The Tsunami!!!
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From: Quad Cities, IL
No need for all the arguing. The paper today said that the Indian ocean didn't have the detection devices that the pacific did. Also, the death toll topping 100K IS expected. It is expected from disease. This truly is horrible, as if we need ridiculously huge natural disasters to wipe us out. The world seems to be on a downward spiral as it is. I cant imagine the situation over there, I am aware of it but most of us cant really comprehend it.(including myself) We've been desensitized to media.
It's like, "Yeah cool, I'm going to the beach."
"Oh, damn I cant believe I survived that. Almost everyone at the beach got washed away."
"I better go home to see if everyone's OK."
"Oh ****, what home?"
"Man, I'm worried about everyone. I cant find ANYONE!"
"Jesus, there's thousands dead. I need to find my family."
"Cough, Cough, man I dont feel to good. I need to get away from these corpses."
"Yeah, I'm dead now too. But so is all my family and it's not as if I had a life left to live anyway." No family, no possessions, nothing.
It's like, "Yeah cool, I'm going to the beach."
"Oh, damn I cant believe I survived that. Almost everyone at the beach got washed away."
"I better go home to see if everyone's OK."
"Oh ****, what home?"
"Man, I'm worried about everyone. I cant find ANYONE!"
"Jesus, there's thousands dead. I need to find my family."
"Cough, Cough, man I dont feel to good. I need to get away from these corpses."
"Yeah, I'm dead now too. But so is all my family and it's not as if I had a life left to live anyway." No family, no possessions, nothing.
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From: Chester, VA
Originally Posted by Gloveperson
Anyone have a link to where we can send a donation?
Seems to be having server issues now...
who siad rissing water doenst do much structial damage?????
did anybody see what happened to us here is pittsburgh when we had down pours and pittsburgh was flooded out in sept.???? 4 buildings down from where my brother works near etna....is gone!!!!!!!! water does some serious damage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
its horrible that sooo many ppl r going to die b/c of no where to go...and alll of the dieases!!!! its a complete shame!!!!
did anybody see what happened to us here is pittsburgh when we had down pours and pittsburgh was flooded out in sept.???? 4 buildings down from where my brother works near etna....is gone!!!!!!!! water does some serious damage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
its horrible that sooo many ppl r going to die b/c of no where to go...and alll of the dieases!!!! its a complete shame!!!!
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From: metro st louis
Originally Posted by jdustu
just enough to kill 50k+ people..........it wasn't just the "wave" that you are seeing, it's the water level rising up to 60ft. + the little white caps and riptides in the videos........water rushing through the streets isn't enough to damage a coastal country's infrastructure? water that never before came within 100 yards of the streets all of a sudden burrying them in 5+ feet of white water is enough to do some serious damage....but what YOU have seen doens't really matter, what matters is what actually happened, and that is a lot of damage was done, whether it looks like it on video or not......
Last edited by Red Shift; Dec 29, 2004 at 11:01 AM.
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From: Atlanta
Originally Posted by LSWannabe
No need for all the arguing. The paper today said that the Indian ocean didn't have the detection devices that the pacific did.
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From: Atlanta
Originally Posted by Gloveperson
Anyone have a link to where we can send a donation?
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
AGENCIES HELPING EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS
— American Jewish World Service: 800-889-7146, http://www.ajws.org
— American Red Cross International Response Fund: 800-HELP NOW, http://www.redcross.org
— Catholic Relief Services: 800-736-3467, http://www.catholicrelief.org
— Direct Relief International: 805-964-4767, http://www.directrelief.org
— Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres: 888-392-0392, http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org
— International Medical Corps: 800-481-4462, http://www.imcworldwide.org
— International Orthodox Christian Charities Middle East Crisis Response: 877-803-4622, http://www.iocc.org
— Mercy Corps: 800-852-2100, http://www.mercycorps.org
— Operation USA: 800-678-7255, http://www.opusa.org
— United Nations Children's Fund: 800-4-UNICEF, http://www.unicef.org
STATE DEPARTMENT INFORMATION ABOUT U.S. CITIZENS IN DISASTER AREA
— Within the United States, toll free number: 888-407-4747.
— Overseas: 317-472-2328.
— State Department's American Citizens Services and Crisis Management, 202-647-5225.
— Information about disaster relief, preparation and emergency services to U.S. citizens abroad: http://travel.state.gov/travel/crisismg.html
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From: Sydney Australia
Originally Posted by BadAndy
If we knew about it, so did everyone else on the Pacific rim.
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/olderwmsg
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0239Z 26 NOV 2004
THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN EXCEPT
ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.
.................. TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ..................
THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. THERE IS NO TSUNAMI WARNING
OR WATCH IN EFFECT.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME - 0225Z 26 NOV 2004
COORDINATES - 3.5 SOUTH 135.2 EAST
LOCATION - IRIAN JAYA REGION INDONESIA
MAGNITUDE - 7.1
EVALUATION
NO DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS BASED ON
HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.
HOWEVER - EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE SOMETIMES GENERATE LOCAL
TSUNAMIS THAT CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS LOCATED NEAR THE
EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES IN THE REGION OF THE EPICENTER
SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POSSIBILITY.
THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE BULLETINS
FOR ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.
Here's a bunch more donations listed...
http://www.networkforgood.org/topics...O&cmpgn=HMPCRS
I donated last night. I feel really bad for those people.
http://www.networkforgood.org/topics...O&cmpgn=HMPCRS
I donated last night. I feel really bad for those people.
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From: Deep in the seedy underworld of Koonerville
The Bin Laden pic does not look photoshopped up close but, could be a very good chop job. Doesn't look like it though. 
Too bad the tsunami didn't get that guy.
Too bad the tsunami didn't get that guy.
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From: Chester, VA
Originally Posted by black_z
No kidding. Who the hell makes a shirt with that scum bag on it? My sisters BF is supposed to head to Bangladesh today for studying abroad.
My sisters BF is supposed to head to Bangladesh today for studying abroad.
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