Asia Quake's Tsunamis Kill Over 11,000

up to 14,000 now i heard on the news!!!

This is a horrable tragedy. Hopefuly it will spur the installation of early warning systems so the next time people can be prepared. I hope that they will never be used though.

I don't really think that we realise how hard nature can strike sometimes , even with a warning it would be almost impossible to evacuate all areas.
The toll is now believed to top 20,000 and there are fears it will just continue to grow , the only thing that can be done now is to alleviate the suffering a little for those left behind.

In time we may devise ways to protect ourselves but we all crumble when confronted with nature at it's most devastating.

The enery from a quake like this is much more then anything man could do.

NPS said this morning that the quake caused a part of the Berma plate 600 miles long 100s of feet wide to raise between 10-15 feet. I could not even comprehend how much enegy that this would take. An early warning system could have detected the raise of a few inches out at sea an hour before the wave hit shore. People could have gotten at least a few miles inland in that time by foot. Sure their homes would have still been destroyed, but the loss of life would have been greatly reduced.

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Originally Posted by Rahein

The enery from a quake like this is much more then anything man could do.

NPS said this morning that the quake caused a part of the Berma plate 600 miles long 100s of feet wide to raise between 10-15 feet. I could not even comprehend how much enegy that this would take. An early warning system could have detected the raise of a few inches out at sea an hour before the wave hit shore. People could have gotten at least a few miles inland in that time by foot. Sure their homes would have still been destroyed, but the loss of life would have been greatly reduced.

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But no that would be to easy! ...........

according to the news earlier, the death toll is up to over 22,000 people, in loads of different countries. :(

now the death toll is 23,000 and expected to rise, cause thousands who were missing are now being assumed dead. i heard it may actually be around the 35,000 area after more bodies are found.

actually its now 40,000 from 11 countries :(

Yea, apparently it's 40, 000 at the moment...still rising.

Just got word that my friend's parents are safe. They left Puket the day before and were in Pattaya when the tsunami hit, thankfully. Heaven help the other poor souls, the pictures on Sky news are soul destroying. And I agree, it definately puts all our own problems into perspective. Thank God for my children, my family and friends, our homes and all our other many blessings. We truly are the lucky ones.