"great" earthquake in Indonesia - magnitude 8.9!

[Aimster]

December 26, 2003 -> Bam, Iran
December 26, 2004 -> Indonesia/Indian Quake
December 26, 2005 -> ? Japan?

 

[rickn]

Originally posted by: Aimster
December 26, 2003 -> Bam, Iran
December 26, 2004 -> Indonesia/Indian Quake
December 26, 2005 -> ? Japan?

I didn't even recall that the Bam and Indonesian earthquakes did hit on the say day. What are the odds. Must have been divine intervention by Ed McMahon

 

[everman]

The death toll is over 10,000 now. crazy

 

[fallenangel99]

wow.. i bet the death toll be higher. a lot of poor people live by the coast as fishermen/etc

sad

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

Originally posted by: rickn

Originally posted by: Aimster
December 26, 2003 -> Bam, Iran
December 26, 2004 -> Indonesia/Indian Quake
December 26, 2005 -> ? Japan?

I didn't even recall that the Bam and Indonesian earthquakes did hit on the say day. What are the odds. Must have been divine intervention by Ed McMahon

I remember back in the mid 90's there seemed to be a major earthquake back to back on the MLK Holiday... I think it was

Northridge quake on Jan. 17, 1994
Kobe Quake on Jan 17, 1995

Weird World

 

[Analog]

Originally posted by: machintos

 

[777php]

This is crazy, my GF is going to Thailand tonight and Phuket, Pattaya, and Nakornpron were three cities she was planning on going to. I guess not anymore.

 

[raildogg]

Originally posted by: MySoS

Originally posted by: raildogg

Originally posted by: MySoS
In 5 years most people will have forgeten about this earthquake, like most have forgotten about Hurricane Mitch.

what does this have to do with anything?

I was pointing out that in 5 years most people in the world will have forgotten about this EQ.

i dont think. not the people affected in the many countries. and think about the economic devastation caused to some of the tourist resorts, and many of these nations are heavily dependant on tourism

 

[raildogg]

Originally posted by: rickn

Originally posted by: Aimster
December 26, 2003 -> Bam, Iran
December 26, 2004 -> Indonesia/Indian Quake
December 26, 2005 -> ? Japan?

I didn't even recall that the Bam and Indonesian earthquakes did hit on the say day. What are the odds. Must have been divine intervention by Ed McMahon

Yep I've read somewhere else that 26th is generally a day when many earthquakes have ocurred in the past

 

[igowerf]

Link to Redcross.

 

[dabuddha]

Damn how bad was India hit?

 

[NFS4]

More than 13,340 dead :Q

 

[ed21x]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: ed21x

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: MSCoder610
Wow... I just heard the death toll is "almost up to 10000" on the news.

With how inefficient these 3rd world nations are about search and rescue and how slow communications are, history has shown that death estimates continue to rise over the course of several days as news filters in. When all is said and done it could be a lot more than 10,000.

eh? you do realize that countries outside of the United States have telephones and lightbulbs, don't you? The fact that this quake is affecting most of the coastal cities means that a huge part of the toll would be taken on areas of higher value, and access to higher standards of living =\

my condolences to the ones in India, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka. I'm just glad that my dad wasn't affected by this quake (he was on the other side of Indonesia).

OMG, I'm just sitting here re-reading that and wondering how people so ignorant are allowed to own computers. Do you know anything about the world? These areas are among the poorest on earth, the per capita income is around $2000. Many "cities" in this part of the world are nothing more than collections of dirt floor shacks with plywood walls and thatched roofs. Many areas most assuredly do not have telephones and electricity in every home. The fire department is 10 guys that own buckets and the police make Barney Fife look like a Navy Seal. Furthermore, we're not talking about Malibu Beach and the French Riviera. The coastal areas are not "higher value". The coastal areas are the poorest, most rustic, most isolated, most backwards areas of poor, rustic and backwards countries. In southeast Asia the rich people live in cities, the poor live in shacks on the coast. What, were you so seriously misinformed and uneducated that you actually thought that the coastal dwellers in Indonesia and Sri Lanka drive a Rolls-Royce into the circular driveway of their beachside mansions? Your history teachers should be shot.

It's bad to argue with someone about his own country... you might get owned. It's people like you who are so grossly misinformed about countries outside of the United States that you believe every country out there without cable tv is composed of people waddling around knee deep in mud and living in huts. I've been and lived in India and Indonesia, and from the misinformation on your post, you obviously havn't been to either to make ANY accurate assumption on them outside of your stupid stereotypes.

So we'll start you off with a little economic lesson-- if the income really is $2000, I can easily get a bowl of soup for about 5c off my doorsteps. Do the math and you'll eventually find that the purchasing power parity ain't exactly correlated with the exchange rate, and your $2000 can actually mean alot more. You see, places like India holds probably the largest difference between rich and poor- and generalizing that they all live in the city is far from true. The rich correctly live in the cities, as well as the suburbs (OMG you just discovered that suburbs existed outside of the United States!!!). But these suburbs are not the ones you are use to (I also lived in a suburb in Orange County), but rather aggregates of rediculously rich people- people with their own airstrips, 6 cars, and mansions upward 12000 sq feet. And yes- they own large plots of land along the coast and tend to aggregate together, driving their expensive, gold-plated cars. The real tragedy is the fact that there is no middle class in India- everyone is either impoverished (mostly), or extremely rich (a small, but still substantial among of the 1 billion+ population here). On yeah, we have legitimate fire engines here- so no passing around buckets in a row, you idiot.

Once again, it's interesting how you act like you know more than me about this place when I can easily look out the window (I'm only here for winter break). Last but not least, in regards to my history teacher, I was educated in the United States (Irvine), and apparently the education system there isn't exaclty geared towards exposing students to a decent amount of knowledge regarding the outside world. Eh? you should try a school in Europe-- people learn more about the world, and learn not to belittle what they don't know.

 

[MySoS]

Originally posted by: raildogg

Originally posted by: MySoS

Originally posted by: raildogg

Originally posted by: MySoS
In 5 years most people will have forgeten about this earthquake, like most have forgotten about Hurricane Mitch.

what does this have to do with anything?

I was pointing out that in 5 years most people in the world will have forgotten about this EQ.

i dont think. not the people affected in the many countries. and think about the economic devastation caused to some of the tourist resorts, and many of these nations are heavily dependant on tourism

Oh yes the country that it happen to won't forget but the rest of the world will.

 

[LTC8K6]

It was upgraded to a 9.0 by the USGS.

 

[Locut0s]

It's bad to argue with someone about his own country... you might get owned. It's people like you who are so grossly misinformed about countries outside of the United States that you believe every country out there without cable tv is composed of people waddling around knee deep in mud and living in huts. I've been and lived in India and Indonesia, and from the misinformation on your post, you obviously havn't been to either to make ANY accurate assumption on them outside of your stupid stereotypes.

So we'll start you off with a little economic lesson-- if the income really is $2000, I can easily get a bowl of soup for about 5c off my doorsteps. Do the math and you'll eventually find that the purchasing power parity ain't exactly correlated with the exchange rate, and your $2000 can actually mean alot more. You see, places like India holds probably the largest difference between rich and poor- and generalizing that they all live in the city is far from true. The rich correctly live in the cities, as well as the suburbs (OMG you just discovered that suburbs existed outside of the United States!!!). But these suburbs are not the ones you are use to (I also lived in a suburb in Orange County), but rather aggregates of rediculously rich people- people with their own airstrips, 6 cars, and mansions upward 12000 sq feet. And yes- they own large plots of land along the coast and tend to aggregate together, driving their expensive, gold-plated cars. The real tragedy is the fact that there is no middle class in India- everyone is either impoverished (mostly), or extremely rich (a small, but still substantial among of the 1 billion+ population here). On yeah, we have legitimate fire engines here- so no passing around buckets in a row, you idiot.

Once again, it's interesting how you act like you know more than me about this place when I can easily look out the window (I'm only here for winter break). Last but not least, in regards to my history teacher, I was educated in the United States (Irvine), and apparently the education system there isn't exaclty geared towards exposing students to a decent amount of knowledge regarding the outside world. Eh? you should try a school in Europe-- people learn more about the world, and learn not to belittle what they don't know.

Agreed, to a large extent at least. I lived in Malaysia, China and Taiwan when I was young so I to have experience with the far east. Malaysia is one of the economic power houses of the region. Take a trip to Kuala Lumpur and you will see riches and poverty living side by side. There are indeed shanty towns and districts with a lot of poverty, but so to are there towering office buildings (including the tallest building in the world until recently), expensive restaurants, shops and boutiques and just about anything else you'd hope to encounter in any major metropolitan city. Indonesia has more problems than Malaysia on average and you'd likely see greater poverty on average but again all the major population centre are bustling hubs of economic activity despite the grinding poverty that does exist elsewhere.

However it is true that the majority of those who died in this incident are probably the poor. Thousands of fisherman make a living in small villages along the coastline all over south east Asia and unfortunately they along with others living in small poor coastal communities will suffer the brunt of this disaster. Although in Sri Lanka and India I suspect a large number of deaths will unfortunately be in highly populated poor neighbourhoods.

 

[bakerzDLite]

supposedly Photos of Phuket (Thailand) damage

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: bakerzDLite
supposedly Photos of Phuket (Thailand) damage

That is some devistating footage.

Where'd you get that link from? Massive page views:Q

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: bakerzDLite
supposedly Photos of Phuket (Thailand) damage

why supposedly ? I don't know the last time a car was in water like that with other debris..

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: bakerzDLite
supposedly Photos of Phuket (Thailand) damage

why supposedly ? I don't know the last time a car was in water like that with other debris..

Well, it's definitely the same footage, b/c I saw this on CNN earlier today:

http://soieasy.com/modules.php...include=view_photo.php

 

[Czar]

could we get a sticky for this one?

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: ed21x

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: MSCoder610
Wow... I just heard the death toll is "almost up to 10000" on the news.

With how inefficient these 3rd world nations are about search and rescue and how slow communications are, history has shown that death estimates continue to rise over the course of several days as news filters in. When all is said and done it could be a lot more than 10,000.

eh? you do realize that countries outside of the United States have telephones and lightbulbs, don't you? The fact that this quake is affecting most of the coastal cities means that a huge part of the toll would be taken on areas of higher value, and access to higher standards of living =\

my condolences to the ones in India, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka. I'm just glad that my dad wasn't affected by this quake (he was on the other side of Indonesia).

OMG, I'm just sitting here re-reading that and wondering how people so ignorant are allowed to own computers. Do you know anything about the world? These areas are among the poorest on earth, the per capita income is around $2000. Many "cities" in this part of the world are nothing more than collections of dirt floor shacks with plywood walls and thatched roofs. Many areas most assuredly do not have telephones and electricity in every home. The fire department is 10 guys that own buckets and the police make Barney Fife look like a Navy Seal. Furthermore, we're not talking about Malibu Beach and the French Riviera. The coastal areas are not "higher value". The coastal areas are the poorest, most rustic, most isolated, most backwards areas of poor, rustic and backwards countries. In southeast Asia the rich people live in cities, the poor live in shacks on the coast. What, were you so seriously misinformed and uneducated that you actually thought that the coastal dwellers in Indonesia and Sri Lanka drive a Rolls-Royce into the circular driveway of their beachside mansions? Your history teachers should be shot.

If anything, it is your teacher that should be shot.

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: bakerzDLite
supposedly Photos of Phuket (Thailand) damage

so much destruction

 

[Czar]

17.200 people now

 

[cw42]

a friend of mine told me that JET LI is among the missing.... he found the info from a chinese newspaper.