01-09-2005, 01:29 AM
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Loving joys
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Let us all put a dollar
PantyFanatic has saisd it all..
I guess what we all can do know is send whatever we can..
Please send help to them
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Originally Posted by PantyFanatic
There are no Pixies in the affected area that I know of.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The world's most powerful earthquake in 40 years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed into villages and seaside resorts across southern and southeast Asia on Sunday, killing more than 7,000 people in six countries.
Tourists, fishermen, homes and cars were swept away by walls of water up to 20 feet high that swept across the Bay of Bengal, unleashed by the 8.9-magnitude earthquake centered off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
In Sri Lanka, 1,000 miles west of the epicenter, more than 3,000 people were killed, the country's top police official said. At least 1,870 died in Indonesia, and 1,900 along the southern coasts of India. At least 198 were confirmed dead in Thailand, 42 in Malaysia and 2 in Bangladesh.
But officials expected the death toll to rise dramatically, with hundreds reported missing and all communications cut off to Sumatran towns closest to the epicenter. Hundreds of bodies were found on various beaches along India's southern state of Tamil Nadu, and more were expected to be washed in by the sea, officials said.
The rush of waves brought to sudden disaster to people carrying out their daily activities on the ocean's edge: Sunbathers on the beaches of the Thai resort of Phuket were washed away; a group of 32 Indians - including 15 children - were killed while taking a ritual Hindu bath to mark the full moon day; fishing boats, with their owners clinging to their sides, were picked up by the waves and tossed away.
``All the planet is vibrating'' from the quake, said Enzo Boschi, the head of Italy's National Geophysics Institute. Speaking on SKY TG24 TV, Boschi said the quake even disturbed the Earth's rotation.
The U.S. Geological Survey measured the quake at a magnitude of 8.9. Geophysicist Julie Martinez said it was the world's fifth-largest since 1900 and the largest since a 9.2 temblor hit Prince William Sound Alaska in 1964.…
Tidal waves leveled towns in the province of Aceh on Sumatra's northern tip, the region closest to the epicenter. An Associated Press reporter saw bodies wedged in trees as the waters receded. More bodies littered the beaches.
Health ministry official Els Mangundap said 1,876 people had died across the region, including some 1,400 in the Aceh provincial capital, Banda Aceh. Communications to the town had been cut.…..
An AP photographer saw two dozen bodies along a four-mile stretch of beach, some of children entangled in the wire mesh used to barricade seaside homes. Other bodies were brought up from the beach, wrapped in sarongs and laid on the road, while rows of men and women lined the roads asking if anyone had seen their relatives.……
In India, beaches were turned into virtual open-air mortuaries, with bodies of people caught in the tidal wave being washed ashore.
In Tamil Nadu state, just across the straits from Sri Lanka, 1,567 people were killed, said the state's top elected official, Chief Minister Jayaram Jayalalithaa.…..
The huge waves struck around breakfast time on the beaches of Thailand's beach resorts - probably Asia's most popular holiday destination at this time of year, particularly for Europeans fleeing the winter cold - wiping out bungalows, boats and cars, sweeping away sunbathers and snorkelers, witnesses said……
``People that were snorkeling were dragged along the coral and washed up on the beach, and people that were sunbathing got washed into the sea,'' said Simon Clark, 29, a photographer from London vacationing on Ngai island.…..
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02-01-2005, 09:41 PM
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It isn't over...
The tsunami death toll continues to rise, with more than 200,000 people now thought to have died, according to the U.N.
Bill Clinton has been chosen to be the UN's special envoy for tsunami relief in South Asia.
He and President Bush's father have been travelling the U.S. to raise private funds for tsunami relief.
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02-02-2005, 04:19 AM
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reminds you how insignificant we are to the planet it just washes us away in a few moments cherish every single moment as if it were your very last send what you can and light a candle and pray for the rest. I feel so very small right now..........
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03-28-2005, 04:41 PM
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Some very nervous people in Indonesia are understandably paying close attention again. 
It would seem things are as unsettled under the crust as it is above it. 
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitem...03/s1332897.htm
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….The quake is now being measured at magnitude 8.7 on the Richter scale, higher than earlier estimates, according to a scientist with US Geological Survey (USGS)……
…"We are not certain that this latest quake will trigger tsunamis that will hit Sri Lanka," department deputy director Lalith Chandrapala told AFP. "But, we are asking people living along the coast to leave as a precaution."…
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A reliable and factual site with good sources of geological links may be of more interest than some of the hype reports our media seems to be so good at, can keep you abreast.
Stay tuned 
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03-28-2005, 05:00 PM
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I saw this and praying that it won't be as bad as people fear.  |
03-28-2005, 09:00 PM
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yada, yada, yada
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odd coincidence that the tsunami was the day after Christmas and this quake was the day after Easter.
Glad to hear that it wasn't as horrible of a disaster as the first, but my heart goes out to the many that it did affect.
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03-29-2005, 07:27 AM
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They draw a line down the faultline and wonder when the quake will happen which will
splash on our shores here in Oz.
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03-29-2005, 12:14 PM
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It is a terrible shame ... the new "aftershock" measured at 8.7. Hearts and prayers goes out to all the people in that area.
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