How do Tsunami form?
One of the most powerful earthquakes in history hit Asia Sunday, unleashing a tsunami which devastated coastal areas of Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia and tourist isles in Thailand.
The death toll is over 118,000. That number seems to keep rising, as reports
come in from around the world.
update:Make that 135,000 people dead.
update: Make that 140,000 people dead.
update: Make that 155,000 people dead.
Filed under: Personal by ramdac |
December 31st, 2004 at 8:24 am
I read that this thing was so powerful it actually brought the earth’s rotation to a complete stop for about one fraction of a second.
December 31st, 2004 at 10:50 am
Actually, you’ve got that backwards. It made the Earth rotate faster by 3 microseconds.
It also may have shifted the pole an inch and made the Earth wobble a bit more.
Here’s the story (cnn)
January 1st, 2005 at 6:10 pm
While normally I’d think it repugnant to compete in a time like this, I am glad that nations are competing to give the most in donations. Screw all the loans we’d just forgive later anyway, this is a worldwide disaster of epic proportions.
January 20th, 2005 at 8:02 am
I see on the news it’s now up to at least 220,000. May the Lord be with each of their souls and their families
February 15th, 2005 at 10:51 pm
the numbers just keep increasing… how sad.