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Old 12-30-2004, 12:48 PM   #48
glatt
 
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Originally Posted by tw
I have no time for silly photographs of crying people, shrouded bodies, and broken trees. I want fact found in photographs with real perspective. Finally found what the president would have had on his desk on Sunday. This from the NY Times are 12 photos that truly put the event in perspective Asia's Deadly Waves . Click on the first row "Photos: Impact" . Click on the second row "Before and After".

Sidebar: Diego Garcia is a rather secret American base that is (if I have the numbers right) less than 10 feet above sea level. It too was struck by this Tsunami. And yet we hear nothing. Curious.
Good link to those aerial photos. They are amazing, and tell a lot.

Also, according to Stars and Stripes, Diego Garcia felt nothing and is fine.
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