Earthquake In Asia Kills 3,000 People!

Earthquake, Tidal Waves Kill More Than 3,000 in Asia (Update10)

Dec. 26 (Bloomberg) -- The strongest earthquake in 40 years struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra, unleashing tidal waves that killed more than 3,000 people in India, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia.

The magnitude 8.9 quake, the fifth strongest in a century, triggered aftershocks across 2,000 kilometers (1,240 miles) of water, killing more than 2,600 people in India and Sri Lanka alone. The waves struck resorts in Thailand, Malaysia, the Andaman Islands and the Maldives filled with tourists for the year-end holidays.

Sri Lanka reported at least 1,650 deaths and appealed for international help. In India, more than 1,000 people died, Home Minister Shivraj Patil said. As many as 700 people died in Indonesia and 168 died and more than 2,000 were injured in Phuket and other southern beach areas in Thailand, Agence France-Presse said.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aSZNFtX0uoEI&refer=top_world_news

Express your thoughts about this and on a side note, is there anyone on KMC that lives in Asia?

cry shit

I know, I saw it on the news and decided to post the info on it. I think its suppose to be like one of the worst earthquakes in the world since 1960 or something.

i saw it on the news!

You'd probably have better luck with this thread in the GDF. That being said, this is simply horrible. I feel for those people.

Havent heard about that. Wow that must suck

That is horrible.I hate earth quakes.I am so happy that I don't live in a state or country that has one.JM

We had a minor tremor <Trimmer, however the heck you spell it> Before I was born, my mother told me about it.

Cool, ive never seen an tremor b4 whats iit like?

Lol goofy.
Its a minor earthquake, rarely big enough to do any real damage.

i have friends in thailand, so right now i'm waiting for them to reply to my emails...

Oo. That must sux0rs. Hope they're fine.

Originally posted by Liverpool Fan
Cool, ive never seen an tremor b4 whats iit like?

There was a tremor in Leicester 2 or 3 years back, it bust my stereo.

That sux

I heard at the news that are 5,000 deads

I thought it was 2700. I might've been reading a diff article though, but I thought it was the right thing

Well this morning it was 3,000 people, but they said those numbers would probably rise, so by now it must be a bit higher.

Yea, They're prolly going to find more bodies. Never know.

Originally posted by pr1983
i have friends in thailand, so right now i'm waiting for them to reply to my emails...

That sounds terrible, let us know if they email you back.

Yea.