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trevelyn1015 12-30-2004 06:27 AM
Tsunami Videos... :(
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by quad
The tidal wave (Tsunami) in Asia may have killed more than 100 000 people! And they speculate if it was on a weekday it could have been 10x worse!

Here are a few videos I found of the Tsunami. I'm sure there will be more to come as the media scrambles to get more footage.

http://www.downloaddungeon.com/mods/...ia_Tsunami.gif

Here are the videos ...


Tsunami Video 1 - this is a video of the tsunami that hit Phuket

Tsunami Video 2 - this tidal wave video works fine in my windows media player.

Tsunami Video 3 - yet another crazy video of the tsunami

Tsunami Video 4 - And one more video stream of the tsunami that hit Thailand, Indonesia, India and other parts of Asia.

Tsunami Video 5 - A chilling video showing how there were multiple waves, not just one.

[Link removed] - THIS VIDEO IS VERY GRAPHIC AND NWS. IT SHOWS BODIES AND MORE. VIEW AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION.


Posted on another site, i just quoted him...

Wow.... Poor people...

Tony G 12-30-2004 11:03 AM
It's really terrible, the toll rises daily. :(

Dean C 12-30-2004 01:14 PM
I've removed link #6 due to it being quite distasteful.

Gio~Logist 12-30-2004 02:28 PM
That's crazy, to many people dying for me to just sit there and watch the news so i flip past that channel now.

AN-net 12-30-2004 03:30 PM
its sad that such a natural thing can do some much damage. also all the lives lost make me sick:(

On the lighter side the US gov. was topped on their funds by Pfizer the creators of Viagra. Also bush made a silly comment by saying he plans to help the countries build ways to predict such massive tidal waves. *giggles because you cant predict earthquakes:P *

trevelyn1015 12-30-2004 03:47 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by AN-net
Also Bush made a silly comment by saying he plans to help the countries build ways to predict such massive tidal waves. *giggles because you cant predict earthquakes:P *

you can predict the waves coming in after the earthquake happens...



Quote:
Subject: How do they predict Tsunamis i.e. What type of equipment
do they use?
__________________________________________________ _____________

Dr. Frank Gonzalez, frank.i.gonzalez@noaa.gov:

We predict tsunamis in two ways. The first is to use computers to predict
how high tsunami waves will be along the coast for different kinds of
earthquakes. When put on maps, these predictions give planners an idea of
the best roads for people to take away from the beach if a tsunami happens
in the future.

The second type of prediction is made by the tsunami warning centers
right after an earthquake occurs that might create a dangerous tsunami.
They use seismographs to estimate the strength and location of the
earthquake. Often, they have enough information about past earthquakes
in the same region to tell whether a dangerous tsunami has occurred. They
also use tide gages near the earthquake to see how large the tsunami waves
are. Past experience also tells them which cities along the coast tend
to have the largest tsunami waves. Using computers, they also tell how
long it will take the tsunami waves to reach these cities.

Two new things that are being developed to improve the predictions right
after an earthquake are deep-ocean buoys to measure the tsunami
waves long before they can reach land and better computer programs to
predict the heights of these waves when they reach the coast. This works
for tsunamis that are created at a long distance from a coastal city.
When the tsunamis are created by an earthquake near a city, the best
prediction is the earthquake itself. People in the coastal city should
know that if they feel a strong earthquake, they should go to high
ground because a tsunami may be coming soon.

from: http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tsunami/Faq/x020_predict
we, in the u.s. have people that monitor for tsunamis and warn if one is something worth moving away from...

those other countries don't...

AN-net 12-30-2004 04:05 PM
yes but that tsunami only tooks minutes to form and not very long to reach the coast so the evacuation would have been impossible

SFishy 12-30-2004 05:40 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by AN-net
yes but that tsunami only tooks minutes to form and not very long to reach the coast so the evacuation would have been impossible
Actually, they figure the people could have had 30 minutes to 1 hour warning with the proper warning system. There are special bouys that we have around the U.S. (supposedly) that works as a warning system for us in the states. A lot of people would still be killed, but you'd increase people's chances.

Dean C 12-30-2004 05:54 PM
You have to remember these places were generally not as technically advanced as us, they won't have had a medium to get the message out that quickly. It's as simple as that, they lack the communications :)

trevelyn1015 12-30-2004 06:08 PM
ummm... a big ole siren next to the beach? all over i think any country in the world could manage that...

;) $125 - ebay ;)


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