"great" earthquake in Indonesia - magnitude 8.9!

[StinkyPinky]

The biggest disaster in decades and here we have people bringing up politics.....

The death toll just boggles the mind. Nature can be so cruel.

 

[iamme]

this is unbelievable. i don't know anyone affected by this disaster, but i'm so saddened by the number of lives lost.

the last article i read on cnn.com stated the death toll at 67,000 people. these people lived so far away, lead completely different lives, had different religions, etc....but after this, the world feels a lot smaller. human life is so fragile, and this is such a sad reminder. we feel so invincible with our modern technology, but this should remind us that we are all made of flesh and bones that can easily be broken.

 

[Finalnight]

they are finding people dead in Tanzania and Kenya now...

 

[Bullhonkie]

The wikipedia pages for this are turning out to be a good resource for centralized information:

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
Humanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
Donations for victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
Other countries affected

 

[shenaniganz]

Unbelievable. Death toll over 77,000 with more than 100,000 presumed dead now. story

 

[cronos]

Originally posted by: zugzoog
I am not going to criticise the US, Australia's, or the EU's contributions until the major Islamic countries also cough up some dough. Considering that Indonesia is the most populous Muslim country on Earth and that there are Muslim populations on the Malay Penisula and in Sri Lanka AND that Muslim countries have DUTY to assist other Muslim countries, the response from the major Muslim countries has been deplorable.

As far as I know Kuwait has pledged US$1 million and Pakistan is sending tents and medical supplies. Turkey is sending Earthquake experts. Apart from that Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt have only offered condolences.

That is my little rant. If anyone has any updated information that corrects me, please reply to the topic, I would love to be proven wrong.

you have got to be kidding me. this is a worldwide disaster and you rant about religion?

 

[rickn]

Originally posted by: saxguy

Originally posted by: zugzoog
I am not going to criticise the US, Australia's, or the EU's contributions until the major Islamic countries also cough up some dough. Considering that Indonesia is the most populous Muslim country on Earth and that there are Muslim populations on the Malay Penisula and in Sri Lanka AND that Muslim countries have DUTY to assist other Muslim countries, the response from the major Muslim countries has been deplorable.

As far as I know Kuwait has pledged US$1 million and Pakistan is sending tents and medical supplies. Turkey is sending Earthquake experts. Apart from that Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt have only offered condolences.

That is my little rant. If anyone has any updated information that corrects me, please reply to the topic, I would love to be proven wrong.

you have got to be kidding me. this is a worldwide disaster and you rant about religion?

Don't listen to that guy making assinine assumptions and bringing religion into it. Saudi Arabia last I heard has so far pledged $3 or 4 million in aid

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

up to 80,000 now.

 

[Chadder007]

100,000 now.... http://www.thisislondon.com/ne...ng%20Standard&ct=5

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: zugzoog

Originally posted by: rickn
not just diseases from rotting people, imagine all the livestock that has been killed. What a mess that area must be.

Strange thing is, there are very few animal deaths..... Linky

..they knew something that we didn't.

story not found

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: z0mb13
holy sh!t I am watching an exclusive video of the tsunami in aceh... man its chilling...

the water is HUGE!

link ?

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: Finalnight
they are finding people dead in Tanzania and Kenya now...

Source ? You'd think Madagascar would get hit too. They are 3500 miles away from Indonesia... unbelievable... imagine waves crossing from Maine to California and past it.

One thing though... Maldives is directly halfway and in the path, how did they have so few casualties at 1500 miles away from the epicenter ?

 

[Chadder007]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: zugzoog

Originally posted by: rickn
not just diseases from rotting people, imagine all the livestock that has been killed. What a mess that area must be.

Strange thing is, there are very few animal deaths..... Linky

..they knew something that we didn't.

story not found

That story moved to here...
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...nimals_1&printer=1
edit: and here..
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ife_dc_1&printer=1

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: Chadder007

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: zugzoog

Originally posted by: rickn
not just diseases from rotting people, imagine all the livestock that has been killed. What a mess that area must be.

Strange thing is, there are very few animal deaths..... Linky

..they knew something that we didn't.

story not found

That story moved to here...
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...nimals_1&printer=1
edit: and here..
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ife_dc_1&printer=1

hmm, they're allowed to roam around the island freely ?

 

[shenaniganz]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: Finalnight
they are finding people dead in Tanzania and Kenya now...

Source ? You'd think Madagascar would get hit too. They are 3500 miles away from Indonesia... unbelievable... imagine waves crossing from NY to California.

One thing though... Maldives is directly halfway and in the path, how did they get so few casualties at 1500 miles away from the epicenter ?

There is a volcano in a western island of Africa that could send huge waves across the Atlantic to the eastern seaboard if it blew its top. Its also like 3500 miles. Once these waves get going it appears like theres not much stopping them until they reach land.

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: z0mb13
holy sh!t I am watching an exclusive video of the tsunami in aceh... man its chilling...

the water is HUGE!

link ?

yes if you find the link plz pass it on.

 

[MadPeriot]

Originally posted by: saxguy

Originally posted by: zugzoog
I am not going to criticise the US, Australia's, or the EU's contributions until the major Islamic countries also cough up some dough. Considering that Indonesia is the most populous Muslim country on Earth and that there are Muslim populations on the Malay Penisula and in Sri Lanka AND that Muslim countries have DUTY to assist other Muslim countries, the response from the major Muslim countries has been deplorable.

As far as I know Kuwait has pledged US$1 million and Pakistan is sending tents and medical supplies. Turkey is sending Earthquake experts. Apart from that Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt have only offered condolences.

That is my little rant. If anyone has any updated information that corrects me, please reply to the topic, I would love to be proven wrong.

you have got to be kidding me. this is a worldwide disaster and you rant about religion?

I can careless about what or how much each country donated to the disaster, but how much did YOU donate to provide aid to the disaster is more of an importance. The world is lot smaller now religion, race, politics, is not even worth mentioning anymore.

 

[Locut0s]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: Finalnight
they are finding people dead in Tanzania and Kenya now...

Source ? <snip>

The BBC shows 10 deaths in Tanzania and 1 in Kenya. Somalia shows 100, however other reports I've read said that hundred may have been killed there.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4132725.stm

 

[Locut0s]

Here is a an aerial photo showing a before and after shot of a coastal area in Sri Lanka from the BBC:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared..._1104323419/html/1.stm

 

[loic2003]

I haven't actually seen any footage of the actual tsunami. how large was it in the worst affected areas? anyone got any links to a clip?

edit: can't spell today I'm afraid

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: loic2003
I haven't actually seen any footage of the actual tsunami. how large was it in the worst efected areas? anyone got any links to a clip?

this brings it home... how small humans really are...

 

[loic2003]

wow that's some pretty scary stuff.... was it larger in Sri Lanka? I saw a video of the path of the wave and it looked like it and eastern india were hit much harder.

 

[leeland]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: loic2003
I haven't actually seen any footage of the actual tsunami. how large was it in the worst efected areas? anyone got any links to a clip?

this brings it home... how small humans really are...

looks like the server is getting hammered I can't get the video to come up

Does anyone else have a decent video that shows how large the waves were ?


Leeland

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: shenaniganz


There is a volcano in a western island of Africa that could send huge waves across the Atlantic to the eastern seaboard if it blew its top. Its also like 3500 miles. Once these waves get going it appears like theres not much stopping them until they reach land.

It's the Cumbre Vieja on La Palma. The problem isn't that it's going to blow it's top, it's that the western half of the volcano is unstable and hanging on by a thread. An eruption or earthquake could cause it to let go and slide into the sea. That would cause a "mega-tsunami" which is to a regular tsunami like a bomb is to a firecracker. The areas of Sri Lanka, India and Indonesia that just got pounded were hit with waves in the 5-10 foot range that ran a couple of hundred yards inland. When Cumbre Vieja collapses it's going to produce waves over 200 feet tall that might travel miles inland. It'll truly be like a scene from a cheesy Irwin Allen disaster movie. And it's not a question of if it's going to happen, it's just a matter of when.

 

[Locut0s]

If you have Kazaa lite you can find a number of video clips by searching for "tsunami". I haven't seen them yet so I don't know if these are actually anything different from what they are airing 24/7 on CNN and other networks.