Horrible disaster.

[NikFu S.]

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/sto...20041227XSP114

[n00b on demand]

My grandfather called early this morning and said that 6,000 people in India were on their way to a church on a pilgramage and they all got wiped out. Our church over here is currently gathering money and stuff to send over there.

[Chiketkd]

I saw that story and I think the death toll is up to 27,000+ in nine different countries at this time. I can't remember the last time a earth quake of that magnitude occurred...

-Chike

[NapaBavarian]

'twas before we were twinkles in our parents eyes

[Bobb]

Hi everyone, The quake was a nine{9} and it has been 40 years since one that big went off. Take care, BOBB

P/S Want some ocean front property? "B"

[Sidewinder]

I watched CNN and they were talking about regions that can get hit by these tsunamis. They said that the Aleutian (sp) Islands were hit by tital waves from a 9.2 quake in the 1960's.

This is super scary stuff.

Colin Powell said that US ambassadors are already providing aid to these nations. That's veyr good to hear.

[Andy]

My wifes sister is in Thailand at the moment. We are unable to make contact, so like many thousands of others, we are worried.

All communications are down. She should be OK, it seems that most of the casualties are poor locals. This often is the case in these situations. Fund-raising has already started globally, I can see the need going on for quite some time in the worst hit regions

[odepaj]

they said on the news the earth quake was so big that it temporarily moved the earth off its axis and even moved an island (dont remember which one) 100 feet or more.

[pavanbabut]

could u imagine water goin all the way into the ocean 1km and then raising 12 feet heigh above the ground with a force of 1000 tons... this is wht actually hppened in Vishakapatnam (a east coastal regoin in India) while all the people r watcing and didn't get why the water is goin into the sea, but before they realised it comin they were all washed out and burried deep intot he ocean.......

[SilverSpear]

Originally posted by pavanbabut
could u imagine water goin all the way into the ocean 1km and then raising 12 feet heigh above the ground with a force of 1000 tons... this is wht actually hppened in Vishakapatnam (a east coastal regoin in India) while all the people r watcing and didn't get why the water is goin into the sea, but before they realised it comin they were all washed out and burried deep intot he ocean.......

Pavan, My condolenses, I hope no relative or family of yours was hurt in the incident.... we will talk later... msn

[n00b on demand]

Looks like over 10 thousand people in India are feared dead . My grandfather told me alot of fisherman never made it back because they were lost at sea.

[GreenMarine]

I thought that tsunami's were alot bigger than 12 feet tall... Thought they were about 40 ft or taller and moved really really fast... Is there a site that has video of a tsunami that I can watch??

[gsodonis]

I believe that the biggest wave was 12 METERS tall when it hit the shoreline, not 12 feet. The water just inland off the beach was around 12 feet deep judging by the buses that were floating with just the tops of the roofs visible.

[SHISVX]

that is just something that truely sucks

Kelli

[n00b on demand]

Gosh some of the people on NASIOC are such a**holes. Someone called this whole thing a good way of population control...wtf?!