Tough pictures to look at
From the video footage I saw, they had no idea what was going on
WOW!!! Have you guys seen this!!!
They say you will only see one of these in a lifetime!!!
Rescuers piled up bodies along coastlines hit by tsunamis that obliterated seaside towns in Asia and Africa and killed at least 23,700 people in 10 countries, according to a United Nations estimate released Monday.
Hundreds of children were buried in mass graves in India, and morgues and hospitals struggled to cope with the catastrophe. Somalia, some 3,000 miles away from the earthquake that sent tsunamis raging across the Indian Ocean, reported hundreds of deaths.
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Tough pictures to look at
From the video footage I saw, they had no idea what was going on
Cool photo Forensic!
To think all those peeps that were vacationing for Christmas. They didn't even know it was coming! The footage showed all those bodies floating in the ocean like rag dolls. I'm still in awe.
It is truly unbeleivable......They had NO IDEA it was coming.....I could not imagine. Not at all.... :frown:
To make matters worse, the rebels on Sri lanka ( I think) had thousands of land mines buried that were unearthed by the water, and are now a threat to rescue workers trying to get into the area, and survivors trying to get out..........MP
One video I saw, people were playing on the beach as the waves got bigger :sqeyes: they had no idea what was happening, they thought the water was just rising. Then the big ones came in while they were standing there :sqeyes:
Forensic, your right, the speed of the waves was 500 mph....the same speed as an airplane.
It happened around 8:00 a.m....people were on the beach and and tourists were drinking their morning coffee in the hotels. The beach had subsided over 100 yards for aprox 20 minutes....and then it hit. No one even knew it was coming. No warning whatsoever.
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The tsunamis came without warning. Witnesses said sea waters at first retreated far out into the ocean, only to return at a vicious pace. Some regions reported a crashing wall of water 30 feet high.
The water went back, back, back, so far away, and everyone wondered what it was a full moon or what? Then we saw the wave come, and we ran, said Katri Seppanen, who was in Thailand, on Phuket islands popular Patong beach."
Can you point me to it??
One video I saw, people were playing on the beach as the waves got bigger :sqeyes: they had no idea what was happening, they thought the water was just rising. Then the big ones came in while they were standing there :sqeyes:
They said this disaster was equal to 10 atomic bombs. Enough to shift the worlds lithospheric plates....One of the worlds worst natural disasters in history!!! :sqeyes:
Any body besides me thinking "The day after tomarrow"?