8.9 quake in Sumatra...

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  • Dr Mordrid
    Moderator
    • Apr 2001
    • 26592

    #1

    8.9 quake in Sumatra...

    ....tsunamis, shocks felt all over SE asia;



    Wow.....

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  • Fluff
    Super MURCer
    • Apr 2002
    • 1522

    #2
    Ouch...
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    • lecter
      Super MURCer
      • May 2002
      • 1467

      #3
      Seems like the building where I work got pretty shook up this morning...I was on a canal boat at the time and when I got there most of the people were outside and not in much of a mood to get back inside. Last I heard on the local news, about 20 people got swept up by the tsunamis in the South and some popular resort islands were going to get evacuated...And I'm going to Macau & Hong Kong next week
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      • The PIT
        Super MURCer
        • Aug 1999
        • 11901

        #4
        Fifth biggest earth Quake since 1900. Has the Tsunami hit all the areas in the Indian ocean or is still on it's way????
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        • James_D
          MURCer
          • Jun 2002
          • 407

          #5
          Latest toll at 1400 gmt... 5900 dead, acording to bbc.

          jesus, poor people...

          JD
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          • The PIT
            Super MURCer
            • Aug 1999
            • 11901

            #6
            Up too 6000 and rising.

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            • James_D
              MURCer
              • Jun 2002
              • 407

              #7
              Reuter has tolls up on 11000 now...


              My thoughts go out to those who have lost someone today.

              JD.

              Edit: You are totally right Pit, though I didnt mean in that way. It was just to inform any UK readers.
              Last edited by James_D; 26 December 2004, 11:08.
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              • The PIT
                Super MURCer
                • Aug 1999
                • 11901

                #8
                It always annoys me when you hear "Some Britains are dead etc etc"

                I think it's equally bad that anyone from any country has died and does it really matter where they come from ????

                I wouldn't be surprised if the death toll topped out around 20,000 or so. Probably the biggest death toll since krakatoa.

                I'm sorry for any familes that are suffering a loss at this time.
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                • breezer
                  MURCer
                  • Sep 1999
                  • 571

                  #9
                  Iagree with you Pit skys coverage thsi morning was not very good, I think they must have had their b team out as it was a holiday weekend.

                  We are thinking of everyone involved in the incident.

                  Breezer
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                  • KvHagedorn
                    Super MURCer
                    • Aug 1999
                    • 10725

                    #10
                    Hope this isn't a seriously scary portent of activity in the Toba caldera.

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                    • Dr Mordrid
                      Moderator
                      • Apr 2001
                      • 26592

                      #11
                      You aren't the only one!!

                      The last time the Toba supervolcano let go (~75,000 years ago) it reduced the human population of Earth to about 2,000-5,000....TOTAL!!

                      IIRC that eruption was 10,000 times the size of Mt. St. Helens last pop.

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                      • James_D
                        MURCer
                        • Jun 2002
                        • 407

                        #12
                        latest toll 17200 confirmed dead,
                        it even killed 9 people in somalia, 5000 km away..


                        JD.
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                        • ayoub_ibrahim
                          Super MURCer
                          • Dec 1999
                          • 2445

                          #13
                          hmm, just seen that it's been reupgraded to 9 on the Richter scale.

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                          • KvHagedorn
                            Super MURCer
                            • Aug 1999
                            • 10725

                            #14


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                            • The PIT
                              Super MURCer
                              • Aug 1999
                              • 11901

                              #15
                              Looks like my orginal estimate of 20,000 being sadly wrong. Already up to 23,000.

                              Perhaps now they'll consider getting some warning systems in place.
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