Earthquake and powerful tidal waves kill thousands in Southeastern Asia.

[nadirah]

This thread will be updated with the latest news on the earthquake and tsunami disaster as soon as details are available.

From cnn.com:
Massive tidal waves today triggered by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake have wiped out coastal areas across southeastern Asia, killing more than 3,000 people -- most of them in Sri Lanka and India. The initial quake struck about 100 miles off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island about 7 a.m. local time.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/26/asia.quake/index.html


SRI LANKA
Confirmed death toll is over 1,500, but Colombo officials believe death toll will rise above 2,000

INDIA
At least 3,000 killed by waves which flooded the southern coast, interior minister says

INDONESIA
More than 450 killed -- many of them in Aceh, in northern Sumatra

THAILAND
Thai authorities say at least 248 killed -- 200 reported on the small island of Phiphi

MALDIVES
At least three children reported killed in the high waters on an island north of the capital, Male

SINGAPORE
Some mild tremors from the earthquake were felt in certain parts of Singapore, but no injuries were reported and everything is fine. Singapore is not affected at all by the earthquake and tsumani disaster.

AFRICA
Hundreds of Somali fishermen are feared to have drowned in the massive waves produced by Sunday's undersea earthquake off Indonesia.

[bigbuck]

Terrible!!.....Just saw it on the news 10min ago! :'( :'( :'(

[nadirah]

-{ Quote: "Terrible!!.....Just saw it on the news 10min ago! :'( :'( :'(" }-
Yeah, I got a huge shock when I read about it! :o

[beetlejuice]

Man I know 2 people that live in India. I hope their OK. :o

[Rita]

how terrible :'( they said it was the 5th biggest quake since 1900.My heart goes out to all of the people there :'(

[Rita]

-{ Quote: "Man I know 2 people that live in India. I hope their OK. :o" }-
Rita Laxman,one of our members here lives in India also, hope she is ok too.

[mercurie]

We have fellow members (creatures) who come here to the Wilders (forest). Has anyone heard from them. Or seen a post. I am so sorry to not know them by name, but the creature from the Lion City ??? Someone know or heard from any of them since this disaster. :(

Sorry I missed one of two posts above, it appears my question is a duplicate.

[Jimbob1989]

Heard about it not long ago on the news, thought I would come online and check on my friends from the effected countries.

Jimbob

[solarpowered candle]

new update .
Asian Quake Floods Kill 11,300

Quake/Tsunami Death Toll Rises
27/12/2004
Simon Gardner
One of the most powerful earthquakes in history has hit Asia, unleashing a tsunami which devastated coastal areas of Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia and tourist isles in Thailand, killing more than 11,300 people.

The tsunami, a menacing wall of water, wreaked death, chaos and destruction across southern Asia on Sunday. Up to 10 metres high, the tsunami was triggered by an 8.9 magnitude underwater earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

"It was a terrible sight," Jayaram Jayalalithaa, chief minister of Tamil Nadu state, said after touring areas of India, where 3,000 people were killed. "I could see dead bodies all around and the devastation is of colossal proportions."

Emergency services struggled around the region popular with Western tourists flying east for Christmas sunshine. Some areas were totally unprepared and tourists found their holidays turned into disaster zones while anxious families at home awaited news.

In Sri Lanka, where the death toll reached 3,500, corpses floated in floodwaters, while thousands fled their homes and cars floated out to sea. Idyllic beaches were turned into fields of debris and destruction. Around 750,000 people were displaced.

"I think this is the worst-ever natural disaster in Sri Lanka," N.D. Hettiarachchi, director of the National Disaster Management Centre, said of the effects of the earthquake, the worst for 40 years and the fifth biggest since 1900.

The worst-hit area appeared to be the tourist regions of the south and east where beach hotels were inundated or swept away.

Local media reported landmines sown during Sri Lanka's two decade civil war had been uprooted and spread by floods. Others used the mayhem to loot shops and houses, police said.

In Indonesia, where 4,422 were listed as killed, raging waters dragged villagers out to sea and tore children from their parents' arms.

Wailing relatives gathered around bodies in the south of India. Beaches were littered with submerged cars and wrecked boats. Shanties on the coast of Madras were under water.

"The whole area has been turned into a cemetery," Chellappa, a 55-year-old fisherman in Madras, said. Television pictures showed bodies floating in turbulent, muddy seas.

Nightmare Stories

Tourists had nightmare stories.

French holidaymaker Philippe Gilbert, at a hotel near Tangalle in the south of Sri Lanka, told private channel LCI:

"I've lost my granddaughter in all of this. I was swept away by an absolutely massive wave ... I was lucky enough to get stuck in some trees and was able to hold my breath," he said.

"This is one of the largest earthquakes ever on record. The situation in Sri Lanka is extremely serious," Peter Rees, of the International Federation of the Red Cross in Geneva, told CNN.

"I just couldn't believe what was happening before my eyes," Boree Carlsson said from a hotel near Phuket's Patong beach in Thailand. "As I was standing there, a car actually floated into the lobby and overturned because the current was so strong," said the 45-year-old Swede.

"Nothing like this has ever happened in our country before," said Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of Thailand where the death toll was 310.

"Death tolls are likely to increase over time," Titon Mitra, emergency response director for the CARE aid agency in Geneva, said. "I'm sure the numbers will go up."

The earthquake of magnitude 8.9 as measured by the U.S. Geological Survey struck at 7:59 a.m. (00.59 a.m. British time) off Sumatra and swung north with tremors into the Andaman islands.

A warning centre such as those used along the Pacific Rim could have saved most of the thousands of people who died, A USGS official said. "And I think this will be a lesson to them," he said, referring to the devastated countries.

Pope John Paul said the tragedy made for a sad Christmas.

Sri Lanka'S Worst Disaster

Sri Lanka appealed to the world for aid, saying that one million people, or 5 percent of its population, were affected. The global Red Cross launched an immediate emergency appeal.

India feared a devastating toll along its southeastern coast. In the state of Tamil Nadu alone, an official said at least 1,705 had been killed. Rescuers were searching for hundreds of missing fishermen and thousands were homeless.

Television footage showed bodies, including young girls, being thrown into trucks in Madras, capital of Tamil Nadu state.

Hundreds fled to higher ground with pots, pans and other meagre possessions. People carried bodies in hessian sacks to hospitals where dozens of dead already lined the corridors.

In Andhra Pradesh, about 400 fishermen were feared missing and 200 Hindu devotees who had gone to the beach for a holy dip in the morning were feared dead.

Almost 500 tourists were stranded on a rock in the sea off India's southernmost tip, witnesses said.

In the Maldives, none of the thousands of foreign visitors holidaying in the beach paradise, was believed to have been killed although some had suffered minor injuries.

In holiday islands off southern Thailand, emergency workers rescued about 70 Thai and foreign divers from the famed Emeral Cave and dozens were evacuated from around other islands. Two Thais were killed at Emeral cave.

Officials said more than 600 tourists and residents were to be evacuated from Ko Phi Phi. The tiny island made famous by the 2000 film "The Beach" starring Leonardo DiCaprio was flattened.

The Thai government ordered the evacuation of stricken coastal areas, which included popular beach resorts on the islands of Phuket and Krabi. Thousands were injured in Thailand.

Ring Of Fire

Indonesia, an archipelago of 17,000 islands, lies along the Pacific Ring of Fire where volcanoes regularly erupt.

The worst affected area was Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh province, where 3,000 were killed. More than 200 prisoners escaped from a jail when the tsunami knocked down its walls.

The earthquake was the world's biggest since 1964, said Julie Martinez, at the USGS in Golden, Colorado. "It is multiple earthquakes along the same faultline."

The tsunami, meaning "harbour wave" in Japanese, was so powerful it reached across the ocean to smash boats and flood areas along the east African coast.

[FanJ]

:'(

Just saw it on the news
What a disaster :'( :'( :'(

My heart-felt feelings go out to ALL who felt victim to this.....; to them, their families and their loved ones

Jan

[hayc59]

All I Can Say Is WOW!!
God Bless

[snowbound]

A disaster of unimaginable proportion.....

A dear friend of mine works at a hotel in Krabbe, Thailand near Phuket which i know was hit by those tidal waves. :o

I pray she is ok. :'(

God bless all the families who lost love ones or are missing.....



snowbound

[FanJ]

-{ Quote: "A disaster of unimaginable proportion.....

A dear friend of mine works at a hotel in Krabbe, Thailand near Phuket which i know was hit by those tidal waves. :o

I pray she is ok. :'(

God bless all the families who lost love ones or are missing.....



snowbound" }-

Oooo Steve

I hope so really very much that she is ok

Take care my dear friend
My thoughts are with her and you !!!!!

ALL MY BEST WISHES
Most warmest regards, Jan.

[snowbound]

-{ Quote: "Oooo Steve

I hope so really very much that she is ok

Take care my dear friend
My thoughts are with her and you !!!!!

ALL MY BEST WISHES
Most warmest regards, Jan." }-

Thanks so much Jan for your concern...

Iam hoping to make some kind of contact with her soon.

Take good care,

Your friend,


Steve

[snowbound]

I can't say enough about this.

It has been estimated that 1 million people have had their drinking water contaminated and so many are lost or displaced....

As already reported, this is the largest quake on the planet in 40 yrs.

Our help will surely be needed.


snowbound

[snowbound]

The worst has happened....

Just talked to Poungpen's parents and they say most everything has been destroyed where their daughter is...... :'(

No word yet on her whereabouts.





snowbound

[snowbound]

God help her please....... :'(



snowbound

[bigbuck]

News tonight reports up to 16,000 killed in this disaster!!
:'( :'( :'(

[no13]

And all this damage just along the coast line... Wave reached upto 1KM inside land!!!
The wave was a complete shock to EVERYONE... as Tsunamis aren't expected in the Indian Ocean... Just in the Pacific "Ring Of Fire".....
Sri Lanka reportedly worst hit... declared "state of disaster"
About Rit Lakshamanan... she lives in Bangalore (mainland India), right? I think i's 700 odd kilometers from the coastlines...

[Ga1tar]

Thankfully my girlfriend missed it by one day as she lives in malaysia, spoke to her this morning and the people there are still trying to find out who is missing. My prayers go out to each and every family who have been left with their lives in turmoil.

[Fire-Ant]

-{ Quote: "The worst has happened....

Just talked to Poungpen's parents and they say most everything has been destroyed where their daughter is...... :'(

No word yet on her whereabouts.





snowbound" }-Hi Snowbound,

What terrible news.
I do sincerely hope she's all right. I wish you and Poungpen's family all the strenght in these difficult hours.

Fire-Ant

[Jimbob1989]

BBC New Reports

Asia battles earthquake aftermath, Click here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4126971.stm)
Indonesia hunts disaster victims, Click here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4127145.stm)
South India struck by quake waves, Click here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4125845.stm)
Thailand sea surge toll doubles, Click here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4127369.stm)
'Like a massive dam collapsing', Click here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4127341.stm)
Sea surges reach E African coast, Click here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4126513.stm)

Jimbob

[slammer_JvA]

-{ Quote: "I can't say enough about this.

It has been estimated that 1 million people have had their drinking water contaminated and so many are lost or displaced....

As already reported, this is the largest quake on the planet in 40 yrs.

Our help will surely be needed.


snowbound" }-
Well, what about showing some deeds to go with our seasons greetings?
NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT - People of the world unite:
Get involved and help, please.

slammer

[Smokey]

It is so terrible, I have no words for it:'(


Smokey

[snowbound]

-{ Quote: "News tonight reports up to 16,000 killed in this disaster!!
:'( :'( :'(" }-

It is now estimated at 23,000.....

The video i've seen this morning on the news of the tsunamis is unbelieveable. :o

Thank u Fire-Ant for your concerns about my dear friend. I will post as soon as i hear any news.


snowbound

[bigbuck]

-{ Quote: "It is now estimated at 23,000.....

The video i've seen this morning on the news of the tsunamis is unbelieveable. :o

Thank u Fire-Ant for your concerns about my dear friend. I will post as soon as i hear any news.


snowbound" }- I dearly hope you get some good news soon. Buck.

[nadirah]

-{ Quote: "News tonight reports up to 16,000 killed in this disaster!!
:'( :'( :'(" }- Oh my god, the death toll is increasing every hour, according to local news sources in Singapore, the latest death toll is at 18,000! :'(
This is extreme horror...

[snowbound]

-{ Quote: "I dearly hope you get some good news soon. Buck." }-

Thanks BB.

As i have already said, all our help will be needed now to aid in disaster relief.



snowbound

[nadirah]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/27/asia.warningsystem.ap/

Fatal lack of a warning system

Monday, December 27, 2004 Posted: 10:24 AM EST (1524 GMT)

DENVER (AP) -- The catastrophic death toll in Asia caused by a massive tsunami might have been reduced had India and Sri Lanka been part of an international warning system designed to warn coastal communities about potentially deadly waves, scientists say.

[snowbound]

Relief is coming quickly,

http://www.turkishpress.com/world/news.asp?id=041227123606.43j6ro5j.xml



snowbound

[ronjor]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4125837.stm

[snowbound]

The death toll is horrifying. :o

Estimated over 25,000 now and rising quickly. :'(




snowbound

[snowbound]

Good News!

Poungpen's father just called me and said she has been located. She is in hospital due to exposure to flooding but otherwise, safe and sound. :)

A small miracle in this huge disaster.....

I'm hoping to speak directly to her soon.



snowbound

[Rita]

-{ Quote: "Good News!

Poungpen's father just called me and said she has been located. She is in hospital due to exposure to flooding but otherwise, safe and sound. :)

A small miracle in this huge disaster.....

I'm hoping to speak directly to her soon.



snowbound" }-
I am so glad snowbound!

[iceni60]

-{ Quote: "Good News!

Poungpen's father just called me and said she has been located. She is in hospital due to exposure to flooding but otherwise, safe and sound. :)

A small miracle in this huge disaster.....

I'm hoping to speak directly to her soon.



snowbound" }-
some good news at last :)

[mercurie]

-{ Quote: "Good News!

Poungpen's father just called me and said she has been located. She is in hospital due to exposure to flooding but otherwise, safe and sound. :)

A small miracle in this huge disaster.....

I'm hoping to speak directly to her soon.



snowbound" }-Yes! That is great news. :)

[snowbound]

Thanks all. :)

Iam so relieved for her and her family.

I just watched video of this disaster in Sri Lanka. It showed people being swept out to sea with the tsunami wave. :o

Almost unbeareable to watch. The suffering is herrendous. :'(

Just on this tiny island, an estimated 10,000 people have lost their lives....

If u can, please donate at your local Red Cross or other relief centre. As i have already said, much help will be needed now.


snowbound

[bigbuck]

-{ Quote: "Thanks all. :)

Iam so relieved for her and her family.

I just watched video of this disaster in Sri Lanka. It showed people being swept out to sea with the tsunami wave. :o

Almost unbeareable to watch. The suffering is herrendous. :'(

Just on this tiny island, an estimated 10,000 people have lost their lives....

If u can, please donate at your local Red Cross or other relief centre. As i have already said, much help will be needed now.


snowbound" }- Glad to hear she's ok !!!!
:) :)

[mercurie]

Yes, the big problem now will be sanitation and lots of things broke, that need fixing to keep those alive from getting sick and second wave of deaths. Homeless... and more human suffering.

[Fire-Ant]

-{ Quote: "Good News!

Poungpen's father just called me and said she has been located. She is in hospital due to exposure to flooding but otherwise, safe and sound. :)

A small miracle in this huge disaster.....

I'm hoping to speak directly to her soon.



snowbound" }-That's good news Snowbound !A miracle indeed. :D

[Down_Under]

A 20-day-old baby has been found alive floating on a mattress in her parent's damaged restaurant in northern Malaysia after the region was slammed by tsunami, reports said on Tuesday.

The child, identified as S. Tulasi, was sleeping in a room at the restaurant when the huge waves struck on Sunday in the holiday resort of Penang. The swirling waters swept her parents out of the restaurant.

Luckily, however, they later managed to claw their way back to the badly damaged building.

"Thank God the mattress was floating in about 1.5-metre deep water and my baby was crying," the baby's father, A. Suppiah, told the national news agency Bernama.

But others were not so lucky. Fisherman Zulkifli Mohd Noor, 42, and his wife lost their five children to the tidal waves.

Zulkifli said his family was collecting fish left stranded on the seabed when the sea water was briefly sucked out to sea before coming pounding back in the tidal waves, the Malay-language newspaper Utusan Malaysia reported.

"I did not for one moment think the dead fishes were a sign that a tsunami was going to crash into us just seconds later," he told the paper.

Malaysia's death toll from the tsunami stands at 60, with 100 others

[nadirah]

According to the news in Singapore, the United Nations said that it would take millions of years to clean this disaster up.

[nadirah]

Tsunami casualties airlifted to Singapore hospitals
------------------------------------------------
SINGAPORE : Several casualties of the tsunami that devastated parts of Asia are being airlifted into Singapore for medical attention.

Among them are American and British families who were holidaying at beach resorts when the disaster struck.

The first to be airlifted into Singapore's Gleneagles Hospital on Monday night was a family of four.

The family, believed to be American, was flown in from Krabi, a popular resort near Phuket in Thailand.

On Tuesday afternoon, a woman with an open fracture in the leg, and a British family were airlifted to Singapore on different flights from Phuket.

Both the British man and his son suffered leg fractures, while the British woman had a tear in the rib. - CNA

[nadirah]

Latest update on death toll...:'(:'(:'(
Total: 29,030

[nadirah]

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/killerwaves/images/tsunami.swf

Click on play to see the animation.

[ronjor]

For vivid reporting from the enormous zone of tsunami disaster, it was hard to beat the blogs.
ZDNet (http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5505092.html?tag=zdfd.newsfeed)

[nadirah]

(CNN) -- Two days after tsunamis swept across the Indian Ocean from Thailand to Somalia, the death toll has risen to more than 33,000 as the international community scrambles to help the region cope with the disaster.

[nadirah]

LATEST NEWS: Death toll now stands at 55,000.

[Eldar]

-{ Quote: "(CNN) -- Two days after tsunamis swept across the Indian Ocean from Thailand to Somalia, the death toll has risen to more than 33,000 as the international community scrambles to help the region cope with the disaster." }-It's terrible news which we saw on TV. Several Belgians & other people still missing. :'(
Not to speak about the damage done and epidemics breaking lose after this ordeal.
Help starts slow. Hope it will get there in time.

[nadirah]

Some news reports say that some dead bodies in India are already starting to decompose. :'(

[Infinity]

the death toll has risen to more than 50.000 !!!

I just cannot believe this, this can happen all over the world and it is called a dead zone. there is an Island I don't know anymore where but if their shore will drop in the see (as large as great brittain) there will be a huge wave of 30 metres heading to do the same as there...I hope this will not happen and they do something about those zones...

[snowbound]

-{ Quote: "Some news reports say that some dead bodies in India are already starting to decompose. :'(" }-

A Cholera breakout is the biggest fear right now.... :o

Left untreated, can kill in just a few hrs.

Due to all the standing water, Malaria could become a factor also.

The death toll is staggering....


snowbound

[nadirah]

-{ Quote: "A Cholera breakout is the biggest fear right now.... :o

Left untreated, can kill in just a few hrs.

Due to all the standing water, Malaria could become a factor also.

The death toll is staggering..." }- The United Nations says that epidemics can happen very soon if healthcare systems cannot cope with the disaster victims. Some mortuaries in India have also run out of space to store more dead bodies. :o:'(

[~*Nat*~]

-{ Quote: "God help her please....... :'(



snowbound" }-
I'm so sorry Snowbound...,

When I was jokingly having fun with you yesterday, when you helped me in the other thread, I wasn't aware of your Worry about your friend. :-\ :-[

As I understand it, she is Alright though, right !?? And I am happy for you about that.


My heart goes out to each and everyone that is affected by this Horror !!

:'(

~Nat~

[snowbound]

-{ Quote: "I'm so sorry Snowbound...,

When I was jokingly having fun with you yesterday, when you helped me in the other thread, I wasn't aware of your Worry about your friend. :-\ :-[

As I understand it, she is Alright though, right !?? And I am happy for you about that.


My heart goes out to each and everyone that is affected by this Horror !!

:'(

~Nat~" }-

No need to be sorry. :)

Although in hospital, she is doing fine. ;D

I read a story this morning, where 1 man lost his wife and 4 children.... :'(

For all the families who lost loved ones, my heart goes out to u....


snowbound

[Infinity]

I am positive they are in good hands!!

my heart goes out for them.

[snowbound]

International Pressure Builds for Indian Ocean Early Warning Tsunami System

http://www.voanews.com/english/2004-12-28voa2.cfm

Unoffical death toll now tops 60,000.



snowbound

[wildman]

??? What can one say? Words are inadequate! I submitted a suggestion with CNN last night, because I knew of no where else to submit it. Here it is:

Those poor people had no advance warning, this does not have to be the case in the future. Perhaps they can come up with a flag warning based upon the same idea as with a hurricane warning, and the minute there is an earth quake and the slightest possibility of a tidal wave the flag(S) would be posted.

We are a large group of people, and if we all suggest that something like this be implemented, it could become a reality. I urge all to submit ideas like this to any and everywhere they think it will have an impact. I also agree we need to come together as a world community and provide whatever aid we can, even if it is just a suggestion like this or our prayers.

Thanks
wildman
8) ;) :D

[no13]

If you're sending help....
1. PLEASE USE ONLY OFFICIAL/GOVERNMENT CHANNELS TO SEND MONEY/FOOD ETC. [INDIA HAS THE PRIME MINISTER'S RELIEF FUND]
2. IF YOU ARE SENDIG FOOD.... PLEASE MAKE SURE IT IS BASIC FOODS LIKE GRAINS [WHEAT/RICE ETC.] AND NOT PROCESSED ITEMS LIKE CORNFLAKES... THE CHILDREN OF MANY AREAS REFUSED TO EAT SUCH PROCESSED "OUT OF THE BOX" FOODS AFTER THE GUJARAT QUAKE OF 2K1
3. CRITICALLY IMPORTANT ITEMS ARE POTABLE (drinking) WATER AND BASIC MEDICATION LIKE ANTISEPTICS

[NanDog]

-{ Quote: "Well, what about showing some deeds to go with our seasons greetings?
NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT - People of the world unite:
Get involved and help, please.

slammer" }-

I'll second slammer's suggestion! This is an unprecedented tragedy! I've been praying hard for all the poor souls, living and dead, affected by this disaster. But secondly, I just sent off a major contribution to my favorite international relief organization. A lot of us live in some of the richest nations on earth. The money we've spent on our computers alone would support a family in some of the affected countries for a year or more! It's time for the global community to come together and help those who most need it. So donate money or time or goods or prayer! Please do what you can for these poor souls! The victims of this calamity need all of that!

[no13]

-{ Quote: "Those poor people had no advance warning" }-
Within 15-45 minutes of the quake, certain countries in the pacific region knew of the impending Tsunami... why this information wasn't shared, I do not know.
edit: just thought i should mention... this was in the Indian Express [a respected daily in India] delivered to a firiend a couple of hours ago. It's from the centre page in an article about Questions...
the countries of the region never expected a tsunami and were caught unawares. This was first Tsunami in the region in recorded history.

[rdsu]

Very sad for the whole World :'(

It's the force of the Nature...

Hope they rest in peace...

[solarpowered candle]

Perhaps an advanced warning system will help in the future,however it took barely 2 hrs I think to reach india and less the other regions . Many may have moved perhaps off the beach but many would still not have survived well as many locations are only a few feet above sea level. Even whole atols and islands were over run by the waves completely. The wave travels at excess 500kmh .

[nadirah]

Tsunami kills more than 67,000

Wednesday, December 29, 2004 Posted: 6:41 AM EST (1141 GMT)
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/28/tsunami.deaths/index.html

Deaths by country:

Sri Lanka: 23,015 -- For information about local residents in Sri Lanka, call + 94 11 536 1938; for tourists the number is + 94 11 243 7061.

India: At least 10,000 -- To contact representatives from India, call + 91 11 2309 3054.

Indonesia: 32,836

Thailand: 1,574 -- Thai emergency hotline +66 2643 5262 and 2643 5000

Myanmar: 90

Malaysia: 65

Maldives: 46 -- Government hotline +44 20 7224 2149

Tanzania: 10

Bangladesh: 2

Somalia: Kenyan media reports hundreds dead

Kenya: Kenyan media reports one death

Seychelles: Unconfirmed reports of deaths -- For information on travelers, call +248 321 676

[nadirah]

Tsunami death toll tops 80,000 :o


Officials just reaching hardest hit areas in Indonesia

Wednesday, December 29, 2004 Posted: 10:20 AM EST (1520 GMT)

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/29/asia.quake/index.html

CNN has confirmed that the undersea earthquake off Sumatra and the giant waves it triggered killed 80,427 people, and that number is expected to rise.

[Firefighter]

If some 70 % of those clearly over 2000 missing Scandinavians in that disaster area were deceased, it's enormous catastrophe to the whole Scandinavia. If we can proportion that number to US population, it should be over 20 000 dead during one morning. May God bless that the number of deceased will be as small as possible.

PS. The local number of deceased will still be clearly over 100 000 people.

Best regards,
Firefighter!

[nadirah]

LATEST NEWS: Death toll now at more than 87,000.
TOTAL: 87,475
The Red Cross says that the death toll could go beyond 100,000.

[ronjor]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4134019.stm

[snowbound]

Towns vanish in Aceh

http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61824

One report on the news tonight said some villages here looked like they had been vaporized. :'(

The death toll in Indonesia alone has reached 80,000.....



snowbound

[FanJ]

Dear Steve,

I'm so very happy that your friend survived this disaster !
I hope she will soon recover !!!!!

===

It was such a "strange" feeling: I had a few days a nice holiday. Every evening when we checked the TV in our hotel-room, we were shocked about this disaster.... :'( :'( :'(

===

Have we already heard news from our friends who live (or were on vacation) in these areas?
I'm sure that I'm forgetting some of them (for which I really do apologize!!!):
Have we heard from Subratam and his girl-friend, from Donna, from others.....
Does anybody know how they are?

[no13]

STOP
STOP
please stop giving stats about deaths, towns vanishing....
If you can, please post only survival stories... like the girl who floated ashore on the door of her home to land in the middle of kraits and vipers, but came to be rescued unharmed in the Nicobar Islands... oOr the Hong Kong couple, when the wife floated on a mattress and the husband clung on to a branch, to be reunitd at the relief center.
Remember 9/11, when families were allowed to "grieve in private" and the "dignity of death" was maintained, and not a single body was shown on TV? Letus pay our respects to the deceased now... let us maintain their dignity...

[beetlejuice]

-{ Quote: "
I'm sure that I'm forgetting some of them (for which I really do apologize!!!):
Have we heard from Subratam and his girl-friend, from Donna, from others.....
Does anybody know how they are?" }-

I got a PM from Subratam the other day and he is OK. He said nothing happened where he lives (Eastern India). I don't know about Priyanka though. But if anything would have happened I'm sure he would have said. Baskar1234 is OK too.

Official death toll now over 119,000 :'(

[nadirah]

-{ Quote: "
Official death toll now over 119,000 :'(" }- http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/31/asia.quake/index.html

Tsunami death toll tops 135,000 :'(

World Bank gives $250m, European nations boost pledges

Friday, December 31, 2004 Posted: 6:19 AM EST (1119 GMT)

JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- The world was stepping up efforts to aid millions of survivors of the devastating tsunami that swept across southern Asia as the death toll rose above 135,000.

[nadirah]

-{ Quote: "STOP
STOP
please stop giving stats about deaths, towns vanishing....
" }-
We have every single right to do that. You don't tell us what to post here. This thread is for all news about the earthquake and tsunami disaster.

[snowbound]

-{ Quote: "STOP
STOP
please stop giving stats about deaths, towns vanishing....
" }-

no13,

I'm sorry but all stories, good and bad, facts and figures, should be reported, no matter how unbearable. This is a disaster of epic proportions. These people are crying out for our help. It is needed now.....

Everyone, please donate if u can.



snowbound

[Jimbob1989]

Tsunami spams begin to arrive

-{ Quote: "JUST AS YOU wondered whether human nature could sink any lower, the spams start arriving requesting money for charities that don't exist." }-

Jimbob

[FanJ]

-{ Quote: "I got a PM from Subratam the other day and he is OK. He said nothing happened where he lives (Eastern India). I don't know about Priyanka though. But if anything would have happened I'm sure he would have said. Baskar1234 is OK too.

Official death toll now over 119,000 :'(" }-

Thanks BJ for letting us know !
I'm very happy Sub and Baskar are OK !!!
I DO hope other friends are OK too !!!!!

Warm regards, Jan.

[snowbound]

I just saw an unbelieveable story on the news.

A small island, population 60,000, just 60 kms. from the earthquake's epicentre, somehow prepared themselves for impending disaster. When the earthquake hit, the people ran to higher ground immediately, knowing a tsunami would soon follow.

When it was over, 6 people had died....



snowbound

[gerardwil]

Everyone,

Some might remember a posting from me somewhere in september about my daughter, graduate from University and starting as a Vet in India. She is save and today I heard she is assisting a 40 people medical team and travelling to SE India to assist. I am Proud Annemiek but also know it will be a hard time for you what you will see there. Take care sweety!

Said that and being glad she is OK I also am aware of thenthousends being killed. I feel miserable and my prayings are for the families who lost their loved ones.

Burning candles tonight for all who lost their loved ones.

Gerard

[snowbound]

-{ Quote: "Everyone,

Some might remember a posting from me somewhere in september about my daughter, graduate from University and starting as a Vet in India. She is save and today I heard she is assisting a 40 people medical team and travelling to SE India to assist. I am Proud Annemiek but also know it will be a hard time for you what you will see there. Take care sweety!

Said that and being glad she is OK I also am aware of thenthousends being killed. I feel miserable and my prayings are for the families who lost their loved ones.

Burning candles tonight for all who lost their loved ones.

Gerard" }-

So happy to hear your daughter is ok Gerard. ;D

Please thank her for us for all the help she can give to the survivors of this terrible tragedy....


snowbound

[gerardwil]

Thanks Snowbound, I really appreciate that. Though it's difficult keeping in contact with her, I'll do my very best. She's doing great but horrible job there.
Cheers,

Gerard

[no13]

-{ Quote: "Said that and being glad she is OK I also am aware of thenthousends being killed. I feel miserable and my prayings are for the families who lost their loved ones.

Burning candles tonight for all who lost their loved ones.
" }-
Glad to hear your daughter is safe... and glad that there is one more helping hand.. they need all they can get.
-{ Quote: "We have every single right to do that. You don't tell us what to post here. This thread is for all news about the earthquake and tsunami disaster." }-
Hmm... then where were you with your "rights" when 9/11 happened? There was NO news item back then, was there?
No TV crews barging in on the survivors with TV crews sticking cameras in their face... No CNN showing dead bodies... no BBC showing grieving families... No. When asked about this, a BBC exec replied that its necessary to show an endless stream of dead bodies and torn limbs to "convey the magnitude of the disaster"...
Edit: http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61777
However, I will stay out of this discussion further... If only to let an orderly discussion prevail.
Also, I never "told" you what to say and not to say... you let your own conscience decide... You were in the affected zone... what can I say?

Snowbound...
what can I say? I'm tired of seeing stats about the dead... why can't we focus on the people who're alive? Is it not true that cholera, malaria and other diseases now pose a greater threat? Should we not rush help in the form of basic medication?

http://www.tsunamihelp.blogspot.com

[snowbound]

-{ Quote: "

Snowbound...
what can I say? I'm tired of seeing stats about the dead... why can't we focus on the people who're alive? Is it not true that cholera, malaria and other diseases now pose a greater threat? Should we not rush help in the form of basic medication?/-{ Quote: "


Like i said, frankly, i don't care if u are tired of seeing whatever! >:(

What the hell? Cholera and Malaria are ultimate threats. Focus on the living, as hard as it is, this is

[no13]

-{ Quote: "Like i said, frankly, i don't care if u are tired of seeing whatever!" }-
As you command, so shall it be.

[snowbound]

sorry, my reply is muttled....

no13, our help is needed.....


snowbound

[snowbound]

-{ Quote: "As you command, so shall it be." }-

OK, whatever u desire.




snowbound

[no13]

-{ Quote: "whatever u desire." }-
I don't get it.
Sorry if I offend.
--
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61777
http://www.tsunamihelp.blogspot.com

[Blackspear]

I think this is enough No13, time to move on ;) ;D

[bigbuck]

Firework fans raise more than $1m
Just during the fireworks!
-{ Quote: "They donated $1,121,000 to Oxfam's Earthquake Tsunami Emergency Appeal throughout the evening, bringing the organisation's overall appeal total to more than $6.5 million." }-
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11826627%255E1702,00.html

[nadirah]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/01/asia.quake/index.html

U.N.: Tsunami toll approaches 150,000

U.S. raises pledge to $350 million

Saturday, January 1, 2005 Posted: 7:10 AM EST (1210 GMT)

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (CNN) -- Aid has begun to reach tsunami victims in remote areas of Indonesia as a United Nations official says the death toll could grow from 138,000 to 150,000.

[snowbound]

-{ Quote: "
Sorry if I offend.
--
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=61777
http://www.tsunamihelp.blogspot.com" }-

U didn't. Like i said, all facts and figures must be reported.

I apoligize if i misenterpreted your thoughts.



snowbound

[Fire-Ant]

-{ Quote: "Everyone,

Some might remember a posting from me somewhere in september about my daughter, graduate from University and starting as a Vet in India. She is save and today I heard she is assisting a 40 people medical team and travelling to SE India to assist. I am Proud Annemiek but also know it will be a hard time for you what you will see there. Take care sweety!

Said that and being glad she is OK I also am aware of thenthousends being killed. I feel miserable and my prayings are for the families who lost their loved ones.

Burning candles tonight for all who lost their loved ones.

Gerard" }-Goed om te horen dat ze ok is !
Petje af voor wat ze daar nu doet !

[ronjor]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4138913.stm

[nadirah]

-{ Quote: "http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4138913.stm" }-
:o:'(:'(:'(

[snowbound]

Survivor: 'Aceh has drowned'


http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/01/asia.quake/index.html



I have donated my time to many relief agencies over the yrs. but i have never seen this kind of devastation. My father, a doctor, was a great believer in going wherever help was needed. He took leave and went to Biafra in 1968 to help out in that catastrophe. Iam seriously thinking of doing the same here.....



snowbound

[snowbound]

I just saw a report that approx. 2 billion dollars in aid has been donated from governments around the world.



snowbound

[Jimbob1989]

-{ Quote: "I just saw a report that approx. 2 billion dollars in aid has been donated from governments around the world.

snowbound" }-

The conmen are out already, people have been trying to make money from this incident by pretending to be charities collecting money for the survivers.

I would just like to add on a side note that earlier in the thread No12 suggested a very good idea. The idea was that instead of talking about the dead and getting sad, why not talk about the survivers who live to tell the tale.

Jimbob

[J at A]

-{ Quote: "Everyone,

Some might remember a posting from me somewhere in september about my daughter, graduate from University and starting as a Vet in India. She is save and today I heard she is assisting a 40 people medical team and travelling to SE India to assist. I am Proud Annemiek but also know it will be a hard time for you what you will see there. Take care sweety!

Said that and being glad she is OK I also am aware of thenthousends being killed. I feel miserable and my prayings are for the families who lost their loved ones.

Burning candles tonight for all who lost their loved ones.

Gerard" }-

Hoi Gerard,

Net als Fire-Ant al zei:
Ik ben echt heel blij dat ze OK is; en ook mijn petje af voor je dochter !!!!

Hi Gerard,
Like Fir-Ant already wrote, I too am very happy that your doughter is safe.
With very great respect for what she's doing (and ALL the other rescue-workers),

Hartelijke groeten, Jan (FanJ).

[solarpowered candle]

This was posted by a member of a small forum I attend . it was posted on the 30 th december . Its uplifting and the initial feelings after the event . It was in a response to a posting from some one who resides in another part of the world who was trying to understand how we deal with such in ourselves .

Hallo all,

I am from Malaysia. One of the affected country. I agree with Sue that disaster do bring out the best in human. Especially in the realm of spirituality.

There is now outpouring of help from everyone to the victims of tsunami. Every layer of society is suddenly aware of their own fragile human lifes. There is so much of outpouring of compassion in the country to the one affected. Charities, foods, clothing etc is pouring in to the victims. Human suffering brings out the compassion in us.



In the news, we heard of father losing sons, mother losing their daughters, grandfather losing their grandchild, husband losing their wife, family wipe out. It is indeed a great tragedy.

Our country had called off the New Year celebration in memory of the dead.

Such tragedy suddenly push you into Now. To let go of excess baggage and realise that life is precious.
tjkeat

I wanted to share this as its from one who is effected and an insight into how when all has been swept from us we have each other .

[BeetleBoss]

I'm not sure if this has been posted or not,
but this link shows some before & after pictures of areas hit by this.
http://digitalglobe.com/tsunami_gallery.html
Very, very sad. :'(

[Primrose]

Greedy banks cave in

Banks and credit card companies today agreed to repay up to £300,000 in profits they have made from the tsunami appeal.

They bowed to pressure after charities accused them of cashing in on public sympathy for victims of the Asian disaster.

The windfall arose because financial institutions charge a fee of up to three per cent on charity donations made by credit card on the phone or internet.

While the industry agreed last week to waive its fees for donations to the main Disasters Emergency Committee collection, it continued to charge individual charities, including Oxfam and the British Red Cross.

Today's climbdown follows urgent talks this morning between banking chiefs and the main aid agencies. Apacs, the industry body representing credit card providers, said: "The charges will be waived."


http://www.thisislondon.com/news/articles/15747736?source=Evening%20Standard&ct=5


Stop Sending us Money, French Aid Group Says


PARIS (Reuters) - The medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontiers (Doctors without Borders) urged donors Tuesday to stop sending it money for Asian tsunami victims, saying it had collected enough funds to manage its relief effort there.


In an unusual step, the group's branches in France and Germany said they had 40 million and $27 million respectively, enough to finance emergency medical aid projects they were supporting in Sri Lanka and Indonesia.


Their decision surprised other aid groups and drew criticism that it could undercut an unprecedented wave of private giving to provide relief to the region devastated by the Dec. 26 tsunami which has killed at least 150,000 people.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=586&ncid=586&e=5&u=/nm/20050104/wl_nm/quake_aid_suspension_dc

[Cochise]

Sorry to say Darlings.....from an obviously old and jaded Cochise.....all those Millions will be stowed away somewhere, whilst some faceless Controller of all this money will ponder over who should receive whatever, until, as time passes, very little of this money goes anywhere in particular, until the actual purpose of the whole thing is forgotten......You may have noticed that Ethiopia and the Sudan crisis has now gone from the News....so what is happening to the money collected for that disaster?...........Money isn't always the answer.......the real answer is action......I see now that all the Powers are talking about suspending the national Debt of some of these Countries....well if the truths known, non of this Debt has been incurred to help the People of these Countries....it's just been used to increase the Armies to subdue the people for nothing more than gain.........be not fooled by this cry for help.........there are a lot of people who will become very rich indeed from your Goodwill.......Read between the lines.........Sorry if this causes any offence......... :'(



Cochise, 8)

[snowbound]

I have been to SE Asia many times and seen the horrors of child exploitation there.

Sadly, iam not at all surprised, to hear stories of kidnappings and random snatching of defenceless children, trapped or displaced by this disaster.

These scumbags will sink to any depths,

http://www.news24.com/News24/World/Tsunami_Disaster/0,6119,2-10-1777_1642681,00.html

Thailand, which has a huge problem with this, must act now!

It is no surprise to me as in most of SE Asian countries, WTBW......... :'(

Words cannot describe my fury.



snowbound

[gerardwil]

People in our country donated last night during a tv-show at least € 112 million (that's a lot for such a small country with 16 million people only). I hope this will be used to help the people who really need it and nothing disappears in pockets of people who have enough already.

Gerard

[BeetleBoss]

Not sure if this has been posted before.......
This link has some pretty devistating before and after pictures. It shows you a picture and then you click on the after shot of the exact same place. There's a bunch of pictures.

-{ Quote: "Quote from Dad.....These photos are before and after shots of the tsunami from the air depicting the vast damage to those countries. Toggle before and after pictures, then hit next to see the next set " }-

http://homepage.mac.com/demark/tsunami/5.html

[Down_Under]

Article from SMH

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Asia-Tsunami/Tsunami-toll-tops-226000/2005/01/20/1106110882305.html

The unofficial death toll from the tsunami hit more than 226,000 yesterday after Indonesia increased its toll to 166,320, adding about 70,000 people previously listed as missing.

The various government agencies' lists of dead now include more than 38,000 dead in Sri Lanka, more than 5300 dead in Thailand and 16,383 deaths in India. There have been 137 deaths recorded in East Africa, 74 killed in each of the Maldives and Malaysia, 59 dead in Burma and two in Bangladesh.

On Tuesday the United Nations listed the number of dead in Indonesia at 165,493. The Indonesian foreign ministry said 92,721 bodies have been buried so far in Aceh, including 1408 yesterday alone.

But there was confusion over the new Indonesian figures with that country's social affairs ministry still putting the toll at 114,978 with about 24,000 missing, according to the Associated Press.

A spokesman for Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Dino Djalal, was unable to clear up the confusion. "To be honest we don't have a set number, and we don't think we will ever know the exact tally".

About 3500 bodies were being collected each day in Indonesia.

There has also been confusion over the death toll in Sri Lanka, where the Public Security Ministry has counted 38,195 deaths, 7275 more than the National Disaster Management Centre.

Indonesia's health ministry said 617,159 people were still homeless in northern Sumatra, as aid workers warned that more must be done to get food to remote areas. In Malaysia, the chief of the US Pacific Command, Admiral Thomas Fargo, said American forces could wind down their relief efforts in the next month.

Reuters, Associated Press, Agence France-Presse

[nadirah]

Links for donations...

Donations

• Google News coverage (http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=tsunami) • Action Against Hunger (http://www.actionagainsthunger.org/) • ReliefWeb (http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf) • American Red Cross (http://www.redcross.org/donate/donate.html) (via Amazon (http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/my-pay-page/PX3BEL97U9A4I/104-2867334-2853546)) • Aid groups (via CNN) (http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/27/quake.aidsites/) • American Jewish World Service (http://ajws.org/index.cfm?section_id=15) • Relief organizations (via USAID) (http://www.usaid.gov/locations/asia_near_east/tsunami/ngolist.html) • AmeriCares (https://www.americares.org/donate/?id=South%20Asia%20Earthquake%20Relief%20Fund) • Tsunami help blog (http://tsunamihelp.blogspot.com/) • Asia Foundation (http://www.give2asia.org/) • Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake) • BAPS Care International (http://www.bapscare.org/mediacenter/announcements/2004/tsunamireliefwork.htm) • CARE (http://www.careusa.org/) • Direct Relief International (http://www.directrelief.org/) • GOAL (http://www.goal.ie/newsroom/tsunamiappeal.shtml) • Habitat for Humanity International (https://www.habitat.org/donation/generaldonation/default.aspx?media=Google&lander=MNP&tg=tsunami&sourcecode=10w31&keyword=frontlink) • International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (http://www.ifrc.org/helpnow/donate/donate_response.asp) • Islamic Relief Worldwide (http://www.irw.org/) • Karuna Trust (http://www.karunalanka.org/index.html) • Network for Good (http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/international/earthquake/tsunami122604.aspx?source=GOOG&cmpgn=EATSU) • Oxfam International (http://www.oxfam.co.uk/) (US page (http://www.oxfamamerica.org/whatwedo/emergencies/asian_floods_2004)) • Quarters From Kids: Tsunami Relief and Rebuilding (http://www.quartersfromkids.org/) • Sarvodaya (http://www.sarvodaya.org/) • Save the Children (http://www.savethechildren.org/) • UNICEF (http://www.unicef.org/) (US page (http://www.unicefusa.org/)) (via Paypal (http://donations.paypal.com/)) • World Food Programme (UN) (http://www.wfp.org/) • World Vision (http://www.worldvision.org/tsunami)

[solarpowered candle]

A couple of interesting articles . The first is about Tsunami survivors found on island http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4230821.stm

The second about the Trauma risk for tsunami survivors http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4229233.stm

[Marja]

It is true that most of the world has a tendency to "throw" money at a disaster or problem, but, while you are sending money - send your prayers and good thoughts.

Sending thoughts of Strength, Courage, Health, Fortitude and Patience, along with your donation has an energy of it's own. If you believe in Prayer, that's energy, send it!

If the money doesn't get where it should, the Power of your Prayer or Good Wishes WILL go where you want them. All the people who sent money are and were doing it to help, to give strength, to show they care - those feelings can't be "kept" back or hoarded - so, even if you don't send money, send those people the Prayers they are going to need to make it through this time in their life, it will be spent where and how it is needed.

So, maybe, we can't BE there, maybe we can't control the MONEY or the corrupt people - we CAN send our Thoughts, Prayers, Good Wishes to Where and How they will Help and Heal.

You don't even have to believe, it's already been proven, Thoughts Are Energy - so, Send Your Energy!

Let the officials find a bank for that!! :D

[wildman]

8) Just curious, and please do not jump all over me, but just exactly how much have the other so called Muslim countries contributed? It appears as if the Western world are the ones who have once again come to the rescue. I don't know if any one saw it or not, but there was an individual warning a T-shirt with the picture of Osama on it, hate to say it but this is one individual whom I do not care to aid.

Thanks
wildman
8) :P

[nadirah]

-{ Quote: "8) Just curious, and please do not jump all over me, but just exactly how much have the other so called Muslim countries contributed? It appears as if the Western world are the ones who have once again come to the rescue. I don't know if any one saw it or not, but there was an individual warning a T-shirt with the picture of Osama on it, hate to say it but this is one individual whom I do not care to aid.

Thanks
wildman
8) :P" }-

Well wildman, it is my hope that we better not discuss anything about the Muslims, Osama Bin Laden or anything related to religious things. This thread is for all news about the tsunami disaster only. Please do not make any comments about the clothes different people are wearing.
Regarding that individual wearing a t-shirt with a picture of Osama on it, well, you must be thinking: Hey, this guy is wearing a t-shirt with a picture of Osama! This guy must be a terrorist or one of Osama's loyal sypporters! Better not aid him at all and don't care about him!

Who knows, that guy wearing the t-shirt with Osama's picture on it might not be a bad guy, he might not even be supporting Osama at all.
But, it is very difficult to tell if he's a just a innocent poor little guy wearing a t-shirt with Osama's picture on it, or if he's a terrorist and a loyal supporter of Osama. Yes I myself do think that this guy might be a little suspicious, but perhaps he's just one of those innocent tsunami survivors wandering about. I do not know if this individual is a good or bad guy.

Wildman, whether you want to aid this individual or not, the choice is yours.
Besides, what's so big about that t-shirt with Osama's picture on it?
That t-shirt might be just part of the individual's usual outfits.

[wildman]

;D Nadirah: My young friend, I do not condemn any religion. Just found it remarkable that the other Muslim countries have not provided more for their Muslim brothers. The individual with the Osama t-shirt is an affront to quiet a few people and does not invoke a desire to want and aid him. This is no reflection on the countless others who are in need and deserving of our aid however.

Please forgive the spelling errors, but I am vision impaired. I do try an edit my posts, but mistakes are bound to get through now and then.

Thanks
wildman
:) :D

[nadirah]

-{ Quote: ";D Nadirah: My young friend, I do not condemn any religion. Just found it remarkable that the other Muslim countries have not provided more for their Muslim brothers. The individual with the Osama t-shirt is an affront to quiet a few people and does not invoke a desire to want and aid him. This is no reflection on the countless others who are in need and deserving of our aid however.

Thanks
wildman
:) :D" }-

That Osama t-shirt must be frightening everybody away! No wonder nobody wants to aid that individual.
That Osama t-shirt really gives people the wrong idea. Time for that individual to start changing his clothes. ;D

[wildman]

-{ Quote: "That Osama t-shirt must be frightening everybody away! No wonder nobody wants to aid that individual.
That Osama t-shirt really gives people the wrong idea. Time for that individual to start changing his clothes. ;D" }-


;D I don't know about frightening, but it sure ticks me off. He needs to burn that shirt and obtain a better wardrobe if possible. How the heck did he get that shirt to begin with? I don't know, but I suspect he is not one of the good guys.

Thanks
wildman
;) :P

[snowbound]

There will be no discussion here on why certain countries are helping or not. Also, anything religious in nature. Please, let's focus on the true nature of the thread, which is to keep people informed on this horrifying disaster and helping where we can.....

No offense intended.


snowbound

[snowbound]

A Royal Navy 3 dimensional computer generated graphic released February 9, 2005 shows the seabed in the vicinity of the recent devastating tsunami earthquake epicentre in South Asia

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050209/325/fc4nl.html





snowbound

[Down_Under]

Latest death toll

Indonesia: 232,732

Sri Lanka: 30,957

India: 16,389

Thailand: 5,393

Maldives: 82

Malaysia: 68

Myanmar: 61

Bangladesh: 2

Somalia: 298

Tanzania: 10

Kenya: 1

Total: 285,993

[Marja]

Those huge rents in the earth have to have some kind of reprecussions, don't they?

The toll is likely to keep rising, unfortunately, especially while they are trying to clear up the land for the living. Very sad. :'(

[gerardwil]

No words needed.

http://www.worldpressphoto.nl/index.php?option=com_photogallery&task=view&id=211&Itemid=39&bandwidth=high

[snowbound]

Pictures show final moments of couple killed in tsunami,

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/02/23/tsunami-pics050223.html


Quoted form the article,

"I just picture my parents hugging each other and knowing it would happen and taking pictures. Just in case someone found the camera and it did survive, they'd have something to see.".

This was the last picture taken by the couple,



snowbound

[nadirah]

-{ Quote: "By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, Associated Press Writer

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - The first images of the seabed that was rocked by the earthquake that triggered Asia's catastrophic tsunami revealed huge ruptures spanning several miles along the Indian Ocean's floor.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050210/481/lon10102100810


snowbound" }-

Snow, you may need to fix the link in your post. The page says that the news may have expired and could not be found.

[snowbound]

-{ Quote: "Snow, you may need to fix the link in your post. The page says that the news may have expired and could not be found." }-

Done. ;)

Updated the link.



snowbound

[snowbound]

A shocking revelation just know being realized,

http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2005-03/26/article04.shtml

It has been reported that in the worst hit areas, 4 times more women died then men. They are also facing terrible sexual abuse in the camps, as many have no male relatives left alive to protect them. :'(


snowbound

[mercurie]

Snowbound,
I must be under the misunderstanding that international military assistance is either not there to prevent widespread issues like this or is very understaffed to the point of being ineffective. :-[ The evil of some of my sex is beyond words >:( >:(

[BeetleBoss]

That is so sad.....it just breaks my heart :'( :'(

[The Realist]

What an absolute nightmare. I guess these things are never dreamt of on the onset of such disasters and clearly the human race continues and never fails to amaze me. What people do to survive is incredible. Truely, there must be some gutless authorities too afraid to stand up and talk. If we can read this story, surely at least one persons eyes are seeing it for what it is. Lets hope this story reaches its destination. The Realist is >:(

[Marja]

Nothing to say.................

[Icewind]

It's a terrible "natural" disaster, really. Do you all believe that people should be there when Thailand is doing their clean-up jobs; when they are burying live bodies in mass graves? >:( Can't people be a little more sympathetic and give those scientists and residents of Thailand a well earned break, instead of holidaying in a graveyard? :( It makes me sick that people are holidaying in Thailand after a natural disaster. If everyone falls sick due to some disease, they will be the only ones to blame!!! >:(

Davo. {:No Smiley Face here, for appropriate reasons...:}

P.S. My condolences go out to every person who had perished in the Boxing Day Tsunami and those families and friends who are torn apart by this devastating tragedy. For Troy Broadbridge, who died in this terrible accident, everyone is looking up to you mate. May all my thoughts of this terrible incident lie within Trisha, who was hit hardest with the loss of her husband (Troy), who was a veteran player for the Melbourne Demons. God bless, and Rest In Peace, to all who have died and all who seek help in this untimely situation. :'(

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-{ Quote: "It's a terrible "natural" disaster, really. Do you all believe that people should be there when Thailand is doing their clean-up jobs; when they are burying live bodies in mass graves? >:( Can't people be a little more sympathetic and give those scientists and residents of Thailand a well earned break, instead of holidaying in a graveyard? :( It makes me sick that people are holidaying in Thailand after a natural disaster. If everyone falls sick due to some disease, they will be the only ones to blame!!! >:(

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That also took me aback when i first saw images of holidayers frolicking in the ocean while only some distance away mass graves were being dug with grieving families everywhere. ???

Just goes to show the mentality of some people who seem oblivious to the monumental suffering that is going on around them.....


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[snowbound]

One year later,

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2005/tsunami.oneyear/

Seems like yesterday.... So much has been done with much more to do....



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