Tsunami Warning, Could it get any worse? Options

[BlackCelicaGT94]

A tsunami warning is now issued for the southern coast of india.

This is just horrible!

This post has been edited by BlackCelicaGT94: Dec 30, 2004 - 2:04 AM

[creis]

Could it get any wores

Guess so, I hope that the warning spreads fast so they have a chance to get to high ground.

Every time I look at my computer case I think about how bad it is over there now.

[jojobombiest]

That is literally a nightmare... its sad how many families lives are ruined...

[Theyellowdart084]

I was disgusted the other day......i heard these old people talking about how the asians deserved this, etc. I mean the death toll is almost 80,000 and rising!! Personaly im a democrat but i think Bush is doing a good job in setting up a little coalition to help these poor unfortunate people......

[jojobombiest]

This post has been edited by jojobombiest: Dec 30, 2004 - 6:36 AM

[Supersprynt]

I would rather not get political but you can be a democrat and like a republican, its not against the rules. But the reason Bush is doing all of this now is because at first we were only offering like 14 million in help and now its 34 million and this and that.

Its really unreal - I dont think its really hit home over here that 84,000+ people died over there. When the Towers fell it was a few thousand, but 84K+, thats unreal.

[thedevilmaycrie]

super for some it has... if you remember my father was missing...

-DMC

[Jdog1385]

im just trying to do my part. we cant do much here in the states but to dontate money and food to the red cross. after going through 9/11, some of us know how it feels.

[Uppitycracker]

im just trying to do my part.  we cant do much here in the states but to dontate money and food to the red cross.  after going through 9/11, some of us know how it feels.
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Ya I think everyone felt the shock of 9/11, it was a pretty terrible month.

The death toll is just amazing and its only going to get worse. The videos Ive seen are pretty chilling, the waves dont seem high, but the amount of water being moved is incredible.

Hopefully the Nations in the vicinity aswell as Western nations can help setup a detection grid in the indian ocean to detect these events and sound alarms. Im sure a good amount of people knew what was going on and headed for higher ground but obviously alot of people were oblivious to what was going on.

[Uppitycracker]

super for some it has...  if you remember my father was missing...

-DMC
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S owhats your father do over there?? I couldn't imagine losing my dad or even thinking I lost him

[WannabeGT4]

Anyone else hear that this warning was a hoax? Some guy with "sensors" in the back of his truck claimed to have picked up readings of an earthquake from that area. Probably the biggest, most tactless, practical joke of all time. Here is an article I found...

(12-30) 10:27 PST PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) --

An Oregon man said Thursday that his firm warned the Indian government of an impending earthquake that could cause more destruction across Asia. An Indian government minister called the warning "hogwash," and blamed him for the scare that prompted tens of thousands of people to flee their homes for higher ground.

"It was a tough decision, but it was at least important to pass the information on," said Larry Park, who runs Terra Research and Consulting Services, from his home in Manning, Ore., near Portland. "I guess they held a press conference and revealed where their information came from."

"There is a good chance of a quake coming, yes, we've got a few days window," he said.

In New Delhi, Indian Science Minister Kapil Sibal said the warning was incorrect and dismissed fears of a new strike.

But by that time, tens of thousands of people had made a desperate run for higher ground in southern Tamil Nadu state, where more than half of India's 7,300 deaths occurred on Sunday. Hundreds of refugees fled relief camps set up near the coastline, jostling to get into trucks and other vehicles, one police constable said.

"(They) ... claimed they have some sensors and equipment through which they suggest there was a possibility of an earthquake," Sibal said at a televised press conference. "So, on the basis of this communication, for anyone to reach a conclusion that a tsunami will hit the eastern coast of India is unscientific, hogwash and should be discarded."

Geologists in Oregon said they had not heard of Park or of his research and joined the Indian official in questioning its validity.

"I've never had any contact with this group," University of Oregon geology professor Ray Weldon said. "I assume if it was legitimate I would have heard of it."

Geologist Lou Clark, spokeswoman for the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industry, said that she hears periodically from earthquake enthusiasts who claim to be able to predict impending disasters.

"One of the problems is that there are earthquakes all over the earth every day," she said, making it easy for someone to 'predict' a quake in a large area, especially in regions of the world, such as Indonesia, that lie near the boundary between two tectonic plates.

"The problem is because quakes are concentrated in a few areas it is very difficult to say that something is not chance unless you are completely specific about the quake," she said.

She said she had never heard of Park. "He is not someone we work with," she said.

Park, 46, said he detected signs of a major earthquake 22 hours and 31 minutes before the temblor that shook Sumatra over the weekend, unleashing giant waves or tsunamis that left more than 100,000 dead in a dozen Asian countries.

Park said he became interested in earthquakes while working for a computer company.

"The precursors would come through the power lines and zap the electronics," Park said. "I was put on it to study the failures. They couldn't figure out what was interfering with the computers."

Park said he received a two-year degree from Lower Columbia College in Longview, Wash., and then worked for 25 years as a computer engineer. He now earns a living as a computer consultant while pursuing his earthquake research.

Operating out of a truck loaded with electronic equipment, he said, he sometimes drives hundreds of miles a day monitoring "energy bursts" from the earth's crust. Before the Sumatra quake, he said, "everything quieted down."

Last spring, Park said, his organization sent letters to Asian governments detailing his research, and when he detected signs of a new earthquake, an associate contacted Asian governments and their embassies in the United States through phone calls and e-mails.

[Gilbert_619]

well ok i got a story for you guys...i know it happened a few days ago but i just found this out yesterday and it makes you think of the crazy stuff that can happened in life

well the day that earthquake hit...its cause a tsunami like we all know hit the little
island call sir lanka or something like that...

i was i my friends house and talking to his mom about this and he was telling me how she was worried cuz her sister was out there for her job for six months and they couldnt get ahold of her..

anyways i guess her sister was found dead in her hotel room not to long ago and it really sad cuz its my friends moms sister that died but she was suppose to come home on the 30th on this day...she was packed up ready to come home cuz she had just bought a huge house in LA next door to her other sister...

how sad is that..and my friend got xmas card from her and everything later to find that she is dead a day later....pretty random how things work out

i hope the best for those people

[shid]

That is sad but.. how did she die in her hotel room?

[Gilbert_619]

i guess she drowned or something like that...all i know is that she was found dead

just sucks

[thedevilmaycrie]

super for some it has...  if you remember my father was missing...

-DMC
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S owhats your father do over there?? I couldn't imagine losing my dad or even thinking I lost him
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my dad lives there... he is american but is married to a thia girl...
as for his job ... he builds nuclear power plants...

-DMC