[SunkenCiv]

just a few more related threads:

Actual Tsunami pics, taken by a couple before death
CNN
Posted on 02/24/2005 8:58:15 PM PST by Capitalism2003
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1350680/posts

Tsunami Killed Many More Women Than Men
CBC News | March 25, 2005
Posted on 03/25/2005 10:50:52 AM PST by srm913
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1370718/posts

Seabed Shifts Pose New Perils in Tsunami Region
(more killer quakes to come)
NYT | 03/17/05 | ANDREW C. REVKIN
Posted on 03/17/2005 8:56:24 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1364752/posts

SEISMIC CHANGES: Studies indicate major land shifts Bankok and Phuket Moved)
The Nation (Bangkok) | February 23, 2005
Posted on 02/22/2005 12:04:12 PM PST by nickcarraway
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1348784/posts

[granite]

FROM    - WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN
BULLETIN NUMBER 1
ISSUED 03/28/2005 AT 1630 UTC

...THIS TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN IS FOR ALASKA - BRITISH
   COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON AND CALIFORNIA ONLY...

NO - REPEAT NO - WATCH OR WARNING IS IN EFFECT.

EARTHQUAKE DATA
 PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE - 8.5
 LOCATION -  2.3N   97.1E - NORTHERN SUMATERA, INDONESIA   
 TIME     - 0710 AST 03/28/2005
            0810 PST 03/28/2005
            1610 UTC 03/28/2005

EVALUATION
 BASED ON LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE THE EARTHQUAKE WAS NOT
 SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI DAMAGING TO CALIFORNIA -
 OREGON - WASHINGTON - BRITISH COLUMBIA OR ALASKA. SOME AREAS MAY
 EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA LEVEL CHANGES. IN AREAS OF INTENSE
 SHAKING LOCALLY GENERATED TSUNAMIS CAN BE TRIGGERED BY SLUMPING.

THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE TSUNAMI BULLETINS
FOR HAWAII AND OTHER AREAS OF THE PACIFIC.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT BY THE
WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER UNLESS CONDITIONS
WARRANT. REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE HTTP://WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV
FOR MORE INFORMATION.

EDIS-03-28-05 0830 PST
 

[VNam68]

Bump

[RightWhale]

Inside full moon window, barely.

[jrestrepo]

Is it the US's fault yet?

[Defiant]

I feel a terrible disturbance in the force.

Let's hope it's not enough to start another tsunami, or take any more lives. 200,000 is plenty.

[Pagey]

A 'Nice Thick Aftershock' BUMP for this thread!

[COEXERJ145]

Might want to update the title. USGS now says Magnitude was 8.7.

[The Sons of Liberty]

Upgraded to 8.7

Let's see - the day after Christmas a 9.0+ quake in predominently moslem region

the day after Easter, an 8.7+ quake in the same region

Is SOMEONE trying to tell them something?

[M. Espinola]

UPDATE:

A massive earthquake killed dozens of people and destroyed hundreds of homes in the main town on Indonesia's Nias island on Monday evening, according to a local government official.

Agus Mendrofa, the deputy mayor of Gunungsitoli town, estimated that 10,000 people had fled the town for higher ground after the 8.7 magnitude quake off the main island of Sumatra.

"I can guarantee that dozens have died," Mr Mendrofa said by telephone.

"Gunungsitoli is now like a dead town. The situation here is in extreme panic."

Mr Mendrofa added that roads had also been cracked by the quake.

- Reuters

TV grab from Metro TV shows Acehnese people using their vehicles to get to higher places in Banda Aceh following a strong earthquake that hit Sumatra island.

[Imaverygooddriver]

GODZILLA! WILL HE NEVER STOP???

PREASE REAVE US ARONE!!!"

[RobFromGa]

I am in Europe watching the quake tragedy unfold on CNN and it is clear that this is finally the natural disaster that the UN is prepared to handle flawlessly-- the Imaginary Tsunami. This rare disaster is easily subdued by large amounts of east-blowing hot air and bloviating.

The UN has saved millions with its quick response to the Imaginary wave.