Since 1976 my friend.
Also note it is normal for woman in Sri lanka and India to beat on their chests when in peril. Some yanks think they are happy. I know the culture fairly well there. Also many Hindus are being buried instead of cremated due to the amount of people killed. Hindus are rarley every buried!!! Shows how serious the event is. I thank our Cbc for not hiding Info from people and giving the info that matter most. I'll be back at 11 pm est. I am going to watch cbc national and get more news!
"But even so, the US has to deal with the war in Iraq..."
Amazing how something like this puts things in perspective, how minute the affairs of men are compared to something so uncontrolled.
Coming from Australia, it all seems so close, so horrifying, I knew some people holidaying in the area at the time, thankfully they are safe, and I hope that it is the same for other people who have loved ones over their. Such a terrible thing to happen in a part of the world that really can't cope with such disaster, the UN is saying this is the worse natural humanitarian disaster ever, and some analysts are predicting conservatively that the toll will go from 60,000 up to and over 100,000. 🙁
Really, it is one of those times were everyone should come together, and try to help, while things can't be put right, there are so, so many who are affected, I can only hope to see the world unite to help these poor, poor people.
1500 Swed's and 800 Norwegians are missing and presumed deadno, not presumed dead just missing. They havent been able to get in contact with the number missing, this is due to the wrecked infrastructure at the west coast of Thailand. This number is now dropping because missing persons have been able to get a message either to their homes or to the representatives of the countries authorities aka the embassies in Bangkok
You guys think this tital wave is bad? There was a special on the Discovery Channel showing the devastation of what happens when a mountain side gives way. Across the sea there is a mountain (forgot the name or locaation) that is slowly being filled with water from the inside...within time the whole mountain side will eventually collapse. From experiments and conversions the estimate is a "mega tsunami" over ONE MILE in height heading straight for the east coast of you guess USA. This wave was 20 feet high look at the damage and think about a mile high wave