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Now I don't claim to be an expert on seismic activity, but there has been a series of events which led up to the 9.0 earthquake of the coast of Indonesia which can not be ignored. This all could be an enormous coincidence, but one must look at the information and choose for themselves whether there is anything to it.

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Agencies Planning Aid to Tsunami Victims
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: December 28, 2004


Filed at 11:02 p.m. ET

The following aid agencies are accepting contributions for assistance that they or their affiliates are providing for those affected by the earthquake and tidal waves in Asia. U.S. organizations are members of InterAction, a coalition of relief, development and refugee assistance agencies.

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Originally posted by Dave W.

Toll up to 80K across 11 countries now, according to CNN, and NPR claimed 32K just on Sumatra. U.N. officials are saying the toll for just Banda Aceh (on Sumatra) may reach 80K.

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Originally posted by Dave W.

A 6.1 aftershock rocked Banda Aceh within the last hour.

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Originally posted by Dave W.

Toll up to 80K across 11 countries now, according to CNN, and NPR claimed 32K just on Sumatra. U.N. officials are saying the toll for just Banda Aceh (on Sumatra) may reach 80K.

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It'll be over 100,000 before the sun sets on this day. I would not be suprised if the butcher's bill tops i/2 million.

And Bush remains on one of his endless vacations instead of taking the lead in the rescue efforts as an American President should!

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12/29/2004
Disasters Big and Small:
Maybe if someone informed the President that resorts filled with rich people were involved in the tsunami disaster, he'd be paying more attention. 'Cause, you know, c'mon, this ain't like the Bam earthquake in Iran a year ago, when it was the usual array of screaming vaguely brown people we're used to seeing and shaking our heads at. There were Americans and Europeans involved, and India, proud supplier of talent to outsourcers everywhere, including, as we all know, the Republican Party. Yeah, yeah, Indonesia has its little terrorism problems, but, you know, it also has resorts, filled with Aussies, and they love us, or, you know, their PM does. And, generally, where there's rich people involved, Bush is right out there in front.

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Originally posted by Dave W.

CNN just reported that the sea level in San Diego, California, went up by 22 cm temporarily (sometime, I missed when), which means that part of the tsunami crawled clear across the Pacific.

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Tsunamis and Nuclear Power Plants
By RUSSELL D. HOFFMAN

More than 80,000 people are dead. Bodies wash ashore in a dozen countries. A train, loaded with a thousand passengers and their luggage, is swept away, engine, tracks, and all. Cars, trucks, buses, and boats are pushed more than a mile inland by the rushing water. Some of the waves were reported to be 40 feet high.

The ocean in San Diego, 1/2 a world away, rose 10 inches. It IS a small world, after all.

The "sea wall" at San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station ("SONGS") in Southern California is 35 feet tall, and about 35 years old. It could not have withstood Sunday's worst.

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Swedish paper reports tsunami warning halted out of concern for tourist industry

Tsunami warning halted ‘for tourist industry'

12/28/04 -- This from the Swedish paper Expressen.

Just minutes after the earthquake in the Indian Ocean on Sunday morning, Thailand's foremost meteorological experts were sitting together in a crisis meeting. But they decided not to warn about the tsunami “out of courtesy to the tourist industry,” writes the Thailand daily newspaper The Nation.

The experts got the news around 8:00 am on Sunday morning local time. An hour later, the first massive wave struck. But the experts started to discuss the economic impacts when they discussed if a tsunami warning should be issued.

The primary argument against such a warning was that there had not been any floods in 300 years. Also, the experts believed the Indonesian island Sumatra would be a “cushion” for the southern coast of Thailand. The experts also had bad information; they thought the tremor was 8.1. A similar earthquake occurred in the same area in 2002 with no flooding at all.

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Originally posted by filthy

Suspitions confirmed! Or if not 100% confirmed, then at least very damned close.

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Swedish paper reports tsunami warning halted out of concern for tourist industry

Tsunami warning halted ‘for tourist industry'

12/28/04 -- This from the Swedish paper Expressen.

Just minutes after the earthquake in the Indian Ocean on Sunday morning, Thailand's foremost meteorological experts were sitting together in a crisis meeting. But they decided not to warn about the tsunami “out of courtesy to the tourist industry,” writes the Thailand daily newspaper The Nation.

The experts got the news around 8:00 am on Sunday morning local time. An hour later, the first massive wave struck. But the experts started to discuss the economic impacts when they discussed if a tsunami warning should be issued.

The primary argument against such a warning was that there had not been any floods in 300 years. Also, the experts believed the Indonesian island Sumatra would be a “cushion” for the southern coast of Thailand. The experts also had bad information; they thought the tremor was 8.1. A similar earthquake occurred in the same area in 2002 with no flooding at all.

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Got to keep that cash flowing, now don't we? Some 'experts' these are. Further, what the hell do metorologists have to do with geological phenomena such as earthquakes?

Idiots.

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