sneak Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 ...was one of the worlds biggest disasters. The Boxing Day Tsunami The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake.[3][4] The resulting tsunami itself is given various names, including the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, Asian Tsunami, Indonesian Tsunami, and Boxing Day Tsunami. The earthquake was caused by subduction and triggered a series of devastating tsunamis along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean, killing nearly 230,000 people in eleven countries, and inundating coastal communities with waves up to 30 meters (100 feet) high. It was one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand were the hardest hit. With a magnitude of between 9.1 and 9.3, it is the second strongest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph. This earthquake had the longest duration of faulting ever observed, between 8.3 and 10 minutes. It caused the entire planet to vibrate as much as 1 cm (0.4 inches)[5] and triggered other earthquakes as far away as Alaska.[6] I was in the area, with my family in Malaysia and although we were not as badly affected as places in Sri Lanka and Thailand it was still pretty grim. I saw some very un-nice stuff which i still have only ever described to one person in detail. it still bothers me.... i made a thread about, live and direct if you will but it got lost in one of the crashes.... Still cant get over the fact that 230,000+ people died. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoes Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 1st natural disaster to actually affect my emotions RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Knight Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercer Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 15 years ago, some friends of mine, taught me to paint letters and not catch fines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crocodile Tears Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 when so many people die so easily and almost instantly it brings "your" right mortality to the surface Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnifeHits RS Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 1st natural disaster to actually affect my emotions RIP Can you believe it? The system has failed! Can you believe it? It failed once again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somethinglikethat Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Saw a special on this on the discovery channel last week, some amazing footage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VANDALICIOU$$$ Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhuqKhXZkkY peep this shit crazy footage!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 There is a documentary about it on C4 right now, shit is pretty gnarly. Hope you sleep easy nowadays dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoHuxtable.. Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Probably the biggest disaster in my lifetime. Or most people's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxRoach Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 That footage is INSANE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manute Bol Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 I had a dream my room was filling up with water from outside the other night...mind fuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopsticks Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 Some fam friends of ours were out there when it happened, they were on there honeymoon. They both ended up staying and helping people for a long ass time, alot of the photos that were in papers, on the new etc were ones our friend had taken. They've got some crazy stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneak Posted December 30, 2009 Author Share Posted December 30, 2009 There is a documentary about it on C4 right now, shit is pretty gnarly. Hope you sleep easy nowadays dude. yeah i saw a bit of that this evening. some of that footage was mad...bought back some unpleasant memories... you gotta admit, without digital cameras and mobiles we probably would be seeing none of this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Flowsmith Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 T S S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aceh Rest in peace to all who were lost in so many countries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remo_oner Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 to alchamist!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slept_on Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 YES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PITOFZOMBIES Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 rip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro dePaca Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 to alchamist!!! oh no. this kid discovered ch0. he would be on my ignore already, but he's good for some lols. like this: srry its shitty but i had to do it in a sneaky way witout lookin cuz mam mom was in front of me.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnomeToys Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Horrible fucking disaster, and it got way less airplay than 9/11 in which 0.1% of the deaths occured. But seriously, I'd smash the chick on the right in that pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francis buxton Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Stolen from the desktop thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire15 Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Because everyone knows the tsunami was planned and executed by humans. Fucking idiots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsmbfan Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 the fucks wrong with you kid? you need a hug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnomeToys Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Who cares? It still took more lives, I don't give a fuck if it was done on purpose or not, it's still the same level of tragedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire15 Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Your forgetting it happened to a bunch of non-white people. Thats why no one gives a shit, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnomeToys Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 They were yellow people even, which puts them somewhere between black people and de-evolved mutant people in U.S. media rankings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire15 Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 The yellereds still aint good enough. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KM4RT Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Your forgetting it happened to a bunch of non-white people. Thats why no one gives a shit, The sad truth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pertplus1 Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 or maybe it was because it was outside the US, not many americans care about anything that happens outside the country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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