[tommymac]

not the cf member but the real thing, this looks prety devestating, but this is th ekind of stuff I would want to see as an ER practicioner ( Not wishing a disaster or anything but these are the times to really step up and help people )

http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pri&dt=041226&cat=news&st=newsd877cagg0&src=ap

 

[azoomm]

:eek 5,600 people. More missing... WOW.

Can you imagine?

Officials, however, said thousands were missing and more than a half million had been displaced.

The huge waves also swept away a high security prison in Matara, in southern Sri Lanka, allowing 200 prisoners to escape. Eyewitnesses in eastern Sri Lankan port city of Trincomalee reported waves as high as 40 feet (12 meters), hitting inland as far as half a mile (1 km).

and

Along India's southeastern coast, several villages appeared to have been swept away, and thousands of fishermen -- including 2,000 from the Chennai area alone -- who were out at sea when when the massive waves swept across the waters have not returned.

both quotes from: CNN.com

 

[tommymac]

I just looked at the article again on the att page and it up over 7k

This is going to be nasty

Tom

 

[Jester27]

I just read up to 8k and a lot more missing. That had to be scary as hell:eek :eek

 

[tommymac]

I just read up to 8k and a lot more missing. That had to be scary as hell:eek :eek

+1 they are saying bodies are just washing up on the shoreline:eek

Tom

 

[MVBrutalegirl]

Has a tsunami ever hit the US east coast?? I live steps from the shore...I'm kinda worried...:eek

 

[ZXLNT]

I dont think so. More Earthquakes and such in Asia and the Pacific area around the " Ring of Fire

 

[D.T.]

I just read about all of it. Northern tip of Sumatra was the epicenter, 8.9!:eek Largest since 1964. The damn waves made it 1000 miles West to Sri Lanka! :eek

My cousin and her husband are over there I think....

 

[JayMan]

Over 10,000 dead now and its still rising.... Just unreal...

Scientists say the entire planet is still vibrating after the earthquake yesterday... Thats how big this thing was....

 

[Baby Gorilla]

I heard of the earthquake, but they downplayed the Tsunami it created. I suppose because it wasn't going to hit anything major. :rolleyes

MV, when La Palma goes (can happen with the next volcanic erruption or earthquake they have), a 700 kph wall of water 50-80 meters high will take out the entire East Coast in just over 8 hours from when it begins.

 

[kushane]

D.T. said:
I just read about all of it. Northern tip of Sumatra was the epicenter, 8.9!:eek Largest since 1964. The damn waves made it 1000 miles West to Sri Lanka! :eek

My cousin and her husband are over there I think....

D.T.: Are your cousin and her husband living in Sri Lanka or just visiting?

I am originally from Sri Lanka (now living in Texas) and my parents parents still live there. Depending on which part of the island there are in, I may be able to give some insight into if those areas were affected or not.

 

[samael]

rip

 

[JayMan]

I was just kinda looking.... Are there any actual videos of any of these tsunamis hitting land? I've seen the destruction videos.... Unreal

 

[krazymixer]

I have some extended family who lives in chennai area, where the 2000+ fishermen are missing/dead.. I'll have to call them tongiht, to see if they were affected by this..
Death toll is up to 10,000 now

 

[belabacsi]

Earthquake Activity (that triggered the Tsunamis)

http://gldss7.cr.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/bulletin.html

I know if I lived anywhere near Southern Cali coast, I'd be heading for the east side of the San Andreas Fault line for a brief vacation.....

This sounds like something right out of a hollywood movie.......:shake

 

[D.T.]

Wow, good link belabasi. Here is the 9.0 er' which caused it all.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2004/usslav/

Shows exact location and time. Looks like it happened at 6:58 am CST here this morning.... :eek

 

[YZFRob]

My last truck was called Tsunami. Used to drive through puddles splashing everything with it.

 

[samael]

"An Acehnese woman tries to identify her missing relatives among bodies of victims of a tsunami that hit following an earthquake in Lhokseumawe, Aceh province, Indonesia, Sunday. (AP/str)"

More then 11 300 people killed and going up

 

[Flexin]

11300. :shake

James

 

[HATCHBOMB]

23k gone...