Largest earthquake in 50 years.

B.Calhoun said:
Just kill yourself......nah dont do that she's probally fine.
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That's some of the worst humor I've ever heard.

She'll be all right, tron, no worries.
 
<RJMC> said:
I also know someone from that zone
is a girl of finland that I meet in irc
do finland was affected?
I will send a email

anyway that was sad

and I remenber in my country in the 1998 or close,there was a earthquake in a coast city and was of 9.6 of richter scale,was bad but not so much like that one,but I see today in CNN that was like 6000 people dead or I am wrong?
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Last I heard, no one from Finland was dead, only hospitalised. And the dead count was 10 000.
 
www.cbc.ca has risen the death count to 14,000.

And Gunzablazin, he just means no one from Finland who was in the area of the tidal waves died.

It's just like if I say three people from the US died, the wave did not strike the US.
 
sorry the country she is from is Philipines I remenber now

do philipines was affected?
 
<RJMC> said:
sorry the country she is from is Philipines I remenber now

do philipines was affected?
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Effected that they probally felt the quake a tiny bit...possibly, but no one got hurt or killed there.
 
Tr0n said:
Effected that they probally felt the quake a tiny bit...possibly, but no one got hurt or killed there.
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she answered my mail and say sh say they were not affected
 
Thank god!

Shes alright guys...I was so worried...omg.She just contacted me...her job been keeping her pretty busy currently...but the earthquake didn't do much there.I feel so relieved now...

Anyways thanks to those who helped comfort me...another reason that makes hl2.net great.Thanks a bunch guys.
 
BBC is now reporting over 15,000 confirmed dead.Sri Linka and India was the hardest hit...and they are still finding dead bodies.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4126971.stm

Sri Lanka: 5,860 dead
Indonesia: 4,440 dead
India: 4,270 dead
Thailand: 839 dead
Malaysia: 44 dead
Maldives: 32 dead
Bangladesh: 2 dead
 
Farrowlesparrow said:
Since I don't want to be too inconsiderate to people who have friends over there, I wont say too much. However, don't lash out so fast at people who say they don't care. I'm sure they would rather people didn't die, but human beings really don't care unless its affecting them personally. Its just a fact of life...Also, the reason why tourists are mentioned so much, is the fact that country of origin is usually the closest tie we have to anyone over there, and that brings it home a little more.
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I think that the problem is, people are just coming into the thread and saying "why do i give a shit about some dead people from Thailand". I don't care that you don't care, it's just the fact that people come into this thread and make the whole world know that they don't care that annoys me.

September 11th didn't effect me in anyway and it wouldn't of effected anyone outside of New York or Washington, if it wasn't for George W. Bush. But i would never of come into a September 11th thread and say "who give's a shit?".
 
marksmanHL2 :) said:
It doesnt bother either of you that thousends of people have died at all?
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People die, I am used to it.
 
Razor said:
I think that the problem is, people are just coming into the thread and saying "why do i give a shit about some dead people from Thailand". I don't care that you don't care, it's just the fact that people come into this thread and make the whole world know that they don't care that annoys me.

September 11th didn't effect me in anyway and it wouldn't of effected anyone outside of New York or Washington, if it wasn't for George W. Bush. But i would never of come into a September 11th thread and say "who give's a shit?".
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That's exactly the same as what I'm thinking. God Forbid anyone who comes into a September 11th thread and say "I don't care, it doesnt affect me". These people would be the first to complain.
 
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Just before the wave struck the boat.


Right now reports of over 20 dead swedes, but hundreds are still missing. I know some of them. :(
 
I really wish I knew more about the physics on what happened exactly.

Like..how big was the wave(s)? Was it only one huge wave or several? Did it go inland very far? Was it still extremely high when it hit land?

So many questions, surely someone can answer them.
 
vetebulle said:
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Just before the wave struck the boat.


Right now reports of over 20 dead swedes, but hundreds are still missing. I know some of them. :(
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I'm sorry, vetebulle, but I'm sure they're alive.
 
Baal said:
I really wish I knew more about the physics on what happened exactly.

Like..how big was the wave(s)? Was it only one huge wave or several? Did it go inland very far? Was it still extremely high when it hit land?

So many questions, surely someone can answer them.
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There was an earthquake, which created huge waves, the waves spread all over the area, as you can see on this map. The waves were up to 30 metres (100 feet) high.
 
23,000 people killed, there were even deaths off the coast of africa :|.
i hope sum1 took a picture of this 100 ft high wave. see how high it actually is
 
21000 people killed, other sources say its 30000 :|

Iran's earthquake still holds the record of death (700000)
 
The two finns my dad know are pretty ****ed.

They were hiking somewhere in Thailand when the earthquake happend. AND they were right on the west coast... :( A number of finns in thailand are still missing, one dead in sri lanka.
 
23 00 is the latest I've heard, but Indonesia has only began counting the dead.
 
Damn... i wonder wat will happen if the magnitude has reached 10-20...
 
I wish I could go out there and see what has happened. Apparently a million people are unaccounted for because aid agencies aren't being allowed access to some places.

A million people.
 
Man, this sucks. Natural disasters can be deadly. Imagine this happening right off the coast of New York City. Sheesh!
 
ray_MAN said:
Man, this sucks. Natural disasters can be deadly. Imagine this happening right off the coast of New York City. Sheesh!
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You see, that's the thing, it wouldn't be nearly as bad because New York City is all like high buildings and such. I was just at BBC's website and I saw the footage of what happened..Most of the places that were hit were beaches with shacks basicly, which can get washed away very easily.

I can't fully comment on it because well...I haven't seen enough footage, maybe the waves were higher and more destructive in other areas, but from what I saw, if the waves hit an area with a bit more money and more advanced architecture, it would not have been nearly as bad.
 
magnitudes of 10-20 don't happen unless the end of the world is comming. A magnitude of 20 would be 100 000 000 000 (one hundred billion) times bigger and more powerful than the earthquake in Asia. I think that's sufficient force to crack the earch in two or atleast make everything you learned in grade 8 geography obsolete
 
this is all upside down. They should start counting bodies over the top, like 1 000 000 died. Then they gradually bring it down.
 
Dan said:
magnitudes of 10-20 don't happen unless the end of the world is comming. A magnitude of 20 would be 100 000 000 000 (one hundred billion) times bigger and more powerful than the earthquake in Asia. I think that's sufficient force to crack the earch in two or atleast make everything you learned in grade 8 geography obsolete
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They said the quake that hit in souteast asia actually disturbed the earths rotation a tiny bit.
 
That's kind of scary if it was powerful enough to do that.

Who's they?
 
but all this earthquake business has made us forget the true danger, large asteroids crashing into our planet.
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news146.html
Actually it's only 400m wide and has a 1/60 chance of hitting us. 400m would cause only local damage like the meteor that hit siberia way back when.
 
Baal said:
That's kind of scary if it was powerful enough to do that.

Who's they?
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I think it was The U.S. Geological Survey...I saw it on yahoo news.

Trying to find the article again.
 
Baal said:
You see, that's the thing, it wouldn't be nearly as bad because New York City is all like high buildings and such. I was just at BBC's website and I saw the footage of what happened..Most of the places that were hit were beaches with shacks basicly, which can get washed away very easily.

I can't fully comment on it because well...I haven't seen enough footage, maybe the waves were higher and more destructive in other areas, but from what I saw, if the waves hit an area with a bit more money and more advanced architecture, it would not have been nearly as bad.
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But, there are so many people on the streets. And the buildings could still fall and such. All it takes is a powerful blast to the bottom of a building and the entire thing falls. :| It would sure suck.
 
Yahoo news isn't really the best source for anything concrete.
If something like that did hit New York, the damage could be horrendous as well. First of all, think of just how many people would be underground at the time, then there are the thousands on the streets. It would also only take a couple of the larger buildings to collapse, to really do some damage. Its a very densely populated place, and I could easily imagine an equal amount of people dying, especially if you factor in the rest of the coast of the US that would be hit...if something like that could occur.
 
Yea, if it could. We shouldn't be talking about New York, because I believe it's impossible. We should talk about LA or other large cities in California.
 
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