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http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/26/asia.quake/index.html
scary scenario...
my parents live off the coast of africa and they got slammed by tsunami's there
fortunately everyone is ok but the phone lines are shot... I barely managed to get 5 mins in before the phone cut out... thankfully they confirmed they were safe... our house over there is right on the sea-shore but it was the other side of the main island the got hit...
hopefully south-east asia and the sub-continent will not suffer too long from this and the after-effects will be limited...
gotta go make a donation now when places open up tomorrow...
Massive tsunamis triggered by the largest earthquake to shake the planet in more than 40 years wiped out coastal areas across Southeast Asia as far as 1,000 miles away, killing more than 4,700 people.
Most of the deaths were in Sri Lanka and India.
The initial quake, measuring 8.9 in magnitude, struck about 100 miles (160 km) off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island around 7 a.m. Sunday (0000 GMT), according to the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center.
It is the fifth largest earthquake in recorded history, according to the NEIC. The measurements have been taken since 1899.
Sri Lankan military authorities are reporting more than 2,400 people killed, most of them in the eastern district of Batticaloa. Several districts in the country's south have still not reported casualty figures, and authorities fear the death toll could rise.
scary scenario...
my parents live off the coast of africa and they got slammed by tsunami's there
fortunately everyone is ok but the phone lines are shot... I barely managed to get 5 mins in before the phone cut out... thankfully they confirmed they were safe... our house over there is right on the sea-shore but it was the other side of the main island the got hit...
hopefully south-east asia and the sub-continent will not suffer too long from this and the after-effects will be limited...
gotta go make a donation now when places open up tomorrow...