What you guys don't get is most Tsunamis aren't big giant ass waves that crash down, the water just is pushed and the water levels rise so quickly that ppl just drown.

[quote="@/\/G3L":7be0f]3 americans dead. 11 jap. tourists. and some guy that goes to opra a lot survived. oOo:[/quote:7be0f]

It is up to 6 Americans now and the guy is a consultant on the Oprah show. Jebus get a clue will ya.

wallbash:

estimates up near 21K now:

[url:ac68f]http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=362275[/url:ac68f]

Sky news saying 25k ed:

My dad was thinking about retiring in Thailand, at Phuket, and having a house right next to the beach. He chose Mexico over Thailand, thank god...

Im 1/2 Thai (but look nothing like it. Im serious, you couldnt tell I was 1/2 Asian at all...no eyes, no hair, no ears...no nadda) and some of my family lives in Thailand, but not around there. Notrthern.

[quote="Sgt. Duffy":961c8](...no eyes, no hair, no ears...no nadda)[/quote:961c8]


Duffy = [img]http://www.gerbeaud.com/jardin/fiches/01illustrations/melon_1.jpg[/img]

[quote=guarnere]
Duffy = [img]http://www.gerbeaud.com/jardin/fiches/01illustrations/melon_1.jpg[/img][/quote:2be12]


LOL, yeah.

now 25,000 people taken and still rising....the footage is pretty scary

I saw some too...there was one, where all these people were running in-land, and this huge wave just came tearing down on them. The 2nd one I saw was some Viillage in Indonesia, and a house was floating in this brown river.

Where i can see footage?

All the footage is filtering through now that the media are receiving public footage, it should be on your news channels now

The waves obviously don't seem so big but the power is scary, can see people getting swept away, would take your legs from under you in an instant

I heard on the news that they are saying this could be the worst natural disaster in all of human history. Unbelievable.

amazing. it wouldnt be as bad if they didnt reproduce so much. oOo:

[quote="@/\/G3L":201a0]amazing. it wouldnt be as bad if they didnt reproduce so much. oOo:[/quote:201a0]

Yeah, say hello to Natural Selection. They over-reproduced and they were destroyed by the enviroment.
oOo:

see but they cant have that many people in the Darwin Awards.

[quote="@/\/G3L":7662c]amazing. it wouldnt be as bad if they didnt reproduce so much. oOo:[/quote:7662c]

For fuck sake pay some respect dude. 25,000+ people dead. I'm not sure if you understand the calamity of the disaster. Imagine if that happened in the states:

[url="http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_1640239,00.html"]http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology ... 39,00.html[/url]

[quote="@/\/G3L":562f9]amazing. it wouldnt be as bad if they didnt reproduce so much. oOo:[/quote:562f9]

I hope you get killed by a tidal wave tomorrow when you take a bath.

Oh, man. My mom (who's Thai) just tried to reach her relatives over in Thailand. No nothing. Not even answering machine...it said the line was disconnected. Uh oh.

25,000 people dead, thats unreal. annoy:

[quote="Sgt. Duffy":7a650]Oh, man. My mom (who's Thai) just tried to reach her relatives over in Thailand. No nothing. Not even answering machine...it said the line was disconnected. Uh oh.[/quote:7a650]yikes, hope all goes well for you ed:

I wonder if they're gonna make a Memorial. Third world countries usually dont, so god knows where those 25,000 are going to be buried.

[quote="Sgt. Duffy":d1b5b]I wonder if they're gonna make a Memorial. Third world countries usually dont, so god knows where those 25,000 are going to be buried.[/quote:d1b5b]They wont be able to collect all those bodies, most of them will be washed out to sea.

Never thought of that...wow...25,000 dead in the sea. I would be scared to go swimming...

Yeah if you guys want to see some footage its here

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-p ... 28951.stm#


You know the scary thing is, you know how they mentioned "Pi Pi" Island in Thailand. I was there on holiday a few years ago and it struck me. Somewhere I've been is in absolute turmoil. All the people there I've talked to and stuff are probably dead.

[quote="Jimbo@":2f57d]Yeah if you guys want to see some footage its here

[url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4128951.stm#"]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-p ... 28951.stm#[/url]


You know the scary thing is, you know how they mentioned "Pi Pi" Island in Thailand. I was there on holiday a few years ago and it struck me. Somewhere I've been is in absolute turmoil. All the people there I've talked to and stuff are probably dead.[/quote:2f57d]

Yeah! I've thought exactly the same thing! And, me too, I went to Pi Pi also! (Wasnt so picture perfect, was it? I was surprised there were so many Muslim kids..one Muslim kid played leap-frog on me while I was in the water, sinking me down a couple feet).

I remember going to Phuket (ever been there?) in Thailand, and going to the post-office at the beach, and the McDonalds, and having a Thai guy stare at me, then my mom, then back at me and just thinking "What the hell is this American kid doing with a Thai lady?". He's dead. The McDonalds clerks are dead. The officer who smiled at me in the post-office is dead. Its pretty scary to think of.

[quote="Sgt. Duffy":8c3ad]I was surprised there were so many Muslim kids..one Muslim kid played leap-frog on me while I was in the water, sinking me down a couple feet).[/quote:8c3ad]


lol, Muslims. happy:

[quote="Sgt. Duffy":7d9cf][quote="Jimbo@":7d9cf]Yeah if you guys want to see some footage its here

[url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4128951.stm#"]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-p ... 28951.stm#[/url]


You know the scary thing is, you know how they mentioned "Pi Pi" Island in Thailand. I was there on holiday a few years ago and it struck me. Somewhere I've been is in absolute turmoil. All the people there I've talked to and stuff are probably dead.[/quote:7d9cf]

Yeah! I've thought exactly the same thing! And, me too, I went to Pi Pi also! (Wasnt so picture perfect, was it? I was surprised there were so many Muslim kids..one Muslim kid played leap-frog on me while I was in the water, sinking me down a couple feet).

I remember going to Phuket (ever been there?) in Thailand, and going to the post-office at the beach, and the McDonalds, and having a Thai guy stare at me, then my mom, then back at me and just thinking "What the hell is this American kid doing with a Thai lady?". He's dead. The McDonalds clerks are dead. The officer who smiled at me in the post-office is dead. Its pretty scary to think of.[/quote:7d9cf]

I've been to Mcdonalds in Phuket as well. Maybe we went to the same one. biggrin:
The quake hit at the worst possible time, holiday season (Christmas) where there are the most people in those islands from around the world.

My friend was visiting India for the holidays, No one knows excactly where he was though, it's possible he was on the coast.

It's hard to believe that a bit more warning couldn't have been given to countries further
from the quake, seismologists knew immediatly that it was 9 on the richter scale, and the
nearest countries were hit soon after, and apparently it took 2 hours for the waves to get to
India, Sri Lanka etc. yet they were left completely unaware of it..? Jesus, they do have radios
and phones etc there...couldn't someone have called someone? a lot of people could have
gotten well inland with an hours notice...what's the point of all this bloody monitoring then?

the people who operate it are darwin awards candidates oOo:

Death toll is STILL rising, I just watch the footage, this sucks.

its jus that time of the month for mother nature

[quote="Eight Ace":03392]It's hard to believe that a bit more warning couldn't have been given to countries further
from the quake, seismologists knew immediatly that it was 9 on the richter scale, and the
nearest countries were hit soon after, and apparently it took 2 hours for the waves to get to
India, Sri Lanka etc. yet they were left completely unaware of it..? Jesus, they do have radios
and phones etc there...couldn't someone have called someone? a lot of people could have
gotten well inland with an hours notice...what's the point of all this bloody monitoring then?[/quote:03392]

Good point. I'm sure that if this had taken place closer to Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand or any other countries like that then the word would spread quickly and governments would probably try to start evacuating people from the coast, although 2 hours isn't a lot of time to do that.

I think probably the best means would be the media, but most of these countries are third world countries. I'm sure most of the dead live in poverty and have limited access to these means.

Sad none the less.

23,000 people hake:


fuck man.

CNN says it could rise to over 100,000. Still about ten thoursand reported missing from eight different islands (10,000 on each island,that is).
Then you factor in the dieases that will be caused because of all the dead bodies and whatnot. Dysentary, cholera, malaria, etc. Remeber what the Bible says about earth quakes in diverese places (and if you dont, read revelations). First in pakistan last year, then india, then one in australia, then one in haiti, then one right here in germany, and now this..... California will be gone in five years. ed:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6754820/
annoy:

Anyone considering donating some of that holiday cash to the relief effort?

the death toll is up to 40,00 now.

Largest aid operation ever seen now underway, latest figures are at least 55,000 and rising in hundreds daily

In one area called Phuket my sister was there about 4 weeks ago, makes you think how lucky she's been.

I bet they caught a few good waves in Western Australia