Giants tsunamis in indonesia : terrible disaster : merged
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4125481.stm
We're talking more than 2500 dead and rising. Many of then tourists.
We're talking more than 2500 dead and rising. Many of then tourists.
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http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3927601
This is terrible...
I have a colleague down close to Phuket with his wife and newborn visiting family. Hope he is all right.
News says this place just doesn't exist anymore.
The day will end with at least 10000...
A very sad occurrence.
More than 23 000 people died in this disaster.
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Originally posted by rageous
I'm pretty sure my Tsunami thread in PO is WAY different than this one, actually.
I am almost sure.
But don't you think that there is enough threads dealing with Bush ?
Don't you think that such rants have better place to be written than in a disaster related thread with 30 000 deaths ?
End of the digression.
Not that I care that the thread got locked. It was a gag thread anyway... something to try to lighten the mood in that musty old place.
Stevo,
I am alive! Talk about a close call. I was about ten minutes from the beach and on my way there when the wave hit. Many not so lucky. About half of the town (Patong Beach) where I am staying was wiped out. They have confirmed 70 deaths so far, others still missing. I am not quite sure if my school is still there. It is only a block from the beach, with a clear view all the way to the water. They evacuated everyone to Phuket town, the main town on the Island. The place I ended up staying in, the on on guesthouse, you guessed it from the movie "The Beach". The one where Daffy wacks himself. Kind of funny. Nate flew out with me he left a couple of days ago. We were on Ko Phi Phi Island, also from the movie "The Beach", just a couple of days ago I hear that it was completely wiped out. I am glad we were not out there. Anyway, got to run, losing Bhat by the minute. Thanks for writing, I will be in touch. If school is till a go, I will have internet at my place. Much easier to stay connected. Hope your holidays are great, say hi to your family for me, send holly my love. Hopefully I don't get struck by an asteroid or something crazy like that before then.
Take care,
Mike
...I havent gotten any details about if he saw the wave or was in any immediate danger durring the disaster but I'll keep everyone informed. Please keep these people in your thoughts. This is an absolutely amazing and horrible natural phenomonon.
Sad