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Actual Tsunami pics, taken by a couple before death
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Posted on 02/24/2005 8:58:15 PM PST by Capitalism2003

wow...

Look how far out the ocean was pulled before the wave came in...You can see boats stranded on the sand and a (formerly submerged) coral reef showing completely...It looks like people just were walking out on the sand in awe, not knowing what was coming.

To get a sense of size, compare the normal 3-4 ft waves in the first few pics with the wall of ocean coming in behind them at 150mph...

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1 posted on 02/24/2005 8:58:16 PM PST by Capitalism2003
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Correction, the tsunami wave was travelling at 400-600mph, not a mere 150.

Hard to believe...but it explains why they had no time to react.


2 posted on 02/24/2005 9:01:12 PM PST by Capitalism2003
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To: Capitalism2003; Lazamataz

Reminds me of the tourist guy days.


3 posted on 02/24/2005 9:01:54 PM PST by amom
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To: Capitalism2003
Correction, the tsunami wave was travelling at 400-600mph, not a mere 150.

Amazing

4 posted on 02/24/2005 9:02:43 PM PST by amom
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It travels at the faster speed in deep water, and slows down considerably as it hits shallows and rises.


5 posted on 02/24/2005 9:02:47 PM PST by Mount Athos
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6 posted on 02/24/2005 9:02:49 PM PST by Capitalism2003
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7 posted on 02/24/2005 9:03:18 PM PST by Charles Henrickson
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8 posted on 02/24/2005 9:03:52 PM PST by Charles Henrickson
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9 posted on 02/24/2005 9:04:21 PM PST by Charles Henrickson
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10 posted on 02/24/2005 9:05:01 PM PST by Charles Henrickson
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Duplicate post:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1349897/posts?q=1&&page=1


11 posted on 02/24/2005 9:05:22 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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This picture is an example that is known now as the time to haul a$$ off the beach.


12 posted on 02/24/2005 9:05:25 PM PST by ThreeYearLurker
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13 posted on 02/24/2005 9:05:26 PM PST by Charles Henrickson
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Something tells me this will be the theme of Lexar's next Super Bowl commercial...


14 posted on 02/24/2005 9:08:05 PM PST by BlazingArizona
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To: Capitalism2003
Correction, the tsunami wave was travelling at 400-600mph, not a mere 150.

The surge travels that fast UNDER WATER. Once the surge hits the shallower bottom it slows down - allowing more water to pile-up behind it and build it up. Look at all those videos showing the successive waves coming ashore - THEY weren't traveling 400 MPH. The speed of sound in air is only about 680 MPH.

15 posted on 02/24/2005 9:15:13 PM PST by solitas (So what if I support a platform that has fewer flaws than yours? 'Mystic' dual 500 G4's, OSX.3.7)
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Couple's final photos "an echo from the grave"

Seattle Times staff reporter

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For larger versions of the tsunami photographs, click here.

It was like a puzzle; these images from a broken digital camera washed up on a deserted beach in Thailand.

Christian Pilet of North Bend could not have known the power of his discovery: the last photos taken by a couple who lost their lives in the Dec. 26 tsunami and the closure the photo diary would bring to a grieving family half a world away in British Columbia.

Taken in sequence, the photographs tell a gripping story: John and Jackie Knill arriving at a Khao Lak resort, happily enjoying Christmas dinner with a large group of friends and then basking in a brilliant tropical sunset.


COURTESY OF KNILL FAMILY

8:26 a.m. Tourists stroll unaware of an ominous dark line; the tsunami rolling toward them from the horizon.

The next day, the couple is seen hugging, smiling; radiant on the beach. Then the story turns ominous: people stroll the beach under a clear blue sky, apparently oblivious to the large wave that has formed a line across the horizon.

The wave gets closer, its power more evident as it kicks up sand and mud and finally crashes onto the beach.

"We were stunned; just out of the blue, an echo from the grave," Pilet said. "What we saw in these pictures were the last five minutes of these people's lives."


COURTESY OF KNILL FAMILY

8:28 a.m. The tsunami crashes onto the beach, dwarfing a person trying to run across the sand to safety.

Pilet knew nothing about the man and woman in these photos. But through the power of the Internet and dogged determination, he would find their family not in Germany or Sweden as he'd originally suspected, but virtually in his own back yard.

The Knills of North Vancouver, B.C., had been on a four-month vacation in Thailand when they were caught in the deadly tsunami.

The disaster killed more than 170,000 people, including about a dozen Canadians.



16 posted on 02/24/2005 9:16:31 PM PST by XR7
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Correction, the tsunami wave was travelling at 400-600mph, not a mere 150.

You're even more wrong than the original poster.

Only in the absolute deepest parts of the Ocean (miles deep) do tsunami waves travel at 400 mph....actually, because of the shallowness of the water between the origin fault and Thailand, this particular wave likely never even got close to 400mph.

The actual wave once it's visible from shore and hitting shore is traveling at most 20-40 mph. That's plenty fast.

17 posted on 02/24/2005 9:16:37 PM PST by Strategerist
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Things to consider:

1) This may not have been the highest wave at that location; usually the first is not the highest

2) The tsunami was three times higher in Sumatra than at Khao Lak Thailand, where these pics are from


18 posted on 02/24/2005 9:18:11 PM PST by Strategerist
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Those poor people.


19 posted on 02/24/2005 9:19:47 PM PST by Chgogal
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I just did a little math. Assuming the Tsunami killed 200,000 people (I've heard higher numbers, but for arguments sake, I'll use 200k).

The population of Thailand is 61 million. This amounts to .305% of the population killed.

America, with a population today of 296 million, an equal sacrifice (percentagewise) would be 902,800 deaths.


20 posted on 02/24/2005 9:27:23 PM PST by Capitalism2003
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