Earthquake In Asia Kills 3,000 People!

Oh come on UK and Australia are giving 30 million each while japan thinks of giving even more and it has already gave 40 million!!! Come on US!!! And France has gone from 750,000 usd to 20 million US dollars in aid.

YEAHHH!!! Canada giving 40 milion in aid. I feel so proud!!!
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/12/29/dart-tsunami041229.html

Shame on Us .Canada is 10 times smaller then USA

personally i sent €20 via sms

I still think Canada should send more. Well at least our PM and Foreign affairs minister is coming back this week. Unlike your President who will goes on vacation all the time. I think Canada should send something like 80-100 million in money. This is a great disaster unlike ever seen since 1976. That was the Tangshan earthquake that killed 225,000 people in china.

I think Australia two should send more, considering our place in the world, we are relatively close to these nations, they are almost our neighbours.

However the United states should send the most money. I remember the CNN prouding themsleves over 35 million. Then CBC says " canada donates 40 million." I am like that quite an increase. I think when the Foriegn Minister comes home he will pledge more!

Yes, but then, no offence meant, the US can be quite stingy some times. But yes, I hope they two donate more.

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- The deadly Asian earthquake may have permanently accelerated the Earth's rotation, shortening days by a fraction of a second and caused the planet to wobble on its axis, U.S. scientists said Tuesday.

Damn ! imagine what would happen with a quake 10 times the power of that ; actually i cannot imagine what would happen

would the earth stop spinning ?

Stingy Stingy!!! That UN guy had guts to say that and he is right. The us has so money to waste on Iraq!! 200 billion and counting but only sends 35 million. IMO US should send 10 times the amount Canada is sending!!
Shocking thing is that some yanks are complaining about sending 35 million. Well i haven't see one Canadian complain about Us sending money. 😠

Originally posted by GCG
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- The deadly Asian earthquake may have permanently accelerated the Earth's rotation, shortening days by a fraction of a second and caused the planet to wobble on its axis, U.S. scientists said Tuesday.

Damn ! imagine what would happen with a quake 10 times the power of that ; actually i cannot imagine what would happen

would the earth stop spinning ?

WOH!!!!! If a earthquake 10times hit, i think Indonesia would sink, and it would kill more people then WW2 and i can't even imagine that! Imo the only thing that can really affect the earth is an asteroid

not to be insensitve but did anyone see the vid of the tourists getting washed away? they were trying to hide behind a tarp, and pool furniture. i think they lived though but it was funny as hell seeing they 20 foot waves carry them away

The thing is the tsunamis didn't come as a tidal wave but as a small wave. However the wave was a surge of water that kept going in and more in. Its like The day after tomorrow scene. THat wasn't a wave, that was a surge of water. Manjaro the man lived the wife is missing. Some people said the wave was nothing how did so many die. Well there was a wave but then water surged in billion of litres behind it inland.

"WOH!!!!! If a earthquake 10times hit, i think Indonesia would sink, and it would kill more people then WW2 and i can't even imagine that! Imo the only thing that can really affect the earth is an asteroid"

Of course it would depend also where the earth quake occured, but yes, a horrifying thought, makes one think about how fragile it all is. For all our tech and knowledge we would be powerless in the face of that.

DEVASTATION

No technology can save us from natures fury at that epic of a scale. What would you say" a 90.0 earthquake hits Indonesia but LA and New York are demolished by Tsunamis." I think anything of that strength would kill millions heck tens of millions! Nothing i can think about. The only way a earthquake can be that strong if like on entire plate shifts not meters but km!!

Originally posted by GCG

DEVASTATION

looks like a whirlpool in the 2nd picture. That explains way so many died!! weep

Back to a serious note weep

NATURES FURY 😱

Oh dear

NATURES FURY!! 😱 all 1000 dead on that Train

The Sweden minister says that 1000 Swed's may have died in this disaster!! that would be The worst disaster for that country since WW2!! Also death toll is way past 3000 plus in Thailand! 2000+ foreigner killed in this calamity.

have you by any chance been to thailand manny ?

Bush is really pissing me off now.

First he wants to send $15 million. The UN attacks his decision (rightfully).

Then he sends $20 million more - totalling $35 million.

Did you know we spend more than that amount every four hours in Iraq!?

And his inauguration party will cost 25% more!

Jesus H. Christ.

Wow the death poll just keeps going up and up, this is soo horrible.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20041230/ap_on_re_as/tsunami

The death poll is said it could be over 100,000