Posted on 12/24/2005 6:39:40 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
FReeper prayers still outgoing to the victims.
I don't see what's the big deal about it being picked up in Oklahoma is.
Hobbyists with a few hundred or a few thousand dollars worth of equipment can build their own seismometer that will pretty much pick up any Magnitude 6+ quake in the world.
Even given the international date line, it didn't occur on December 26, did it?
I'll never forget being online here at FR when the first reports of it started being posted. I stayed up all night reading them.
Not even THAT much money:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=homebrew+seismometer+&btnG=Search
But then again maybe that IS what they used.
I, too, found myself in another state of consciousness, realizing what was happening on the other side of the planet.
I couldn't keep my thoughts on anything else.
What a sad event.
Remembering ... .
"Even given the international date line, it didn't occur on December 26, did it?"
It hit the west side of Phuket Island (where almost all the tourism is) mid Sunday morning on Dec. 26. Many, many tourists and locals working in the bars and restaurants were still sleeping from staying up late the night before. If it was 4 hours or so later, there would have been thousands more dead.
I remember exactly where I was when my friend SMS'd me from Phuket with the news in the early afternoon; it's one of those moments that I will never forget.
Last night, Channel News Asia had a documentary on the tsunami and aftermath. I told my wife: "turn the channel, you don't want to see it"; then not much later, they had footage of pulling out children and babies one after another from the mud and debris.
I still have a hard time believing that it actually happened. My prayers go out to the survivors and all of those who lost loved ones.
"The global sea level actually rose by a millimeter, and the very shape of the Earth changed enough to slightly lengthen the day."
For real? It was that bad?
I remember watching it on TV as reports came in. The before and after photos where entire villages had been obliterated were unreal. It certainly has been a rough year for the planet.
I remember reading the first reports, when they didn't think there would be a tsunami....
Eternal rest grant them, O Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon them....
Okay, thanks. I was traveling abroad and I thought it happened Christmas Eve my time, but it had to be Christmas night.
There are some specially commissioned essays that have been read this week on BBC World Service. You can access them at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/off_the_shelf.shtml
The series is 'After the Wave.' Each is about 15 minutes long.
Time the quake began, in selected time zones:
Sun, 26 Dec 2004 13:58:53 +1300 (NZDT: Pacific/Auckland)
Sun, 26 Dec 2004 11:58:53 +1100 (EST: Australia/Sydney)
Sun, 26 Dec 2004 09:58:53 +0900 (JST: Asia/Tokyo)
Sun, 26 Dec 2004 08:58:53 +0800 (WST: Australia/Perth)
Sun, 26 Dec 2004 08:58:53 +0800 (HKT: Asia/Hong_Kong)
Sun, 26 Dec 2004 06:28:53 +0530 (IST: Asia/Calcutta)
Sun, 26 Dec 2004 03:58:53 +0300 (MSK: Europe/Moscow)
Sun, 26 Dec 2004 02:58:53 +0200 (IST: Asia/Jerusalem)
Sun, 26 Dec 2004 01:58:53 +0100 (CET: Europe/Amsterdam)
Sun, 26 Dec 2004 00:58:53 +0000 (GMT: Europe/London)
Sun, 26 Dec 2004 00:58:53 +0000 (UT: Universal Time)
Sat, 25 Dec 2004 22:58:53 -0200 (BRST: America/Sao_Paulo)
Sat, 25 Dec 2004 21:58:53 -0300 (ART: America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires)
Sat, 25 Dec 2004 19:58:53 -0500 (EST: America/New_York)
Sat, 25 Dec 2004 18:58:53 -0600 (CST: America/Chicago)
Sat, 25 Dec 2004 17:58:53 -0700 (MST: America/Denver)
Sat, 25 Dec 2004 16:58:53 -0800 (PST: America/Los_Angeles)
Sat, 25 Dec 2004 14:58:53 -1000 (HST: Pacific/Honolulu)
I don't know anything about this particular publication, but the usual deal is that 'journalists' never do any real homework, never get anything right, but are unshakeably convinced that they're better informed than the rest of us.
If I were even mildy curious about something of this sort, I'd have a better degree of perspective than they usually do in fifteen minutes of mining the net.
I detest what passes for 'journalism' these days.
This is a detail I've never heard before. Unbelievable!
That really sux. Molly Malones was my favorite hangout during my stays on Patong Beach.
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