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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 53December 26, 2024 11:59 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

R18, I just watched it. National Geographic produced it and it's both heart-wrenching and uplifting.

by Anonymousreply 19December 26, 2024 1:31 AM

Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary

by Anonymousreply 20December 26, 2024 1:36 AM

I’ve always heard it referred to as the Boxing Day Tsunami rather than the Asian Tsunami that racist OP refers to it as.

by Anonymousreply 21December 26, 2024 1:36 AM

Why does the phrase 'Supermodels in trees' come to mind?

by Anonymousreply 22December 26, 2024 1:45 AM

An English schoolgirl saw the water and recognized it as described in a school lesson about tsunamis. She told her family she was headed for higher ground. A Japanese vacationer who spoke English overheard the word tsunami and concurred, saying there'd been an earthquake. The people at that beach survived without major injury.

by Anonymousreply 23December 26, 2024 1:46 AM

Is this the one where Nate Berkus was able to offload his beau for a new one?

by Anonymousreply 24December 26, 2024 1:49 AM

Me love you long time r21. Sucky fucky sucky fucky!

by Anonymousreply 25December 26, 2024 1:49 AM

R24, yes.

by Anonymousreply 26December 26, 2024 2:08 AM

Apparently the corrugated metal so common in Thai roofs/structures became a true weapon of destruction.

by Anonymousreply 27December 26, 2024 2:10 AM

I can’t believe in all the videos you never see a body floating by.

by Anonymousreply 28December 26, 2024 2:15 AM

R28, I believe that a lot of photos and footage have been scrubbed from the internet.

This documentary has footage I've never seen before, including video from inside the actual Galle train which would go on to be the worst rail disaster in history.

by Anonymousreply 29December 26, 2024 2:24 AM

what netflix documentary R18?

by Anonymousreply 30December 26, 2024 2:39 AM

R30, if R18 is referring to "Tsunami: Race Against Time," it's available on Hulu, not Netflix.

The first episode is also available on Youtube.

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by Anonymousreply 31December 26, 2024 2:55 AM

R28, some of the flooding is so fast and violent that you’d have to look very closely to see bodies

by Anonymousreply 32December 26, 2024 4:32 AM

Thanks for that link r31.

by Anonymousreply 33December 26, 2024 4:53 AM

I remember leaving work a few days after this event, walking out with my semi-new, narcissistic boss. Trying to make non-controversial conversation, I commented on the current death count and how tragic the whole situation was. She replied: “Yes, Larry (her husband) and I were planning on going snorkeling in Phuket but now we won’t be able to go.”

True story. I $h!t you not.

by Anonymousreply 34December 26, 2024 5:05 AM

R34, had the Indian Ocean Tsunami happened to the U.S., we would never hear the end of it.

by Anonymousreply 35December 26, 2024 5:26 AM

I'm glad phones with HD cams weren't around then yet. Imagine thousands of horrific images and videos we'd see if they were.

by Anonymousreply 36December 26, 2024 5:30 AM

I've watched a lot of videos from the Japan 2011 tsunami and never saw a body.

If you're trapped in that wave you're probably not bobbing around on "top" of the wave. Unless you're a strong swimmer, you're pretty quickly sucked under.

by Anonymousreply 37December 26, 2024 5:44 AM

R37, whenever one of the cameras inadvertently captured people struggling in water or about to be inundated, the Japanese cameramen quickly panned away. I think it's cultural for them.

by Anonymousreply 38December 26, 2024 6:27 AM

Some societies are truly civil, R38. In the US, citizens would rather get the footage and post it first than help save a drowning person.

by Anonymousreply 39December 26, 2024 3:18 PM

The tsunami was caused by a 9.1 earthquake. People in Indonesia said elephants were running away before people felt it.

by Anonymousreply 40December 26, 2024 3:48 PM

This is a visual that shows how it's difficult to detect a tsunami since the waves only become large near the coast. (Click for full image)

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by Anonymousreply 41December 26, 2024 5:16 PM

In this tsunami, the majority of victims were women and children; in Japan, it was elderly.

by Anonymousreply 42December 26, 2024 6:00 PM

[quote] in Japan, it was elderly.

Yeah, that shocked me, I don't know why.

by Anonymousreply 43December 26, 2024 6:04 PM

Japan is old as shit. That's what happens when you have 0% immigration.

by Anonymousreply 44December 26, 2024 6:14 PM

iNews (Indonesian News Station) has released the following footage of the earthquake and tsunami, in real time, as it happened. WARNING: difficult to watch, but this really drives home how quickly things went from normal to total calamity.

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by Anonymousreply 45December 26, 2024 6:17 PM

The water was so black that day.

by Anonymousreply 46December 26, 2024 6:32 PM

[quote] Japan is old as shit. That's what happens when you have 0% immigration.

Tsunamis?

by Anonymousreply 47December 26, 2024 8:24 PM

There's about a 25% chance of this happening to the Pacific NW within the next 50 years.

WA state is planning accordingly.

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by Anonymousreply 48December 26, 2024 8:32 PM

Not really, r48. Unless things have changed drastically in the 9 1/2 years since this was written.

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by Anonymousreply 49December 26, 2024 10:01 PM

[quote]Japan is old as shit. That's what happens when you have 0% immigration.

No, that's what happens when your population eats healthy. In Japan, the elderly are revered by their families. In the US, the elderly run for office.

by Anonymousreply 50December 26, 2024 10:26 PM

R49, I was basing those numbers off this AMA (Ask Me Anything) of Pacific NW U.S. earthquake experts. This information is also 2 years-old. Not sure if any info has changed since then. BTW, that entire thread is actually enlightening and frightening but should be required reading for anybody in that region.

[quote] We are well aware that this is a major hazard for the entire Pacific Northwest, and you need to be aware of it. The understanding that if you live in this area, even if you're on the far eastern side of WA, OR, or British Columbia, an earthquake and tsunami on the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ)would dramatically change your life, just in terms of damage to infrastructure (Power systems, roads, water/wastewater, supply chains ... everything).

[quote] The Earthquake itself, and the following tsunami will be extremely dangerous. But the message we really want to emphasize - you CAN survive these events. Everything you do now to get prepared for them significantly increases those odds though.

[quote] Knowing how to protect yourself during 5 minutes+ of intense earthquake shaking is critical. ...consider that you'll need to know this for months of (smaller, but still dangerous) aftershocks, too.

[quote] Knowing whether you're in a tsunami inundation zone, and how you'll get to high ground - absolutely vital.

[quote] A potential earthquake on the CSZ is just a reality of living here. There's a 15-25% chance it will happen in the next 50 years. There's also a chance it won't happen in our lifetimes. But if there's a 25% chance of rain... packing a raincoat is the smart thing to do.

by Anonymousreply 51December 26, 2024 10:42 PM

The reddit thread it's from:

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by Anonymousreply 52December 26, 2024 10:42 PM

[quote] Japan is old as shit.

R44, true. And many of the countries affected in 2004 have some crazy % of their population being 18 and under.

by Anonymousreply 53December 26, 2024 11:59 PM
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