Posted on 12/30/2004 3:45:51 PM PST by WestVirginiaRebel
It seems almost impossible.
Just days after the tidal wave disaster, one of the devestated beaches was returning to normal yesterday.
On Sunday, Patong Beach was hit by a wall of water that swept into Phuket, claiming at least 120 lives.
Parasols, chairs, and other beach paraphernalia were swept to the top of the tree-lined beach, dragging helpless holidaymakers with them. It was at this beach that six-month-old Melina Heppel, of Perth, disappeared from her father's arms when the huge wave struck.
For some tourists yesterday, however, the tragedy was bedoming a memory, albiet a vivid one, as they made the most of the weather and topped up their tans.
(Excerpt) Read more at theadvertiser.news.com.au ...
P.S. Found the story on Drudge if the link doesn't work.
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Linkee no workee.
I'm sorry, but I'd be on the next plane back to Western civilization -- before the cholera starts...
Life does go on but this gives me the shivers. Don't they have something else to do for awhile?
Ditto that, PF.
Talk about not having any respect for the dead, or the struggling survivors.
Check the link for a picture of tourists on the beach from another FR thread.
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I especially liked the ghouls who went for a swim the day after...WTF were they thinking? Swimming in corpsoup...the smell must be something else!
Life must be carefree for these people in denial. If ignorance is bliss, they must be orgasmic.
This is going to be studied by shrinks for years to come.
I remember in Lebanon in '83 seeing two women sunbathing in one part, and there were shells going off in the distance. Still don't get it.
The caption of that picture of beach blankets and umbrellas should read........"and.....LIFE GOES ON".
It just goes to show that the decadence of Eurotrash truly knows no limits.
Actually, in Patong and Karon, 85% of the hotels are open without damage, and I've already received emails from some of the scuba tour operators that they will be operating in about a week.
I will go back to Phuket, possibly by April. Thailand is a special place, I will continue to support them.
Already posted
>Talk about not having any respect for the dead, or the >struggling survivors.
That's what I'm thinking.
'Orphans? Who can think of orphans when I haven't even had time to work on my tan?'
BUMP!
Of course, since these tourists are not weathy or well-to-do Conservative Americans, only weathy europeans, etc, the MSM isn't condemning them for continuing their vacations and not helping the surviving victims.
Would it surprise you to know that Phuket is one of the centers of the Asian sex tourism market with Patong beach known as the place for homosexual activity?
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