist isles in Thailand, killing tens of thousands of people. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom

Buildings damaged by a tsunami are visible along a street in Galle, Sri Lanka December 27, 2004. Wailing relatives scrambled over hundreds of bodies piled in a Sri Lankan hospital on Monday, searching for loved ones after a tidal wave triggered by an earthquake devastated coastal regions of the paradise island and killed at least 4,500 people. REUTERS/Thomas White

Damaged buses are piled up in a town square in Galle, Sri Lanka December 27, 2004. Wailing relatives scrambled over hundreds of bodies piled in a Sri Lankan hospital on Monday, searching for loved ones after a tidal wave triggered by an earthquake devastated coastal regions of the paradise island and killed at least 4,500 people. REUTERS/Thomas White

75 posted on 12/27/2004 4:50:01 AM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)

It has also affected some parts of Africa according to reports.

76 posted on 12/27/2004 4:51:33 AM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)

An Indian Coast Guard helicopter airlifts a fisherman from Marina beach in Madras. One of the most powerful earthquakes in history hit southern Asia on Sunday, unleashing a tsunami on Sri Lanka and India and swamping tourist isles in Thailand and the Maldives to kill more than 7,100 people. REUTERS/Babu

A video image shows foreign tourists (C) as they stretcher an injured person along a destroyed beach on Phi Phi island, Thailand December 26, 2004, following a large earthquake. The world's biggest earthquake in 40 years hit south Asia on Sunday, unleashing a tsunami that crashed into Sri Lanka and India and swamped tourist isles in Thailand and the Maldives, killing more than 6,300 people.A wall of water up to 10 metres (30 feet) high triggered by the 8.9 magnitude underwater earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra caused death, chaos and devastation. REUTERS/Reuters TV BEST AVAILABLE QUALITY

77 posted on 12/27/2004 5:11:25 AM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)

This devastation and death is beyond comprehension..May God bless those who mourn.

78 posted on 12/27/2004 5:16:17 AM PST by MEG33 (MERRY CHRISTMAS!.....GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)

Just unbelievable MEG. It upsets me that we have some on these threads that have made light of these peoples tragedies.

79 posted on 12/27/2004 5:25:46 AM PST by TexKat (Just because you did not see it or read it, that does not mean it did or did not happen.)

To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

They are reporting that the quake ripped a 1000 kilometer hole

1000km? in what way? 1000km long?

80 posted on 12/27/2004 5:30:05 AM PST by Paul_Denton

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