Video of Disaster
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just to let you know, its not graphic.
It is a video of an individual who was inside a restaurant viewing the incoming waves
It is a video of an individual who was inside a restaurant viewing the incoming waves
People have no respect for water. A tidal wave isn't like in the movies, where it comes crashing over you from 100 feet in the air. That massive surge of water probably looked pretty peaceful just rolling in.......I would guess that is why so many of them stood around to watch it. Even the dumbass with the camera is lucky to be alive. That clip is two minutes long, and look how fast that water came up in that bar! It reminds me of the people who look out their windows at tornadoes.
yyz said:
Don't confuse a lack of education with a lack of respect. I'm quite sure that the island people whose daily lives depend on mother nature and the ocean respect it. I just think it was a lack of knowledge regarding tsunamis. Not many people in this world would realize that when the ocean receeds it's a tsunami.
collection of videos :
http://www.blogsnow.com/dotmov.html
third video shows first wave, i doesn't look bad but water level goes 10ft up in a seconds. it impossible to swim because water is so full of floating trash.
http://www.blogsnow.com/dotmov.html
third video shows first wave, i doesn't look bad but water level goes 10ft up in a seconds. it impossible to swim because water is so full of floating trash.
Pet, water goes down rather fast and tide goes out ahead of time. Unless it's already low tide then it backs up even more. SAD thing is they all had time to be warn to go inland. Or at least go to higher ground. Estimate is 30 maybe 50 minutes. Estimate now is there will be over 72000 lost. Mother nature let's us know who's in charge couple times a year.
Where Are All the Dead Animals? Sri Lanka Asks
Wed Dec 29, 4:41 AM ET
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan wildlife officials are stunned -- the worst tsunami in memory has killed around 22,000 people along the Indian Ocean island's coast, but they can't find any dead animals.
Giant waves washed floodwaters up to 2 miles inland at Yala National Park in the ravaged southeast, Sri Lanka's biggest wildlife reserve and home to hundreds of wild elephants and several leopards.
"The strange thing is we haven't recorded any dead animals," H.D. Ratnayake, deputy director of the national Wildlife Department, told Reuters Wednesday.
"No elephants are dead, not even a dead hare or rabbit," he added. "I think animals can sense disaster. They have a sixth sense. They know when things are happening."
At least 40 tourists, including nine Japanese, were drowned.
The tsunami was triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean Sunday, which sent waves up to 15 feet high crashing onto Sri Lanka's southern, eastern and northern seaboard, flooding whole towns and villages, destroying hotels and causing widespread destruction.
Wed Dec 29, 4:41 AM ET
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan wildlife officials are stunned -- the worst tsunami in memory has killed around 22,000 people along the Indian Ocean island's coast, but they can't find any dead animals.
Giant waves washed floodwaters up to 2 miles inland at Yala National Park in the ravaged southeast, Sri Lanka's biggest wildlife reserve and home to hundreds of wild elephants and several leopards.
"The strange thing is we haven't recorded any dead animals," H.D. Ratnayake, deputy director of the national Wildlife Department, told Reuters Wednesday.
"No elephants are dead, not even a dead hare or rabbit," he added. "I think animals can sense disaster. They have a sixth sense. They know when things are happening."
At least 40 tourists, including nine Japanese, were drowned.
The tsunami was triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean Sunday, which sent waves up to 15 feet high crashing onto Sri Lanka's southern, eastern and northern seaboard, flooding whole towns and villages, destroying hotels and causing widespread destruction.
usual view at the coast line,
very disturbing image do not open, unless you really want to see it.
http://img145.exs.cx/img145/1879/ruumiita4ft.jpg
very disturbing image do not open, unless you really want to see it.
http://img145.exs.cx/img145/1879/ruumiita4ft.jpg
OMG Pet. Just saw on ThaiTV about a 3 year old rescued from a tree he'd been in for two days.
Nice of CNN to weigh in on the tragedy...
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/28/quake.celebrities.ap/index.html
Nice of CNN to weigh in on the tragedy...
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/28/quake.celebrities.ap/index.html
Chanman said:
You make it sound like that's the only story they have on it. They have seven headline stories on it right now.
picture is propably from Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
about CNN, i think that they have done decent job with this, as is Sky News from England. Of course picture material they send is much less "real" or how i say less dramatic compared to some European channels. Personally i'd like to see news as they happen.
That's why i don't usually watch CNN if something big happens,
except in US of course.
about CNN, i think that they have done decent job with this, as is Sky News from England. Of course picture material they send is much less "real" or how i say less dramatic compared to some European channels. Personally i'd like to see news as they happen.
That's why i don't usually watch CNN if something big happens,
except in US of course.
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U.N. Warns of Disease in Affected Areas
By SAM CAGE
GENEVA (AP) - The United Nations warned Wednesday that respiratory and waterborne diseases could break out in areas affected by southern Asia's tsunami disaster ``in the next few days.''
Although relief organizations are distributing medical supplies to prevent the outbreak of disease, the main focus is still on dealing with the wounded, said Jamie McGoldrick, an emergency relief coordinator of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Geneva.
``Diseases will start to come through in the next few days,'' McGoldrick told The Associated Press. ``No doubt people will be affected, kids are drinking stagnant water.''
Governments in 11 nations are still trying to determine how many were killed in the devastation wreaked by Sunday's quake and the tsunamis it caused. The death toll now stands at more than 60,000 and is expected to rise.
It is still impossible to visit some isolated islands off the northern coast of Sumatra and assessments can only be made from the air, McGoldrick said.
``Populations we haven't reached yet may suffer from disease,'' he said.
With relief officials warning of possible cholera epidemics and malaria, Dr. David Nabarro, head of crisis operations for the World Health Organization, has said that ``there is certainly a chance that we could have as many dying from communicable diseases as from the tsunami.''
Nabarro said the main threat to life now is communicable diseases associated with a lack of clean water and sanitation.
``The initial terror associated with the tsunamis and the earthquake itself may be dwarfed by the longer term suffering of the affected communities,'' he warned.
Hospitals and health services already are overwhelmed and may not be able to cope with people who fall ill with disease, Nabarro said.
Worst-hit have been Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and the Maldives. But Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Somalia, Tanzania, Seychelles and Kenya have also reported deaths from the tidal wave that sped across the Indian ocean Sunday morning.
The United Nations has sent disaster assessment teams to the affected countries and relief organizations are distributing supplies. The global body is also starting to put together an appeal for international aid.
Essential supplies are already arriving in the region, but ``need to be properly coordinated so that those who most need help get it in these vital early hours and days after the disaster,'' Nabarro said.
By SAM CAGE
GENEVA (AP) - The United Nations warned Wednesday that respiratory and waterborne diseases could break out in areas affected by southern Asia's tsunami disaster ``in the next few days.''
Although relief organizations are distributing medical supplies to prevent the outbreak of disease, the main focus is still on dealing with the wounded, said Jamie McGoldrick, an emergency relief coordinator of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Geneva.
``Diseases will start to come through in the next few days,'' McGoldrick told The Associated Press. ``No doubt people will be affected, kids are drinking stagnant water.''
Governments in 11 nations are still trying to determine how many were killed in the devastation wreaked by Sunday's quake and the tsunamis it caused. The death toll now stands at more than 60,000 and is expected to rise.
It is still impossible to visit some isolated islands off the northern coast of Sumatra and assessments can only be made from the air, McGoldrick said.
``Populations we haven't reached yet may suffer from disease,'' he said.
With relief officials warning of possible cholera epidemics and malaria, Dr. David Nabarro, head of crisis operations for the World Health Organization, has said that ``there is certainly a chance that we could have as many dying from communicable diseases as from the tsunami.''
Nabarro said the main threat to life now is communicable diseases associated with a lack of clean water and sanitation.
``The initial terror associated with the tsunamis and the earthquake itself may be dwarfed by the longer term suffering of the affected communities,'' he warned.
Hospitals and health services already are overwhelmed and may not be able to cope with people who fall ill with disease, Nabarro said.
Worst-hit have been Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and the Maldives. But Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Somalia, Tanzania, Seychelles and Kenya have also reported deaths from the tidal wave that sped across the Indian ocean Sunday morning.
The United Nations has sent disaster assessment teams to the affected countries and relief organizations are distributing supplies. The global body is also starting to put together an appeal for international aid.
Essential supplies are already arriving in the region, but ``need to be properly coordinated so that those who most need help get it in these vital early hours and days after the disaster,'' Nabarro said.
