Tsunamis hit South East Asia

oh dear :/ 8.9 on the richter :redface:

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kikzen

oh dear :/ 8.9 on the richter :redface:

Why the '

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You have family in the Maldives?

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danni_bella

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mockel

BBC News
Sky News
The links haven't been updated, but I've heard that there's at least 1000 dead in Sri Lanka, and hundreds more in other South East Asian coutries.

I feel absolutely devastated :frown:

My cousin in (South) India has told us that there were a few hundred who died on the beach closeby. In fact, I've been to someone's house who lives by that beach.
There's also various places in Sri Lanka that I've been to that have probably flooded. And then there's all our relatives/friends visiting Sri Lanka- I have no idea what's happened to them :frown:

I just pray that all goes well.

Omg, that is so sad :frown:

I heard about it on the radio today, but I didn't realise the extent of it. Well even though I don't know any1 in that area, I'll definitely pray for you and all that you know!!! I hope the people you know are alright :redface:

Lots of luv, Danni xoxox

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-xsarahx-

a girl from work on her gap year went out to Thailand on the 24th...i hope shes OK.

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OP

A few hours ago I heard that up to 1 million people could be affected in SL.
Seems like my family in India's okay, but SL is still a bit of a mystery to us, since it's hard getting through.
I feel pretty helpless at the moment.....there's not much I can really do, except for prayer.

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k@tie

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Yep just spoke to a friend in India, he's fine and the damage around his area is minimal, but apparently not so far away there are quite a few dead and an awful lot of damage :-S

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one of lecturers is going out there to assess damage
this time last year is was Bam earthquake... :frown:

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that sucks majorly :frown:

considering its already killed more and caused far more damage than 9/11, i wonder if we'll hear loads about it for years...doubt it'll be on much beyond next week myself :mad:

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having to say i agree with ya there technik :frown:

well me and my mates fron uni will be talking about well into feb i expect

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40665000/jpg/_40665179_apcolombo220.jpg

what a mess.

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http://www.reliefweb.int/w/rwb.nsf/vLCE/B46020E42CECE0A3C1256F76003D51A4?OpenDocument&StartKey=South+Asia:+Earthquake+and+Tsunami+-+Dec+2004&ExpandView

for anyone thats wants to read a little more about relief and aid

Reply 12

Tyler Durden

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It's terrible. :frown:

And technik, I agree - I bet this won't be in the news that long. In the West it's easy to distance oneself from such matters.

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technik

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40665000/jpg/_40665179_apcolombo220.jpg

what a mess.

Looks terrible....I don't even recognise the place :frown:

My mum's frantically phoning her aunty atm- apparently her road (which is right by the sea) was badly hit.

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hope everything is ok mockel

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mockel

Looks terrible....I don't even recognise the place :frown:

My mum's frantically phoning her aunty atm- apparently her road (which is right by hte sea) was badly hit.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40665000/jpg/_40665167_apseismo300.jpg

looks like annihilation type waves.

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LemonLime

hope everything is ok mockel

thank you

technik

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40665000/jpg/_40665167_apseismo300.jpg

looks like annihilation type waves.

saw those pictures on the news today....didn't really mean much to me :s-smilie:

(but it's obviously pretty bad)

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