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Offline aldo_14

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Reply #40 on: December 27, 2004, 06:13:42 am
There's also unconfirmed reports of fatalities in Somalia.
 

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Reply #41 on: December 27, 2004, 10:29:42 am
Setekh just posted in the Staff forum, so apparently he's okay.
 

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Reply #42 on: December 27, 2004, 10:35:32 am
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Setekh just posted in the Staff forum, so apparently he's okay.


Good to hear that. :)
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Reply #43 on: December 27, 2004, 11:48:21 am
Just herd the Death toll is close to 24,000.:(
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Reply #44 on: December 27, 2004, 03:26:39 pm
****. This is just out of control now. But, considering how many nations were affected, I'm not surprised that the death toll is as high as it is.
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Reply #45 on: December 27, 2004, 04:39:06 pm
Especially as it (well, many of the deaths - maybe half to two thirds) would have been avoided if they'd implemented a tsunami warning system.  But they'd decided against that last year.
 

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Reply #46 on: December 27, 2004, 04:44:52 pm
I heard a disturbing report on the radio a while(2-3 hours) ago that said something to the effect that contact had been lost with the quake-side of one of the islands and that as many as 1,000,000 people were known to live on that side of the island.
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Reply #47 on: December 28, 2004, 04:44:32 am
The indonesian government has warned that fatalities in that country alone may rise to 25,000 )in the Aceh province); Sri Lanka have also warned fatalities there may rise to 20,000.
 

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Reply #48 on: December 28, 2004, 06:46:06 am
death toll is above 40,000 now.

Btw, that earth tilting thing is true, also seems many islands moved sometimes up to 20 meters south east. Funky.
The tilting thing will have no impact whatsoever on climate or anything, they said.
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Reply #49 on: December 28, 2004, 06:46:58 am
any link to a news article?
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Reply #50 on: December 28, 2004, 06:51:27 am
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4129371.stm

(toll given at 31,000)  EDIT; now 38,000

The extent of the disaster in some remote regions is not yet known but, as rescue workers discover more bodies, the true extent of the tsunami's devastation is becoming clearer:

# The bodies of more than 700 mainly foreign tourists have been found in the Thai resort of Khao Lak - the government says the death toll in Thailand may rise to about 2,000.

# Sri Lanka's government says it believes the number of dead there could rise to 20,000.

# Hundreds of bodies are still strewn around the devastated streets of Banda Aceh, capital of the Indonesian province of Aceh.

# In Meulaboh town on Sumatra's west coast, one of the areas closest to the quake's epicentre, 10,000 people - 25% of the population - are confirmed dead.

# About 7,000 people are feared dead in the low-lying Andaman and Nicobar islands, say Indian officials, with 20% of the population on one island, Car Nicobar, believed killed.

 Sri Lanka: 13,000 dead
Indonesia: 19,000 dead
India: 4,371 dead
Thailand: 1,400 dead
Maldives: 52 dead
Malaysia: 44 dead
Burma: 30 dead
Bangladesh: 2 dead
Somalia: 100 dead
Kenya: 1 dead
Seychelles: 3 dead
Tanzania: 10 dead



It's basically a disaster on an incomprehensible scale...when you see the news footage, of (the resorts on) entire islands in the Maldives wiped off the face of the earth, and bodies lying in the streets and beaches, it's heart-wrenching.
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Reply #51 on: December 28, 2004, 06:54:55 am
I know of that, unfortunately. All too well.

I was referring to the article on the tilt...
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Reply #52 on: December 28, 2004, 07:03:51 am
ah.

er.

*cough*


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I know of that, unfortunately. All too well.

I was referring to the article on the tilt...

EDIt; here

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/12/27/quake.seismic.ap/index.html

Sieh and other scientists said it probably jolted the planet's rotation. "It causes the planet to wobble a little bit, but it's not going to turn Earth upside down," Sieh said.

Researchers also speculated on the extent to which the jolt might have changed Sumatra's coastline. Extensive damage and flooding was preventing investigators from immediately reaching the scene.
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Reply #53 on: December 28, 2004, 08:07:35 am
jolted the planet's rotation?!

:blah: :blah:

oh jeez, I didn't think it was that severe.
Woah.
 

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Reply #54 on: December 28, 2004, 08:10:49 am
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jolted the planet's rotation?!

:blah: :blah:

oh jeez, I didn't think it was that severe.
Woah.


Of a power equivalent to detonating a million atomic bombs, apparently.
 

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Reply #55 on: December 28, 2004, 08:17:03 am
yeah, I'm reading the same thing right now.
It just makes you realize, for all our science, we're still nothing compared to what nature can dish out.
 

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Reply #56 on: December 28, 2004, 08:25:36 am
Wow...
 

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Reply #57 on: December 28, 2004, 08:39:30 am
Death tole's up to about 44,000 as of this morning.
 

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Reply #58 on: December 28, 2004, 10:26:42 am
Death toll is up to 55.000 now =/
Can only find a couple of news sources confirming that, but it probably won't take too long until the death toll rises beyond the current one.
 

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Reply #59 on: December 28, 2004, 10:32:46 am
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