East Asian Earthquake (2 Viewers)

[Rafy]

This is indeed very bad

8.9 on the richter scale and 3000+ dead in 6 countries



From cnn


Asia quake toll tops 3,000

# World's largest earthquake in more than 40 years strikes off Indonesia
# Giant tsunamis kill more than 1,500 in Sri Lanka and 1,000 in India
# Hundreds also dead in Indonesia and Thailand
# Tourists, fishermen, homes swept away by walls of water



ANybody know anybody affected.....or being in a tsunami/earthquake?

Rip to all those killed

 

[johnson]

the toll is 3600+ now i think
seriously dude i thought you were joking, and i was thinking what a sick joke. i had to check on cnn myself to make sure- i can't believe it.

i have some friends travelling in thailand and sri lanka at the moment, i've heard from the thailand friends they are okay, have to contact the sri lanka friends yet..

 

[Rafy]

Well Latest reports....

Sri Lanka: 3,225 dead
Indonesia: 1,873 dead
India: 2,000 dead
Thailand: 257 dead
Malaysia: 28 dead
Maldives: 10 dead
Bangladesh: 2 dead

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4125481.stm



which makes 7300+ dead.....and unfortunately this will no doubt rise

I remeber first hearing about this 10 hours ago..then they were reporting only 20 dead :-|


The sacle of this is just overwhelming.....

Most of the East asian region, and its now three times as bad as 9/11.


And the day after christmas as well.....

I can only hope nobody from here is seriously affected.

Once again, thoughts and prayers to all those affected

 

[johnson]

oh my god
that is devastating..no you know what dude i was thinking exactly the same thing. were this happening in a western region, i bet it would be on the telly 24/7.

virtually every south east asian country has been affected by these. one can only imagine how terrifying those tsunamis would have been..

 

[Rafy]

It just pains me to see these death toll figures just go up by the minute.....

Apparently, many of the people saw the sea receed from the shore before the tsunami came. They wer curious and saw fish on the newly uncovered land so they went right up onto the beaches and got swept away when it came

Tis very saddening.


well its 8000+ now

8335 and counting
December 27, 2004 - 3:07AM

More than 8000 people across Asia were killed after one of the most powerful earthquakes on record triggered massive tidal waves that slammed into Asian coastlines. The dead, by country:

Sri Lanka: 4150

India: 2016

Indonesia: 1902

Thailand: 223

Malaysia: 42

Bangladesh: 2

 

[kirabolton]

Sri Lanka: 3,538 dead
Indonesia: 4,185 dead
India: 2,000 dead
Thailand: 257 dead
Malaysia: 28 dead
Maldives: 10 dead
Bangladesh: 2 dead

 

[Rafy]

Smh: "Over 11,300 people have been killed after a tsunami,"

Reports of 9 dead in Africa!

 

[Carlito]

I was watching about it on SBS last night. One of the first times i'd watched SBS that South Park or Pizza wasnt on.

 

[Mumma]

12,300 dead http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5430502
all happened while I slept

 

[flipsyde]

I think I heard somthign on the radio where you can ring to see if ppl in SL that u know r ok... it was 1800 002 214 I think.. I was in the middle of somethign when it came on so I was half listening

 

[spiny norman]

which makes 7300+ dead.....and unfortunately this will no doubt rise

I wouldn't be sure, you must recall with the World Trade Centre attacks the numbers of dead estimated 24 hours or so afterwards were more than double, if I remember correctly, the official death count nowadays.

It could go up, but it could also go down.

 

[Mumma]

Fuck. I just remembered my friend is in india. Crap, I hope hes alright.. I dont think hes near the coast though.

 

[Jesus!]

Tis a sad day that the average Australian doesn't give a shit and is more worried about Post Christmas sales and one dead soldier than 12 000 dead (asians) people.

 

[Mumma]

If this happened in the US every single channel would be covering it and everyone would care. Oh, its only asia though, who cares.

 

[mmm_sofay]

isnt there like now people from australia missing?
i saw it on the news about 20mins ago. a 16yr old boy on holiday in phuket with his family is missing as he got swept away by a tidal wave or something . . . i wasnt giving my full attention to the tv. but thats what i heard.

this is pretty shit. and last night i had no idea what was going on and had a hissy fit at sbs as they werent showing any european movies with subtitles and lots of provocotiveness.

 

[Cape]

I don't mean to sound rude or evil or anything. But most of these countries are densely populated - hence why so many ppl are dead or died. Also cause most of Asia is found on a fault line - ofcourse these things are going to happen and places like the maldives are extremely low to the sea level.

Anyway, its really sad ... hope my friends are alright condsidering they have gone to thailand and india.

 

[mizz_smee]

my dad who is in east timor at the moment working
said that the tidal wave is somehow makingi its way towards indonesia right now
and that it could hit him in east timor
but it is not likely as they have alot of islands around to protect them

heaps of ppl have been ringing up today
and we knew about the earthquake and tidal wave
but didnt make the connection u think that we would
my mum stressed though when she found out
and was pissed off when we didnt tell her bout it

its sad that so many people died and i know that asia is densly populated and all that
but it is still not fair for 12000+ people to die

 

[tattoodguy]

....................its gods way of tellling indians/shri lankins they need a bath. lol


only joking, but yeah its pretty coool, so destructive etc, i dont even get how it happens how do so many ppple die?

like a big wave comes?.......................so u just hold onto a treeee........big shit...

i dont get how you die from the wave...........seeems dumb to me.


will this cause some other problems? diseases etc etc? dont fucking telll me.......we are going to have to have some more refugeees and shit now??? please dont telll me that.

 

[Cape]

Cause asia is on a plate fault line ... the smallest earthquake in the ocean can produce a tsunami. And because the asian continent is low lying and is densely populated it is very easy for a tsunami to destroy the areas. I'd be guessing in saying that you wouldn't have enough time to try and escape from the wave - due mainly to its height - u'd need to be very high up to avoid the wave - but you will be dragged out to sea when the wave hits. I'd think that it would be really cool to see a tsunami.

 

[>Teearnee<:-)]

how sad is this news!!!
dude, how aweful

and i know...

...i dont get how you die from the wave...........seeems dumb to me.

... i used 2 think floods and waves etc couldn't hurt no1... i thought i was smarter than every1 else cause i thought "duh, just drink the water"... then i saw how much of it there was and how dirty and brown it was...eww
i'll be praying 4 them all... it really makes you realise how blessed and fortunate we are... xoxo