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20 years since the Asian Tsunami

I can't believe it's been 20 years since a quarter of a million died because of the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in the Indian Ocean

by Anonymousreply 18November 26, 2024 5:09 PM

It happened on December 26.

by Anonymousreply 1November 25, 2024 10:04 PM

Oh sorry, 19 years and 11 months...

by Anonymousreply 2November 25, 2024 10:05 PM

This thread is a failure.

by Anonymousreply 3November 25, 2024 10:10 PM

Footage which shows the actual impact. Scary.

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by Anonymousreply 4November 25, 2024 10:10 PM

And that interior designer Oprah loves boyfriend was swept right out of their hotel room. Awful.

by Anonymousreply 5November 25, 2024 10:15 PM

Now I'm blanking on the names of the reality TV famous gay guy and his boyfriend, who were the subject of dozens of DL threads after the tragedy. I recall the boyfriend drowned and the C-list famous gay guy went on TV afterward talking about it.

by Anonymousreply 6November 25, 2024 10:16 PM

r6 Nate Berkus

by Anonymousreply 7November 25, 2024 10:16 PM

Can you imagine the feeling of realizing - holy shit - that's not a normal wave!

by Anonymousreply 8November 25, 2024 10:20 PM

And it just keeps coming.

by Anonymousreply 9November 25, 2024 10:31 PM

I recall seeing video of cars trying to out run it but failed.

by Anonymousreply 10November 25, 2024 10:36 PM

The bes…um worst thing that ever happened to my career…um me.

by Anonymousreply 11November 25, 2024 11:27 PM

R5 Nate named his son, Oskar. Middle name of partner lost in tsunami.

by Anonymousreply 12November 25, 2024 11:37 PM

One of the more cynical stories from this dreadful event was the "Sophie's Choice of the Tsunami," the Australian woman (a.k.a. "Tsunami Mum") who had to choose which one of her kids to save from the monster wave (spoiler alert: they both lived).

While obviously a relief that the kids lived, and probably not the first/only time people have been forced to think fast in a bad situation with unknowable consequences, who the hell would willingly put a story like that out there?

"BTW, Junior, faced with a choice of whether to save you or your brother--guess who I picked?"

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by Anonymousreply 13November 26, 2024 12:16 AM

This was beyond imagining. The number of dead and injured really was staggering.

by Anonymousreply 14November 26, 2024 12:32 AM

The film "The Impossible" depicts this tragic event. Naomi Watts looking gorgeous but beaten up. Tom Holland playing one of her sons. It's fierce.

by Anonymousreply 15November 26, 2024 12:56 AM

i remember that movie. it was good but rough to watch.

by Anonymousreply 16November 26, 2024 1:06 AM

Nate's BF came across like an insta whore anyway. If it wasn't the Tsunami would have been Covid or Monkeypox. Either way Nate would have profited from it.

by Anonymousreply 17November 26, 2024 2:16 AM

Just started watching the Netflix series on the Tsunami with new video and interviews with survivors. I can;t believe people went through that

by Anonymousreply 18November 26, 2024 5:09 PM
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