22000 Dead.

[LightningGSX]

btw, on the whole earth topic, there's an asteroid that might hit us in 24 years.
As of today, there are 654 known potentially hazardous asteroids, that may hit earth at some point in the future.

http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/Dangerous.html

[Halon]

Yes we will more then likely be the ones working on aiding them. A typhoon hit the Phillipines a few weeks ago doing major damage. We've been keeping the airport open much longer then normal because of all the flights. With this now, we'll be prolly open around the clock because of all the flights going to help them. I won't actually go there, I will just be at work a lot longer because of long airport hours.

[JET]

The latest toll is up to 52,000. It is crazy to think that the waves could still be that powerful that far away. I have to do some more reading up on it, that is just mind boggling!

[Raptor]

As for the comments on the asteroids etc. Trust me on this, if you worry about dying, your not living. That said, enjoy life and make every moment count.

My mom called this morning and was telling me about one of the people at a hotel on one of the effected coast lines. He looked out into the bay and saw the water suck back for almost a Km and realized what was about to happen, ran inside warned everyone and they went into the upper floors (highrise). No one was injured in that situation. The hotel was designed with a system of breezeways in the lower floors that allowed the water to pass through with much less destruction. Another guy on a bridge noticed the tide sucking back as well and said there were boats on the floor of the ocean then when the wave came, they were of course proplled into the shoreline. It is power that is hard to even believe.

[Kracka]

Over 50,000 now :(

[Jana]

I watched some video's on MSN of the water coming in. It was kind of hard to tell how high the wave was from it. I can't imagine what it looks like to see the water going back and then just come rushing in. I will have to do some more research as well.

I just read on MSN News that the death toll is now up to 63,000, and I'm sure there are still many more unaccounted for. :(

[JDM]

Bored reading and found some stuff on Tsunamis


Apparently there is a major volcano located somewhere south and east of the US in the Atlantic. When volcanos erupt, the walls collapse, causing a land slide. Well a land slide would displace a great amount of water, thus causing a Tsunami.

Computer calculations and models show that if this volcano erupts, (eruptions in 1700's, and most recently in the 1940's and 70's, nothing major) and a major seismic event were to occur, a wave, known as a Super Tsunami would form, and gain speed, like the crack of a whip. When it reached Washington DC and NYC, the wave would be approx. 300feet plus in height, and be traveling at over 700mph. That would relocate the coast somewhere close to Eastern Tennessee, Western North Carolina.

Although the deaths are tragic, the push to do more will hopefully ensure that these lives weren't lost in vain. Sounds like the US gov't will hold talks on Seismic equipment and Global early warning systems to detect such a cataclysmic event.

Just a little blurb...

happy reading.

[Jana]

I actually watched a show about Super Tsunami's on Discovery or something. It's pretty scary to think that it can actually occur.

[Matt D.]

For anyone that's looking for some video... Pretty intense stuff.

http://jlgolson.blogspot.com/2004/12/tsunami-video.html

[Jana]

not much yet for video's i haven't seen....