Tsunami in the South Pacific

TheMercenary · 04-02-2007, 08:07 AM

http://www.earthsky.org/blog/51180/e...deadly-tsunami

piercehawkeye45 · 04-02-2007, 11:44 AM

I have a feeling this won't get as much attention.

America will get bored if these keep happening.

glatt · 04-02-2007, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45

I have a feeling this won't get as much attention.

200,000+ dead in the last one.

13 dead in this one (so far)

wolf · 04-02-2007, 01:11 PM

We don't care what happens to brown people. Just look at New Orleans ...

piercehawkeye45 · 04-02-2007, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

200,000+ dead in the last one.

13 dead in this one (so far)

I'm just good at predicting media attention.....don't hate.

glatt · 04-02-2007, 04:14 PM

Well, you do have a valid point. The risk of bird flu is as high or higher than it was last year, since wild birds keep spreading it farther, but the press has stopped reporting on it.

Hagar · 04-02-2007, 04:32 PM

It was a bit eerie at first when the reports started coming out. Not the least because I was sitting 20 metres form the coast making work phone calls and listening to the radio. They sounded just like the reports at the start of the Indonesian wave disaster: "couple of people dead, unknown damage" to "some people dead some damage".

It changed when we got Tsunami warnings of our own and all the beaches were closed! Then there was the curious "do we evacuate or go down the beach for a look?" for the next four hours. When it became evident here that nothing was going to happen everyone just sort of said "Ok" and went back to the afternoon traffic chaos.

We really need a better warning system.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-02-2007, 07:40 PM

It's just god's way of letting everyone know who's gonna get screwed when the polar icecaps melt.

glatt · 04-11-2007, 04:22 PM

National Geographic is reporting that the island of Ranongga, in the Solomans was raised 10 feet after the quake, exposing vast stretches of coral reefs to the air and killing them. Amazing.

Happy Monkey · 04-11-2007, 04:26 PM

Better raised than lowered...

Clodfobble · 04-11-2007, 04:41 PM

I bet there would be some great IOTD pictures of that.

Aliantha · 04-11-2007, 11:32 PM

This link shows pictures

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04-02-2007, 11:44 AM	#2
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	I have a feeling this won't get as much attention. America will get bored if these keep happening.

04-02-2007, 04:14 PM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Well, you do have a valid point. The risk of bird flu is as high or higher than it was last year, since wild birds keep spreading it farther, but the press has stopped reporting on it.

04-02-2007, 04:32 PM	#7
Hagar Master of the Domain Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 220	It was a bit eerie at first when the reports started coming out. Not the least because I was sitting 20 metres form the coast making work phone calls and listening to the radio. They sounded just like the reports at the start of the Indonesian wave disaster: "couple of people dead, unknown damage" to "some people dead some damage". It changed when we got Tsunami warnings of our own and all the beaches were closed! Then there was the curious "do we evacuate or go down the beach for a look?" for the next four hours. When it became evident here that nothing was going to happen everyone just sort of said "Ok" and went back to the afternoon traffic chaos. We really need a better warning system.

04-11-2007, 04:22 PM	#9
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	National Geographic is reporting that the island of Ranongga, in the Solomans was raised 10 feet after the quake, exposing vast stretches of coral reefs to the air and killing them. Amazing.

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Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I bet there would be some great IOTD pictures of that.

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