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12-27-2004, 12:07 AM
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i was just about to post this, very tragic indeed!
but i expect limited news coverage after a couple of days, after all it diden't happen in america.
aparantley it hit alot of holiday resorts, so we could possibley expect deaths from all over the world.
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12-27-2004, 12:19 AM
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yeah alask had a 3.2 an hour after
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12-27-2004, 12:21 AM
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12-27-2004, 12:53 AM
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can they estalish yet weither the plated moved verticaly or horizontality?
becuase one can cause a bigger wave then the other,
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12-27-2004, 01:17 AM
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i can never believe how destructive nature can be. I can't even imagne how it must have looked/felt to those affected by the tsunami. How horrible it had to have been for those people
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12-27-2004, 02:07 AM
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Originally Posted by possessed_beaver
can they estalish yet weither the plated moved verticaly or horizontality?
becuase one can cause a bigger wave then the other,
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They say it created a 620mile hole in the earth. Geologists are saying that it has affected the earths spin, and will affect the weather accordingly.
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12-27-2004, 02:17 AM
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Originally Posted by mrmojo77
This is one tragic way to end christmas
Unbelievable how fast the tsunamis travel, 500 mph :shock: Is there any videos of what happened? I missed the news in here.
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if it was moving lets say 3600 miles in a min. then it was moving 216,000 mph closest thing to the speed of light in a long time probably.
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12-27-2004, 02:31 AM
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Many of the poor people could've been saved if they were informed of Tsunami possibility in advance
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12-27-2004, 02:44 AM
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Originally Posted by possessed_beaver
can they estalish yet weither the plated moved verticaly or horizontality?
becuase one can cause a bigger wave then the other,
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12-27-2004, 02:58 AM
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Originally Posted by mrmojo77
Originally Posted by FordGTGuy
Originally Posted by mrmojo77
This is one tragic way to end christmas
Unbelievable how fast the tsunamis travel, 500 mph :shock: Is there any videos of what happened? I missed the news in here.
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if it was moving lets say 3600 miles in a min. then it was moving 216,000 mph closest thing to the speed of light in a long time probably.
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Where did you get those numbers?
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from an article you honestly believe that a force of 30 billion dynamite going off at one time would only make a wave go 500 mph?
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12-27-2004, 03:05 AM
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Originally Posted by CSedl87
Originally Posted by possessed_beaver
can they estalish yet weither the plated moved verticaly or horizontality?
becuase one can cause a bigger wave then the other,
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They say it created a 620mile hole in the earth. Geologists are saying that it has affected the earths spin, and will affect the weather accordingly.
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620mile hole? holy fuck. did they say if it is located along the plates that shifted? or if we would notice any changes right away?
this kind of thing always gets interesting. especially when the effects aren't as obvious as say a volcanic eruption.
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12-27-2004, 03:25 AM
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Originally Posted by FordGTGuy
Originally Posted by mrmojo77
This is one tragic way to end christmas
Unbelievable how fast the tsunamis travel, 500 mph :shock: Is there any videos of what happened? I missed the news in here.
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if it was moving lets say 3600 miles in a min. then it was moving 216,000 mph closest thing to the speed of light in a long time probably.
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just think about what you just wrote.....as if a wave could travel at 216,000mph.....that made me laugh so hard
I heard on the news it was about 500kmh, which is alot more reasonable then the crazy figure you calculated. :shock:
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12-27-2004, 03:40 AM
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Originally Posted by dingo22
Originally Posted by FordGTGuy
Originally Posted by mrmojo77
This is one tragic way to end christmas
Unbelievable how fast the tsunamis travel, 500 mph :shock: Is there any videos of what happened? I missed the news in here.
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if it was moving lets say 3600 miles in a min. then it was moving 216,000 mph closest thing to the speed of light in a long time probably.
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just think about what you just wrote.....as if a wave could travel at 216,000mph.....that made me laugh so hard
I heard on the news it was about 500kmh, which is alot more reasonable then the crazy figure you calculated. :shock:
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i had to laugh at that too. with that figure, all of asia would have been submerged
216k mph would have reached Sri Lanka in 2.5 seconds vs. 2.5 HOURS
shit...i just noticed that Brunei is in the opposite direction of the tsunami :shock: the world easily could have added a shitload of ferraris to the list of casualties :shock: Not that a car is more important than a human life. but still. that would have been an even sadder day
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12-27-2004, 04:27 AM
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i've mentioned about it yesterday in "what did santa got u for xmas" section (but no one replayed ) propably not the best topic to talk about disasters - or u just dont read all the post carfefuly
- coz meant to be in thailand at this time my mum is quite happy that i've stayed in uk....
it must been huge if it somehow got from the west cost of indonesia to east cost of thailand!
EDIT--> after seeing second animation im startin to get it how it turns...
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