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Divers at epicentre of killer quake tell of epic journey to safety
HONG KONG (AFP) -via Yahoo ^
| Wed Dec 29, 2:26 AM ET
| HONG KONG (AFP) -
Posted on 12/29/2004 8:51:29 PM PST by Forgiven_Sinner
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To: txflake
Ah, Phuket. We're stingy, after all.
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posted on
12/29/2004 10:15:40 PM PST
by
Old_Mil
To: Calpernia
Cool animation, but not satellite imagery, I don't think...
To: seamole
So much for that disaster movie that had a cool CGI of a 500 foot high Tidal Wave.
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posted on
12/29/2004 10:26:31 PM PST
by
ambrose
To: GVgirl; Forgiven_Sinner
Tragic pictures of the reality of the disaster. Takew a hard look at the fore ground of the first one. The second, on another island, is the force that caused it.
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posted on
12/29/2004 11:33:38 PM PST
by
Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
To: Velveeta
"There were Indonesian soldiers in armoured cars and police sitting on corners, smoking and watching everything. They were doing nothing to help people," said Howard.
Probably muslims. Care about nothing but themselves.
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posted on
12/30/2004 2:49:36 AM PST
by
tkathy
(Ban all religious head garb.)
To: Jeff Head
Thanks. Of all the photos I've seen, those two are the most telling.
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posted on
12/30/2004 7:51:12 AM PST
by
GVnana
(If I had a Buckhead moment would I know it?)
To: Jeff Head
Horrific doesn't begin to describe it.
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posted on
12/30/2004 9:00:34 AM PST
by
hershey
To: Jeff Head
That second picture, of the tidal wave about to engulf the fleeing people, is fraudulent. It is from an earlier, much less serious event some years back.
This pic made the rounds of newsroom picture-servers worldwide two days ago, and has been debunked.
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posted on
12/30/2004 9:35:40 AM PST
by
Jhensy
To: Jhensy
Hadn't heard that, just saw it on an Asian news site that indicated it was a part of the Tsunami.
Will check it out for myself now. Thanks for the info.
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posted on
12/30/2004 9:59:18 AM PST
by
Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
To: Jhensy
In fact, on that site, there were several pictures of the event dexcribed as the surge hitting one of the towns which I saved to disk...I will include the others, taken from a further away perspective.
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posted on
12/30/2004 10:02:17 AM PST
by
Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
To: Jeff Head
It's sure easy to think it's from the tsunami... our paper was fooled as well, and we almost ran the shot until word was given that it's not right.
Could've fooled me, but that's what was said..
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posted on
12/30/2004 10:38:02 AM PST
by
Jhensy
To: Jeff Head
I remember those pictures and seeing the actual film footage a couple of years ago. If I'm not mistaken, it was from a smaller Pacific tsunami in Japan or the eastern side of Thailand, maybe? The building in the background might give somebody a better clue, but the location escapes me right now.
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posted on
12/30/2004 11:24:24 AM PST
by
Hatteras
To: Jhensy; Hatteras
Thanks. I am putting together a colage of photos for a web site and will now make sure I do not include those.
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posted on
12/30/2004 5:09:39 PM PST
by
Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
To: Jeff Head
Are those PEOPLE in that top foto????
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posted on
12/30/2004 5:11:11 PM PST
by
cyborg
(http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
To: cyborg
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posted on
12/30/2004 5:25:40 PM PST
by
Jeff Head
(www.dragonsfuryseries.com)
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