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Tsunami, How it happened
The Australian ^ | 27DEC2004 | Herald Sun

Posted on 12/27/2004 7:27:13 AM PST by QwertyKPH




TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: earthquake; flood; sumatraquake; tsunami
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To: dfwgator

It's pronounced POO'- ket.


21 posted on 12/27/2004 8:02:24 AM PST by secret garden (Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.)
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To: dfwgator

The 'h' is silent so it is pronounced 'poo-ket'


22 posted on 12/27/2004 8:05:27 AM PST by QwertyKPH
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To: pepperdog

When my friend phoned me, he and his wife had already been moved to a hotel on the mainland.


23 posted on 12/27/2004 8:06:31 AM PST by Awgie (here today gone tomorrow)
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To: QwertyKPH

I have friends in Singapore who have been rather amazed at the damage. They're relatively close to the epicenter, but did not feel more than a minor earthquake, and had no tsunami. Just lucky, I guess.


24 posted on 12/27/2004 8:09:49 AM PST by July 4th (A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
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To: Awgie

There once was a man who had to go
So he took a room on the seventh flo'
Though he wanted the beach, nature called
Up above what was about to befall
As nature's fury laid Phuket low


25 posted on 12/27/2004 8:16:08 AM PST by EternalVigilance (Shaking nine point oh - With a deadly wave goodbye - oh four departed...)
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To: dfwgator
"Please tell me Phuket isn't pronounced the way I think it is."

It is pronounced "Phew-Kay".

26 posted on 12/27/2004 8:34:17 AM PST by Screaming_Gerbil (Let's Roll...)
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To: QwertyKPH
"The 'h' is silent so it is pronounced 'poo-ket'"

I stand corrected...

27 posted on 12/27/2004 8:35:27 AM PST by Screaming_Gerbil (Let's Roll...)
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To: Awgie

That is an incredible experience. What luck.


28 posted on 12/27/2004 8:55:12 AM PST by laotzu
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