A TIDAL WAVE.

[Ben]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6754820/?GT1=5936

[Edited on 26-12-04 by Miss X]

[Methais]

<<The U.S. Geological Survey measured the quake at a magnitude of 8.9.

The Indonesian quake struck just three days after an 8.1 quake struck the ocean floor between Australia and Antarctica,

Quakes reaching a magnitude 8 are very rare..

A quake registering magnitude 8 rocked Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido on Sept. 25, 2003...

An 8.4 magnitude tremor that stuck off the coast of Peru on June 23, 2001, killed 74.>>

That's considered rare?

[Satira]

All these natural disaster are just proof that the world is coming to an end.

:rolleyes:

[Artha]

omfg tidal wave = global warming

[Tsa`ah]

Global warming has more to do with the distance between the moon and earth increasing annually, thus increasing the 23 degree wobble, than it has to do with environmental pollution.

[Artha]

solution: Nuke the moon.

They just said 11,000 dead at least. That is not a small number.

[Artha]

Reuters is saying more than 12,300.

[Caiylania]

My heart goes out to all those families. For each person dead, think of all those that all greiving for them. :(

[Shalla]

Do I have to ask why the initial post was edited by a moderator?

[Nieninque]

No

[Fallen]

I just heard on the news this morning 21k reported dead.... 21,000 people.

[Ben]

people?

[GSTamral]

<<<
Global warming has more to do with the distance between the moon and earth increasing annually, thus increasing the 23 degree wobble, than it has to do with environmental pollution.
>>>

This distance is decreasing annually, actually. As with most orbiting objects, the moon is in a decaying orbit, last year moving a few hundred meters closer. But yes, the closer the moon gets, the more wobble the earth has, and this is the root cause of much of the global warming we fear.

[Fallen]

people? >>

Ah, I see you are not a fan of the SE Asiatic population. Hate is such a beautiful thing, in its own way. Quick! Someone mod it out!

[Edited on 12-27-2004 by Fallen]

[Jorddyn]

Originally posted by Ben
people?

Each one of the dead was as much of a human being as you are.

I feel for the survivors. I can't imagine the pain and loss they are feeling.

Jorddyn

FUCKING PWNED!!!!!11111111

- Arkans

[Nieninque]

Originally posted by Jorddyn

Originally posted by Ben
people?

Each one of the dead was as much of a human being as you are.

I feel for the survivors. I can't imagine the pain and loss they are feeling.

Jorddyn

Actually, each one of the dead was by far a better specimen of human being than the disgusting excuse for a person that goes here by the name of Ben.

I wouldnt piss on him if he was on fire

[Edited on 27-12-04 by Nieninque]

[Methais]

Would you piss on him if he wasn't on fire?

[Nieninque]

now there's a question...

[Sweets]

I have always thought "to each his own" and never really got into the argument about Ben's racism. After that "people?" comment, I think he should stfu and leave. Thanks.

When do we get that person blocker on here?

Anyway, the last I heard the death toll was 23,700. That would be my entire county.

[Jorddyn]

Originally posted by Sweets
Anyway, the last I heard the death toll was 23,700. That would be my entire county.

I read that as "my entire country," looked over to the sidebar, and wondered when Canada shrunk so much.

Jorddyn, having a long Monday

[Miss X]

finally heard from my cousin who is travelling in south asia at the moment, we were so worried about him! Luckily he's ok at the moment though! :)

[HarmNone]

Good news, MissX! :)

That is good news, Miss X :)

Also, I just read something about how, in short, the Earth's rotation was fucked up by this quake, due to the fact that it had the striking force of 100 million atomic bombs..?

Any geophysicists care to elaborate on this?

[Edaarin]

My girlfriend is in Jakarta right now.

Yikes.

But she's okay, right?

[Edaarin]

I don't know, her cell phone isn't active over there so I haven't been able to call her, and she hasn't gotten back to my last e-mail.

Was Indonesia hit in only that one island area? Or was it spread out?

[Methais]

100 million A-bombs? I don't think there would be any planet left at all if the number were that high.

I don't know, her cell phone isn't active over there so I haven't been able to call her, and she hasn't gotten back to my last e-mail.

Was Indonesia hit in only that one island area? Or was it spread out?

I heard it hit a total of maybe five or six different countries, the only ones that come to mind are Sri Lanka and Indonesia, though.


100 million A-bombs? I don't think there would be any planet left at all if the number were that high.

One million, my bad...
http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?floc=NW_1-T&oldflok=FF-APO-PLS&idq=/ff/story/0001/20041227/0714759370.htm

[Ravenstorm]

Originally posted by Stanley Burrell
I heard it hit a total of maybe five or six different countries, the only ones that come to mind are Sri Lanka and Indonesia, though..

Somalia got hit and it killed 100 people. Somalia was 3000 miles from the epicenter. I'm thinking it hit lots of countries; the question is just how badly.

Raven

[Parkbandit]

Here's a map of the area. Damn.. look at how far it travelled.

Death toll up to 44,000 right now. I imagine once this is said and done, it will be around 100,000.

:(

Edited to add: They said an island moved 100 feet from where it was prior to the quake. Esh.

[Edited on 12-28-2004 by Parkbandit]

[Caiylania]

The original numbers were bad enough. I really hope a quake like that doesn't happen again for like, a veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy long time.

[DeV]

:ohshit: What a sad shock.

G..God damn!

- Arkans

[Artha]

GALLE, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - The sea and wreckage of coastal towns all around the Indian Ocean yielded up tens of thousands of bodies on Tuesday, pushing the toll from Sunday's tsunami past 50,000. (http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=VZ1OKBU5AON4GCRBAEZSF EY?type=topNews&storyID=7193178)

:(

[Mini-Spir]

Originally posted by GSTamral
<<<
Global warming has more to do with the distance between the moon and earth increasing annually, thus increasing the 23 degree wobble, than it has to do with environmental pollution.
>>>

This distance is decreasing annually, actually. As with most orbiting objects, the moon is in a decaying orbit, last year moving a few hundred meters closer. But yes, the closer the moon gets, the more wobble the earth has, and this is the root cause of much of the global warming we fear.

No, the distance between the Moon and Earth is increasing every year.

[HarmNone]

Originally posted by Edaarin
My girlfriend is in Jakarta right now.

Yikes.

From everything I have seen and heard, Jakarta wasn't hit by this, Edaarin. The damage (in the Indonesian islands)appears to be confined to the island of Sumatra, primarily.

[Edited on 12-29-2004 by HarmNone]

[Ravenstorm]

UP to 60k+ now in over a dozen countries. Geeze.

And the mind just boggles about how bad it can and most likely will get with starvation, lack of clean drinking water, no power, upcoming disease...

Raven

I hear disgusting accounts of how, now, unfound bodies in the high hundreds are now being washed upon shore.

The death toll will probably exceed 100,000.

[Drew2]

Mini-Spir wins.

http://stardate.org/resources/faqs/faq.php?id=31

[GSLeloo]

Dunno if this has been posted or not but it was just shown to me and I think it's just the worst picture ever...

http://www.themaxx.com/offensive/pages/picpile/19130.php

[DeV]

Originally posted by GSLeloo
Dunno if this has been posted or not but it was just shown to me and I think it's just the worst picture ever...

http://www.themaxx.com/offensive/pages/picpile/19130.php Wow. Just wow.

[Snapp]

Oh my god Leloo, I think I'm gonna puke.

My heart goes out to everyone dealing with this.

[GSLeloo]

The picture is horrific. If you actually look at it you can see not only adults but little toddlers... it's so horrible and this is why they need help so much.

[Praefection]

Just to chime in late I think I was hearing on the news it's up over 100,000 people dead. And it's still now over. Really sad.

[GSLeloo]

This was provided by Maia on another board...


The world is stepping up efforts to aid millions of survivors of the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami that has killed at least 135,000 people. Britain has boosted its pledge from $30 million to $95 million, and the World Bank added another $250 million.

[Drew2]

Didn't feel like starting a new thread, but my mom sent me this.

http://homepage.mac.com/demark/tsunami

[Edited on 1-7-2005 by Tayre]

[Caiylania]

Holy crap, that is one vivid showing of the devastation.