SE Asian earthquake...not a merry xmas

Alphawolf · 2004-12-26, 03:41 PM

"JAKARTA, Indonesia - The world's most powerful earthquake in 40 years struck deep under the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Sumatra on Sunday, triggering tidal waves up to 20 feet high that obliterated villages and seaside resorts in six countries across southern Asia. Nearly 10,000 people were killed in the devastation."

Many dead...toll rising.

I've been to a few of those places.

'On Phi Phi island — where "The Beach" starring Leonardo DiCaprio was filmed — 200 bungalows at two resorts were swept out to sea.'

I was there just last year.

Lots of people are just gone. Poof. That's fucked up.

DangerDave · 2004-12-26, 04:26 PM

it' not good AW.... They are talking more than10,000 dead at the moment..

Not good at all

DD

Cleo · 2004-12-26, 08:28 PM

First hand experience of someone that got caught in the flood.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2004Dec26.html

I have a younger bother there that I have not heard from.

tiny · 2004-12-26, 11:17 PM

9.0 thats fucked I felt a 7 and watched as the streets rippling thats some scary shit.

RawAlex · 2004-12-27, 12:31 AM

9 is mind boggling... in a weird way, thankful that it happened in water instead of on land... in the middle of india or something, a 9.0 could have wiped out hundreds of thousands of people...

The earth isn't in a good mood these last few weeks. Could California be next? *sigh*

Alex

digifan · 2004-12-27, 02:22 AM

It's terrible news... and all the hurricanes, tornados, snow storms, 2004 was a bad year. And it is not over yet.

swedguy · 2004-12-27, 05:21 AM

It's horrible. I just heard on the news couple of minutes ago that death toll is up to 17,000

This morning it struck me that right around this time I would've been in the middle of the earthquake zone if we would've gone on our kayak trip from Malaysia to Burma. I am so grateful today that things started going wrong already around May-June this year that made it impossible for us to go

I doubt us in a tent if we would be on shore or us in a small kayak would put up a match against a tsunami wave

Ms Naughty · 2004-12-27, 07:55 AM

In 2001 my husband and I went to Phuket and Phi Phi Island. It hate to see the beautiful Thai people suffering - especially as I'm here at the beach enjoying a wonderful holiday.

I gave some money to World Vision. And I don't want to sound preachy... but if you've got a spare $10...

www.redcross.org
www.worldvision.com
www.oxfam.org
www.unicef.org

Pervy · 2004-12-27, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Cleo
I have a younger bother there that I have not heard from.

I sincerely hope he is ok Cleo.

I have several friends who were on holiday in Phuket and the surrounding islands, plus some friends who live there.

My friends living there contacted me last night to say they are ok, but their house was washed away.

A friend on Phi Phi island said that he is ok, but several people he was partying with the night before were killed and his beachside villa was gone.... and friends in Phuket say they only just escaped and also saw many people killed.

There are still some people I haven't been able to contact and because its so close to HK lots of people go there when there is a holiday, so perhaps other people I know were there that I didn't even know were going.... I'm glad I wasnt there this year

What a terrible thing to happen

Extreme John · 2004-12-27, 11:48 PM

This story just keeps getting worse and worse... So sad.

docholly · 2004-12-28, 12:03 AM

23K and rising..

I've been to Phuket and besides being beautiful, one of the great things is that it's so open. Like the place we stayed was on 'stilts' .. exotic at the time.. devistating now.

Pervy · 2004-12-28, 01:05 AM

Because the area affected is so wide and many of the places are both remote and poor, it will be a little while before the numbers of dead are really known. It is also likely that a percentage of the dead will either not be found, not be known about or simply not counted.

What is perhaps worse is that possibly hundreds of thousands of people will have had their livelihoods literally washed away, fishermen that lost their boats and nets, shopkeepers who have lost their businesses, farmers who's land will have been ruined by the salt water, the list goes on and on.... and these are people who live on literally nothing because they have nothing (by our standards).

For those of you interested you can donate to the Red Cross via this link

https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation-form.asp

Alphawolf · 2004-12-28, 10:49 AM

Man...Deathtoll up to 44,000 now...

Cleo- have you heard from your Brother? Do you know exactly where he was?

Cleo · 2004-12-28, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Alphawolf
[BCleo- have you heard from your Brother? Do you know exactly where he was? [/b]

No but it is not uncommon for me not to hear from him for years at a time.

He called me about six months ago from an IP phone so I have no way of reaching him and can't remember exactly where he was.

Pic of him with one of his children

Alphawolf · 2004-12-28, 11:07 AM

No hotmail or yahoo e-mail? Guess not, huh?

Cleo · 2004-12-28, 11:12 AM

Last one I had is from an askdoctorpc.com domain and I have sent an e-mail to him but have not heard back.

Pic of his latest wife

AdultLoungeRaffi · 2004-12-29, 01:58 PM

there may still be a " Big One" here in the states? What do you think?

Cleo · 2004-12-29, 02:14 PM

I'm not a geologist but as far as I know this one doesn't have anything to do with what happens with plates in other parts of the world.

Personally I'm glad that I live where we have hurricanes but no earthquakes.

Greenguy · 2004-12-29, 02:20 PM

The "doom & gloom" stuff that's on the news lately is nuts - a tsunami is not going to hit the Atlantic Coast here it North America.

There's a company here near Buffalo that makes Earth Quake Shock Absorbers - their stock doubled the day after. I guess a lot of people plan on building in the middle of the Indian Ocean in the near future.

I'm with Cleo - I'll take snow & blizzards over earthquakes any day of the week.

Toni KatVixen · 2004-12-29, 05:59 PM

Here is a story of a woman who was out diving when it hit & then had to deal with crappy & insenstive service from the American Embassy.

Diver

Cleo · 2004-12-29, 06:07 PM

This map of the destruction is much wider then I realized.
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/maps/...t.exclude.html

As far as worrying about something like that I would think that something like Yellowstone erupting is more likely and would be much worse.
http://www.solcomhouse.com/yellowstone.htm

Only one thing to do

Greenguy · 2004-12-29, 06:27 PM

Thailand Tsunami - Would you like to help?

swedguy · 2004-12-29, 06:42 PM

Sitting here looking at tits and asses feels pretty unfulfilling at time like this. I just wish I could get a ticket to Thailand.

Thomas · 2004-12-30, 09:35 AM

1500 swedes still missing

|pissed|

There where about 15000 swedes in Thailand when it happend.

Our foreignminister Laila "greatest asshole alive" Freivalds |pissleft| did not send massive help until 3 days after the waves.
3 DAYS! What a fuckhead!

This will be the biggest disaster in modern time for Sweden.

Everybody knows somebody that where in the area when it happend!

|pissed|

/Thomas

swedguy · 2004-12-30, 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Thomas
1500 swedes still missing |pissed|

There where about 15000 swedes in Thailand when it happend.

Our foreignminister Laila "greatest asshole alive" Freivalds |pissleft| did not send massive help until 3 days after the waves.
3 DAYS! What a fuckhead!

This will be the biggest disaster in modern time for Sweden.

Everybody knows somebody that where in the area when it happend!

|pissed|

/Thomas

http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyhete...582046,00.html

I haven't liked her from the first day when she became foreign minister, I didn't like her before that either.

What the article says is that when she found out about the distaster and it was known that hundreds of people had died, she did not go to work. When it was know that 10,000+ people had died, she went to the theater. 31,5 hours later she showed up at work.

I've found a flight down there tomorrow. But my bank is closed, so they can't clear my CC so I can get the damn ticket.
I hate sitting here not being able to do anything

2004-12-26, 03:41 PM	#1
Alphawolf Don't come to Florida for vacation. We're closed. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 1,874	SE Asian earthquake...not a merry xmas "JAKARTA, Indonesia - The world's most powerful earthquake in 40 years struck deep under the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Sumatra on Sunday, triggering tidal waves up to 20 feet high that obliterated villages and seaside resorts in six countries across southern Asia. Nearly 10,000 people were killed in the devastation." Many dead...toll rising. I've been to a few of those places. 'On Phi Phi island — where "The Beach" starring Leonardo DiCaprio was filmed — 200 bungalows at two resorts were swept out to sea.' I was there just last year. Lots of people are just gone. Poof. That's fucked up. __________________ Regards, AW Weekly Pay. Sites That Convert. Start Pimpin' Today!

2004-12-26, 04:26 PM	#2
DangerDave Bonged Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: BrisVegas, AUSTRALIA Posts: 4,882	it' not good AW.... They are talking more than10,000 dead at the moment.. Not good at all DD __________________ Old Dollars >>>> Now with over 90 Hosted Free Sites <<<< DangerDave.com.au - Adult Links to Free Porn

2004-12-26, 08:28 PM	#3
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	First hand experience of someone that got caught in the flood. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2004Dec26.html I have a younger bother there that I have not heard from. __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2004-12-27, 02:22 AM	#6
digifan ...and since we know an end will come it makes our living so much fun Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: In your dreams, baby Posts: 3,835	It's terrible news... and all the hurricanes, tornados, snow storms, 2004 was a bad year. And it is not over yet. __________________ Webair Rocks

2004-12-27, 05:21 AM	#7
swedguy Vagabond Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,374	It's horrible. I just heard on the news couple of minutes ago that death toll is up to 17,000 This morning it struck me that right around this time I would've been in the middle of the earthquake zone if we would've gone on our kayak trip from Malaysia to Burma. I am so grateful today that things started going wrong already around May-June this year that made it impossible for us to go I doubt us in a tent if we would be on shore or us in a small kayak would put up a match against a tsunami wave Last edited by swedguy; 2004-12-27 at 05:36 AM..

2004-12-26, 11:17 PM	#4
tiny Hello, is this President Clinton? Good! I figured if anyone knew where to get some tang it would be you Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: maine Posts: 447	9.0 thats fucked I felt a 7 and watched as the streets rippling thats some scary shit.

2004-12-27, 12:31 AM	#5
RawAlex Took the hint. Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,597	9 is mind boggling... in a weird way, thankful that it happened in water instead of on land... in the middle of india or something, a 9.0 could have wiped out hundreds of thousands of people... The earth isn't in a good mood these last few weeks. Could California be next? sigh Alex

2004-12-27, 07:55 AM	#8
Ms Naughty old enough to be Grandma Scrotum Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 1,408	In 2001 my husband and I went to Phuket and Phi Phi Island. It hate to see the beautiful Thai people suffering - especially as I'm here at the beach enjoying a wonderful holiday. I gave some money to World Vision. And I don't want to sound preachy... but if you've got a spare $10... www.redcross.org www.worldvision.com www.oxfam.org www.unicef.org __________________ Promote Bright Desire

2004-12-27, 11:48 PM	#10
Extreme John Afro John says: "Touch The Extreme Afro & You'll Be In Extreme Pain!" Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: FL Posts: 1,671	This story just keeps getting worse and worse... So sad. __________________ September 6, 2007

2004-12-28, 12:03 AM	#11
docholly Nothing funnier than the ridiculous faces you people make mid-coitus Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Sin-City USA Posts: 4,973	23K and rising.. I've been to Phuket and besides being beautiful, one of the great things is that it's so open. Like the place we stayed was on 'stilts' .. exotic at the time.. devistating now. __________________ Support Indie Porn Sites OMGoddess You know you need some Bling!!

2004-12-28, 01:05 AM	#12
Pervy Lord help me, I'm just not that bright Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Asia Posts: 100	Because the area affected is so wide and many of the places are both remote and poor, it will be a little while before the numbers of dead are really known. It is also likely that a percentage of the dead will either not be found, not be known about or simply not counted. What is perhaps worse is that possibly hundreds of thousands of people will have had their livelihoods literally washed away, fishermen that lost their boats and nets, shopkeepers who have lost their businesses, farmers who's land will have been ruined by the salt water, the list goes on and on.... and these are people who live on literally nothing because they have nothing (by our standards). For those of you interested you can donate to the Red Cross via this link https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation-form.asp __________________ Pervy <br>

2004-12-28, 10:49 AM	#13
Alphawolf Don't come to Florida for vacation. We're closed. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 1,874	Man...Deathtoll up to 44,000 now... Cleo- have you heard from your Brother? Do you know exactly where he was? __________________ Regards, AW Weekly Pay. Sites That Convert. Start Pimpin' Today!

2004-12-28, 11:07 AM	#15
Alphawolf Don't come to Florida for vacation. We're closed. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 1,874	No hotmail or yahoo e-mail? Guess not, huh? __________________ Regards, AW Weekly Pay. Sites That Convert. Start Pimpin' Today!

2004-12-29, 01:58 PM	#17
AdultLoungeRaffi Trying is the first step towards failure Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: California Posts: 121	Do you think this Quake in Asia was " The Big One "and it hit...or there may still be a " Big One" here in the states? What do you think? __________________

2004-12-29, 02:14 PM	#18
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	I'm not a geologist but as far as I know this one doesn't have anything to do with what happens with plates in other parts of the world. Personally I'm glad that I live where we have hurricanes but no earthquakes. __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2004-12-29, 02:20 PM	#19
Greenguy The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Blasdell, NY (shithole suburb south of Buffalo) Posts: 41,758	The "doom & gloom" stuff that's on the news lately is nuts - a tsunami is not going to hit the Atlantic Coast here it North America. There's a company here near Buffalo that makes Earth Quake Shock Absorbers - their stock doubled the day after. I guess a lot of people plan on building in the middle of the Indian Ocean in the near future. I'm with Cleo - I'll take snow & blizzards over earthquakes any day of the week. __________________ Promote POV Porn Cash By Building & Submitting Galleries to the Porn Luv Network

2004-12-29, 05:59 PM	#20
Toni KatVixen Nobody gets into heaven without a glowstick Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 420	Here is a story of a woman who was out diving when it hit & then had to deal with crappy & insenstive service from the American Embassy. Diver __________________ Peace toni@katvixen.com

2004-12-29, 06:07 PM	#21
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	This map of the destruction is much wider then I realized. http://www.cnn.com/interactive/maps/...t.exclude.html As far as worrying about something like that I would think that something like Yellowstone erupting is more likely and would be much worse. http://www.solcomhouse.com/yellowstone.htm Only one thing to do __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2004-12-29, 06:27 PM	#22
Greenguy The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Blasdell, NY (shithole suburb south of Buffalo) Posts: 41,758	Thailand Tsunami - Would you like to help? __________________ Promote POV Porn Cash By Building & Submitting Galleries to the Porn Luv Network

2004-12-29, 06:42 PM	#23
swedguy Vagabond Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,374	Sitting here looking at tits and asses feels pretty unfulfilling at time like this. I just wish I could get a ticket to Thailand.

2004-12-30, 09:35 AM	#24
Thomas With $10,000, we'd be millionaires! We could buy all kinds of useful things like ... love! Join Date: May 2004 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 319	1500 swedes still missing \|pissed\| There where about 15000 swedes in Thailand when it happend. Our foreignminister Laila "greatest asshole alive" Freivalds \|pissleft\| did not send massive help until 3 days after the waves. 3 DAYS! What a fuckhead! This will be the biggest disaster in modern time for Sweden. Everybody knows somebody that where in the area when it happend! \|pissed\| /Thomas __________________ I like big boobs, do you?