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Kooka
Where was he? Thailand? Maybe all is not lost for them as there are many remarkable survival stories
posted by
beachbelle
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January 4, 2005
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My uncle was out there just a few weeks ago. I guess the hotel he stayed at is gone and all of the staff dead. He knows a few people who have (had) family out. And a business he was going to do business with out there is gone.
The Earth is not the safest place to live I guess.
posted by
kooka_lives
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January 3, 2005
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This calamity is far too close to home... It gives me the creeps whenever I think about it. I have just posted something related to it as well.
posted by
Amateur
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December 28, 2004
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The first time I heard that word Tsunami was a
couple of years ago when a girl from my island won the spelling bee by spelling that word correctly. I looked it up then, but a definition in the dictionary pales in comparison to what I'm seeing on television. Such a terrible disaster.
posted by
word.smith
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December 27, 2004
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Great timely writing. Funny how the news covers things in such an nonhuman way. They show pictures but don't make it real. Your writing about the mini tsunami made me feel the moment of fear the people must have faced. Do I dive in and use my knowledge of body surfing? Do I run to where? Do I ?
posted by
the-loanlady
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December 27, 2004
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beachbelle.........I placed myself in your feet at the water....good post!
posted by
WHAMENATOR
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December 27, 2004
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I've been doing a lot of research on this today
as my daughter is stationed off the Persian Gulf. It has been a terrible feeling to see the photos and read the news briefs.
You shared this story well and it helps to get a perspective on it.
posted by
PastorB
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December 27, 2004
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Beach, I think that it is one
of our most primitive fears, to be trapped in water. I was horrified by the pictures we saw about this. So many people's lives destroyed. It's heartbreaking.
posted by
MerryAnne
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December 27, 2004
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Thanks for a perspective on this horrid disaster.
posted by
ginnieb
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December 27, 2004
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wow!... glad you lived to tell the tale
my oldest cousin and her husband traveled the world and the boat they were on sunk....I don't know that much about it but it made the news, and they were on GMTV....they were the only british survivors....for 24 hours they were in water..and was watching bodys floating pass....
posted by
_Symphony_
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December 27, 2004
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Beach
Very well written! I recall the day, years ago, I was caught up in the ocean. It was new to me and I was caught in a wave and thrashed about as though I were in a washing machine. An experience that scared me and traumatized me. How frightening...and how sad for SE Asia
posted by
Wildwoman_Laloba
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December 27, 2004
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I feel numbed by Nature's ferocious and indiscriminate power. And why is it that as soon as my friend sent me a text to say she was okay, ten thousand deaths began to prey on my mind less heavily. I feel guilty for that.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
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December 27, 2004
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The immensity of it is shocking. I watched some of the news earlier and was just saddened by the tragedy of it -- so many people! So much loss.
posted by
telynor
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December 26, 2004
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You took an ordinary event and made it yours.
I enjoyed reading this from start to finish. Creative.
posted by
Zachary.N.Miles
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December 26, 2004
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Beach, this has just been awful today. I can't stay away from it. I want so badly to help those people that I see floating in the water and being washed out to see with debris. Everyone looks so stunned and so afraid.
posted by
TAPS.
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December 26, 2004
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Beachbelle,
I just saw photos on the news. It's hard to grasp the level of catastrophe. In February 2001, Seattle had an earthquaek, the second one I've felt in almost 20 years. I happened to be taking a walk on the waterfront, along the pier. What struck me during that long minute, was congregating with a group of people in a parking lot after feeling the long, sinuous, sideways movement of the pier, waiting for what came next: the tsunami, the viaduct above to fall, or the pier to open up. It was a long 5 minutes. We were very lucky: it was such a deep quake that it was very mild. Those poor people.
posted by
Blanche.
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December 26, 2004
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Sometimes I have nightmares
about tsunamis and the beach is devoured before me. What's odd is the sea is never endless in my dreams, it is like a movie set or a box that I can not escape. My brother-in-law just got back from Thailand, he gave me an elephant keychain. Natural disasters make many people wonder how lucky they were to avoid them, but really, is catastrophic flooding so unusual these days? In the past 100 years, how many people has flooding killed? I bet the number is enormous. Take care Beachbelle, great blog!
posted by
Flumpystalls3000
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December 26, 2004
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my friends dad works as an Aids researcher in Indonesia
she visits him often... things like this really worry me.
posted by
homegirl
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December 26, 2004
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Beachy this is such a disaster, I can't imagine what it must be
like there and the loss of life just unbelieveable.
posted by
scoop
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December 26, 2004
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very nice post, beach.
I have a friend who lives on the Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean halfway between East Africa and India, both of which were affected.
posted by
ARGUS
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December 26, 2004
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BB,
What a terrifying experience. I'm somewhat uncomfortable in water, and esp. going over a bridge i get the willies, as though I have drowned in another lifetime...
posted by
Julia.
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December 26, 2004
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Anytime there's a quake in Japan we worry!
Quakes in Japan have caused massive tsunamis in Hawaii in the past. It is very scary to think of. In ... 1986 I think ... we had a tsunami scare. I remember the roads were packed with people trying to evacuate their beachfront homes. I remember being terrified myself and ended up jumping out of my parents' truck to run home, since the traffic wasn't moving, to pack up my cats and the things we might need in case our house was swept away.
We were lucky that day. The water rose only a couple of inches. Actually, it was something of a letdown after all the adrenaline had been rushing through our bodies.
posted by
Jemmie211
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December 26, 2004
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Kelli
IN such cases swimming might help but it might not be enough
posted by
beachbelle
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December 26, 2004
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Wow, Beach! Glad you got through that in one piece...
I'm watching footage as I type...unbelievable...
posted by
void-is
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December 26, 2004
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beachbelle, I've never experienced a tsunami but I know the
feeling of big water on oahu's north shore...in those little overheads and a half's that I've experienced its pretty scarry when it takes control. I can only imagine how scared those people were.
posted by
FreeManWalking
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December 26, 2004
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I have a son who works summers at a large beach, and you wouldn't
believe how people can view it as just "another large swimming pool" not taking into consideration nature! It's a great post, Beachie.
posted by
KlaraRoberts
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December 26, 2004
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Klara
I'm fine thanks. What happened to me happened years ago. I am glad my friend wasn't there although as a doctor she would have ended up helping people.
posted by
beachbelle
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December 26, 2004
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Wow, Beach, I'm glad you're alright!
Some don't realize the power of the water, and frivolously engage in activities without thought of this power. A great post we should all remember.
posted by
KlaraRoberts
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December 26, 2004
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everyone should know how to swim! Very interesting beach.
posted by
Kelli
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December 26, 2004
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