"great" earthquake in Indonesia - magnitude 8.9!

[Rufio]

Originally posted by: cw42
a friend of mine told me that JET LI is among the missing.... he found the info from a chinese newspaper.

more proof!!

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: cw42
a friend of mine told me that JET LI is among the missing.... he found the info from a chinese newspaper.

Nothing like baseless anecdotes to create mass confusion and stupidity. Thanks. Either source it or don't post it.

 

[squirrel dog]

19k+ now

 

[Czar]

22.800+ now

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Czar
22.800+ now

Wow.....

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Czar
22.800+ now

Wow.....

what is the largest deathtoll for an earthquake??

 

[OulOat]

Originally posted by: z0mb13

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Czar
22.800+ now

Wow.....

what is the largest deathtoll for an earthquake??

At 3:42 a.m. on July 28, 1976, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit the sleeping city of Tangshan, in northeastern China. The very large earthquake, striking an area where it was totally unexpected, obliterated the city of Tangshan and killed over 240,000 people - making it the deadliest earthquake of the twentieth century

 

[Gothgar]

Originally posted by: OulOat

Originally posted by: z0mb13

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Czar
22.800+ now

Wow.....

what is the largest deathtoll for an earthquake??

At 3:42 a.m. on July 28, 1976, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit the sleeping city of Tangshan, in northeastern China. The very large earthquake, striking an area where it was totally unexpected, obliterated the city of Tangshan and killed over 240,000 people - making it the deadliest earthquake of the twentieth century

holy damn, that is a lot of people...

Give this one a few months, and we will see the real death toll, they are saying that a lot of water supplies have been poisoned and there is virtually no food left... a lot more people will die from this one...

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Don't forget disease thatr will surely spread.

 

[maziwanka]

unbelievable.

 

[Chadder007]

Holy CARP!!! The nations need to get together some aid for these people fast...

 

[Lucky]

Originally posted by: apoppin

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.

let's imagine just for a moment that a similar ~9.0 quake centered in the Channel Islands off LA struck midday Wednesday . . . . there'd be upwards of a MILLION dead assuming a 20'+ tsunami also folllowed the quake.

there be ZERO advantage whether you lived in the 3rd world or the USA or not . . . rescue and relief efforts would be OVERWHELMED for many days.
:roll:

Yeah, except we would have some freaking warning systems that tidal waves were coming.

 

[rahvin]

There is a Tsunami warning system, it was implimented after the alaska earthquake that killed thousands in hawaii. The countries that were hit by this one don't participate in the warning system. Most of the pacific rim countries (japan, america, peru, etc) participates in the one that currently exists.

 

[Lucky]

Right, which is my point. The US belongs to the warning system (rather, administers it), so there would indeed be a huge advantage to living in the states.

 

[raildogg]

Originally posted by: rahvin
There is a Tsunami warning system, it was implimented after the alaska earthquake that killed thousands in hawaii. The countries that were hit by this one don't participate in the warning system. Most of the pacific rim countries (japan, america, peru, etc) participates in the one that currently exists.

Since India and Sri Lanka are in the Indian Ocean they do not participate. Also I believe this is the first time a tsunami has struck either of those two countries. Maybe rules will change now

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Lucky

Originally posted by: apoppin

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.

let's imagine just for a moment that a similar ~9.0 quake centered in the Channel Islands off LA struck midday Wednesday . . . . there'd be upwards of a MILLION dead assuming a 20'+ tsunami also folllowed the quake.

there be ZERO advantage whether you lived in the 3rd world or the USA or not . . . rescue and relief efforts would be OVERWHELMED for many days.
:roll:

Yeah, except we would have some freaking warning systems that tidal waves were coming.

it would be extremely rare to have a large earthquake centered offshore LA. IF there was, there would be ZERO warning for the rest of So.Cal cosstal residents (other than the earthquake itself) . . . there would be only MINUTES till a large wave swept miles inland.

HOWEVER, if the tsunami was generated near Japan or Alaska (which is far more likely to affect SoCal) there would be HOURS of warnings since the wave travels ~500MPH . . . .

Unfortunately, there are no warning stations set up in the Indian ocean so Sri Lanka - many hundreds of miles away from the epicenter - WOULD have had time to evacuate (run!) if they had (for example) Hawaii's warning system.

And the death toll is now well-over 20,000 (and counting)

 

[MadPeriot]

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?

Maybe you will forget because you're not there, but it won't be forgotten for the people who has friends and family as one of the victims.

 

[MadPeriot]

Originally posted by: Chadder007
Holy CARP!!! The nations need to get together some aid for these people fast...

I agree with you. Does anyone know of any fundraisers or charity work that are helping?

 

[gluck]

Sri Lanka: 11,000 dead
Indonesia: 4,500 dead
India: 3,500 dead
Thailand: 839 dead
Malaysia: 44 dead
Maldives: 32 dead
Burma: 30 dead
Bangladesh: 2 dead

 

[WeiWei]

Malaysia has 53 dead and 34 missing. I'm from Malaysia.

The worst part about all this is that the places that are struck are mostly tourist areas, and now its tourist season.. damn...

Reading the Malaysian newspapers, victims say they see the waves come and sweep people away and they couldn't do anything, and after that, you see bodies washed ashore. Its so tragic..

Its much much worse in India and Sri Lanka as they are not shielded in any way from the waves and it hits them directly..

22000 and counting, dead..

Why...? why...?


I've donated to the Red Cross, please do donate to some charity organization that is helping these poor people..

 

[kalster]

have a friend whose family lives in chennai (souther parn of India) which was effected

i hope her family is fine

 

[Xenon]

Originally posted by: z0mb13

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Czar
22.800+ now

Wow.....

what is the largest deathtoll for an earthquake??

Taken from the USGS site....

The world's deadliest recorded earthquake occurred in 1557 in central China. It struck a region where most people lived in caves carved from soft rock. These dwellings collapsed during the earthquake, killing an estimated 830,000 people. In 1976 another deadly earthquake struck in Tangshan, China, where more than 250,000 people were killed.

 

[Locut0s]

Originally posted by: WeiWei
Malaysia has 53 dead and 34 missing. I'm from Malaysia.

The worst part about all this is that the places that are struck are mostly tourist areas, and now its tourist season.. damn...

Reading the Malaysian newspapers, victims say they see the waves come and sweep people away and they couldn't do anything, and after that, you see bodies washed ashore. Its so tragic..

Its much much worse in India and Sri Lanka as they are not shielded in any way from the waves and it hits them directly..

I used to have family in Malaysia, my mothers side of the family lived there. However they all live in Australia now. Even if they lived in Malaysia luckily they would have been in Kuala Lumpur, inland. I lived in Malaysia for almost 2 years when I was very young, but I still remember it. I have great memories of living there, lovely part of the world! This truly is a monumental disaster.

 

[vtecluder]

If u feel like helping out the victims.

http://pmindia.nic.in/relief.htm

 

[pillage2001]

Originally posted by: Locut0s

Originally posted by: WeiWei
Malaysia has 53 dead and 34 missing. I'm from Malaysia.

The worst part about all this is that the places that are struck are mostly tourist areas, and now its tourist season.. damn...

Reading the Malaysian newspapers, victims say they see the waves come and sweep people away and they couldn't do anything, and after that, you see bodies washed ashore. Its so tragic..

Its much much worse in India and Sri Lanka as they are not shielded in any way from the waves and it hits them directly..

I used to have family in Malaysia, my mothers side of the family lived there. However they all live in Australia now. Even if they lived in Malaysia luckily they would have been in Kuala Lumpur, inland. I lived in Malaysia for almost 2 years when I was very young, but I still remember it. I have great memories of living there, lovely part of the world! This truly is a monumental disaster.

Am staying in Penang now and thank god that I went away from the island for christmas or I would well be counted as one of the people dead...

WeiWei, you got to Michigan Tech?? I was at Western.