Lordy, every other site I go to has talk of it, but yet here, nobody has even made mention of it. Are we all too preoccupied on the other sites discussing it and we want to keep this one free from the troubles of the world, or have we all seriously missed it on the news? [img]graemlins/thinking.gif[/img]
Tsunami? What do you mean? Lemme swim over to my CPU and I'll check it out. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Actually, I pray that all are well with it. Don't think there's any glitzinetters anywhere near the area, hence the lack of discussion about it.
Personally, I was a bit shocked at hearing that an earthquake was to blame for the whole thing. I just assumed that Yngwie was doing cannonballs into the ocean again. Go figure. [img]wink.gif[/img]
<font size="4" face="Arial">Well, I am pretty sure there aren't too many fans of the White Sox out there in Sri Lanka, but my Sox board has a few topics going on right now about it. Even if you are not there right now, or know somebody there, it is still one of the worst (if not THE worst) catastrophe of our time, and at the same time a fascinating disaster. In my mind, when hearing of massive floods, you think of torential rains, but instead it looked like a beautiful day, and then this nightmare stepped in.Quote:
Originally posted by Cotton Candy Lover:
Don't think there's any glitzinetters anywhere near the area, hence the lack of discussion about it.
I should also think that just as humans this would indeed "effect" you, no matter if you are close to it or not.
*edited to avoid "whitty" comment from Lycan* [img]tongue.gif[/img]
<font color="#FF0000" size="1">[ December 29, 2004 02:50 PM: Message edited by: Carl I. ]</font>
<span style="font-family:century gothic; color:fuchsia;font-size:medium;">...and continuing on a music based theme I give you the </span>Tsunamies http://www.ezboard.com/image/posticons/pi_wink1.gif
I agree, Carl, this catastrophe was huge. That said, prayers aside, there's nothing we can really do with talking about it. Does anybody here know anyone in that area that might have been directly affected by this occurence? Yes, these sort of things cause a lot of pain but is there anything we can really do to prevent them? No, there isn't. It sucks, sure. Death isn't fun especially when on a scale such as this. The last thing I want is this turning into a political discussion of either, 'how we can go in and fix the countries where this happened' or 'how we can construct giant walls on our beaches so this never happens here'. This was, for all intents and purposes, a fluke. I wouldn't mind going in with the Red Cross and such to help the victims, but I don't think I will. Anybody here planning on doing that?
I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned here, as this board is pretty worldly and knowledgable about most things, and seem to have some compassion about what happens in the world. Myself....I'm almost speechless. I can't believe how much the death toll is rising each day, and I hear that it will double because of the spread of disease. Brutal. Me living on the coast, am kinda familiar with Tsunamis. We have had Tsunami warnings here before but it's been a few years now. The last one was laughable, because the warning came, everyone hit the hills, and I guess the actual "tsunami" was about 2 feet high.
I think the earthquake that caused that one was pretty far out though, and our coastline is very gradual going out into the ocean, so you wouldn't think that it would be possible to have a huge Tsunami here, unless the quake was right offshore. It's weird seeing pics of it on TV. It looks like everything happened in slow motion, but the devastation is unbelievable. It affects virtually every nation evidently. The one thing that pisses me off is that we (USA) have immediately donated $35 million, and many people have volunteered to go over and help, yet we are getting criticized for being stingy. That sucks.
Saying "not our problem" would be stingy. I would say $35 million, and many volunteers is generous.
I'm surprised it's taken this long for it to be mentioned. Not being anti-American here, but such a big deal was made out of 9/11, this kinda puts things into perspective. Before anyone says it, I know 9/11 was preventable, and this to a degree wasn't, although more warning could've been given to certain areas. I was starting to think Americans are kept in the dark about happenings outside their country, or maybe a little ignorance, but this thread has restored my faith.
In case you forgot, Andy Fridayz Angel went to Thailand for the holidays, but thankfully he's reported in safe. Unlike many many tourists which go there for Xmas and New Year.
A $35 million donation by Mr Bush is very noble, but if the little UK can pledge ?50 million already, maybe he can think about upping his offer.
People can still die many thousands of miles from the quake, you don't have to be that close. The waves travelled right across the Indian Ocean and killed people on the East African coastline as well. If something similar happened off the coast of Japan, the US Pacific coast would suffer. The force of this quake actually wobbled the whole planet an inch.
This disaster is the 5th worst in modern history, at the moment.
#1 China - 1931 Yangtze River floods kill 3.7 million
#2 Bangladesh - 1970 Tidal wave kills 200,000
#3 China - 1975 Yangtze River floods kill 200,000 after 63 dams fail.
#4 North Vietnam - 1971 Red River Delta flood kills 100,000
#5 Asian Tsunami - 2004. Numbers rising every day.
I'm very shocked. Thailand was paradise on Earth,people fucking incredible. And its terrible thinking that lovely people I met there now can be dead. Well dont misunderstood me. Im shocked for EVERYONE, but over all when I know some of the places.
.. and yeah this forum always nice on this things. While I was in many forums, when the Madrid bombings happened, only in this one people supported me. That's the reason now is the only one I stay ...even I havent written much since I came back from India.
Biggest disaster I can remember. Every time I watch Sky, the toll goes up.
My cousin works out in in Africa, seemingly that got hit by a wave too, south coast. Shows you the power of the whole thing.