Huge 8.9 earthquake!!

Mitica100 · Dec 26, 2004

OMG, there's been a huge earthquake followed by tsunamis. Thousands dead or missing. :shock:

http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20041225210109990003 (sorry, it's on AOL but I think you can find it in any news agency website)

Have any of you experienced a serious earthquake?

Hertz van Rental · Dec 26, 2004

Caught it on the radio this morning. That would be Happy Christmas from God, then :-(

Hertz van Rental · Dec 26, 2004

Here's the BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4125481.stm

Corry · Dec 26, 2004

That's awful!!!! I hadn't heard about that!

Nytmair · Dec 26, 2004

wow that's horrible....

oriecat · Dec 26, 2004

oh my gosh

Karalee · Dec 26, 2004

Thats horrible! All those fatalities :cry:

hobbes28 · Dec 26, 2004

OMG! That is so bad. :cry:

mrsid99 · Dec 26, 2004

Gotta agree with Hertz, if there's a supreme being he/she's got a sick sense of humor!
To answer Mitica's question, having lived in California for the last 25 years and most of it in SoCal the most severe quake I remember was the Northridge quake and since I was about 30 miles away at the time all it did was roll me out of bed.

terri · Dec 26, 2004

Yeah, the loss of life here is pretty staggering. Unreal tragedy.

danalec99 · Dec 26, 2004

Around 1500 ppl who died from India were from my neighboring state.

::edit:: Just learnt that about 150 were wiped away from the state I come from.

Aga · Dec 26, 2004

I haven't heard about it... :cry:

mrsid99 said:
Gotta agree with Hertz, if there's a supreme being he/she's got a sick sense of humor!

ditto...^^^^

Mitica100 · Dec 26, 2004

I lived through a 'big one' in 1977. A 7.4 on the Richter scale, I've seen buildings sway, pavement was wavy like water. Scariest moment of my life, I've been lucky to be untouched.

What horrible experience must've been for the people down in SE Asia. My thoughts are going to them!