KILLER WAVE PART I: First days... (WARNING, GRAPHIC PICTURES)

crushelits / varios sources | Jan. 03, 2005 | crushelits

[WV Mountain Mama]

These pictures haunt me. Prayers for all the victims, so sad.

[cwiz24]

I don't think it is anyone's fault or doing, per se. Nature is far more powerful than man. Tsunamis and tidal waves like this have been changing coastlines and altering the geology of the world's shores for millions of years. This just happens to be one of the first times human life was lost in such numbers. Remember Krakatoa.

[crushelits]

A satellite image taken Dec. 29, 2004, shows an overview of Aceh province in the western Indonesian island of Sumatra. The area absorbed the double shock of the world's worst earthquake in 40 years coupled with the resulting catastrophic tsunami
BEFORE: This detailed view of the northern tip of the island was taken on Jan 10, 2003	AFTER: A photo taken of the same area on Jan. 29, 2004, shows the extreme destruction caused by the earthquake and tsunami. On Thursday, Indonesian officials issued a new death toll of nearly 80,000 for that country alone.
BEFORE: This detailed view of northern Banda Aceh was taken on Jan. 10, 2003	AFTER: News services on Thursday reported that pilots in Sumatra had discovered about 28,000 more dead in Banda Aceh while dropping food to remote villages still unreachable by rescue workers.
BEFORE: This detailed view of the island was taken by the IKONOS satellite on Jan. 10, 2003	AFTER: Some officials said there was dismal coordination among the Indonesian military, civilians and foreign governments. "We haven't gotten any help at all, nothing, said a resident who was camped out five miles from the airport in Banda Aceh.
BEFORE: This detailed view of the west of the island was taken on Jan. 10, 2003	AFTER: As of Thursday, several governments had pledged $500 million in emergency aid for stricken areas.
BEFORE: This detailed view of the west of the island was taken on Jan. 10, 2003	AFTER: On Wednesday, the Indonesian military finally reached the Sumatra town of Meulaboh, closest to the epicenter on the massive earthquake. A bulldozer dug a mass grave the size of a swimming pool in which to pile corpses covered only by plastic sheets.

[Born Conservative]

Bump for later.

[Northern Yankee]

Watch the response of the people. There you will see God.

Good always comes out of bad. I can't explain the large loss of life; its the mystery in which we may never find the answer.

[Travis McGee]

bttt

[stuartcr]

This is not man's doing, it was an act of nature/God. If no one ever built on or populated areas that are prone to natural disasters, where would everyone live?

[null and void]

Just Damm!

The freaking LAND is gone!

[stuartcr]

Why do people find God only in the good things, ie the response of the people? Doesn't God have just as much to do with what happened, as in everything else?

[Northern Yankee]

Outstandingg job!

Thank you.

[ELS]

bookmark bump

[Northern Yankee]

I think if we start blaming God for the deaths of hundreds of thousands then it soon becomes folly to believe in him at all.

I don't have an answer to this, nor does anyone.

I don't think God wills people to die. Nature plays a hand in this, and perhaps it just makes us realize how vulnerable we are to the whims of nature, and that we are not in complete control of our lives.

I just know that we don't have all the answers, but it is our faith that helps sustain us through these tragic times.

[all4one]

Words fail....hopefully all the continuing prayers, and aid will help those millions who have been affected.

The satellite photos showing once lush farmland and areas that have been decimated are heartbreaking. Those who have survived, will not have their homes, their families or even the ability to grow their own food.

[stuartcr]

I don't see why it would be folly. I believe that ultimately God is responsible for all things, past, present and future...but I still believe in Him.

[onward]

For thus says the Lord, Who created the heavens, Who is God, Who formed the earth and made it, Who has established it, Who did not create it in vain, Who formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord, and there is no other. I have not spoken in secret, In a dark place of the earth; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, 'Seek Me in vain'; I, the Lord, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

Assemble yourselves and come; Draw near together, You who have escaped from the nations, They have no knowledge, Who carry the wood of their carved image, And pray to a god that cannot save. Isaiah 45:18-20

Look to Me, and be saved, All you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other. Isaiah 45:22

[Gal.5:1]

So unreal, so sad, so devastating and heartbreaking.

[mathluv]

This helped me.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1312800/posts

[onward]

And you will hear of wars and rumors of war. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet, For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Matthew 24:6-8

[Smedley]

Having recently lost two children I so empathize with this man. God takes his own, but the rest of us must stay and grieve.

My prayers (and contributions soon) to the victims of this tragedy.

[Northern Yankee]

I think if we blamed God for the deaths of hundreds of thousands, then wouldn't we tend to blame him for anything that goes bad?

The biggest thing we have is free will. God certainly created this world, and is omnipresent rather than omnipotent. But it is up to us as to where or when we choose to believe in him.

I just believe that things happen that we can't understand, and it could become too simple to say its God's fault for these tragedies. (I don't think you're implying that at any rate...)

I think our faith is tested in times like these. How easy it would be to believe, if we never suffered hardship. The faith comes into being when times are not good.