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Title: to all Indonesian BYOAC members(if there are/is some) RIP
Post by: Thenasty on December 26, 2004, 02:12:23 pm

I like to extend my sympathy to all the people who might have been affected by the Earquake and Tidel wave, that killed over 8K people.
 :( :( :(

Title: Re: to all Indonesian BYOAC members (if there are/is some)
Post by: wboy on December 26, 2004, 06:55:39 pm

Well sadly the death toll is now over 11,000, with Indonesia, Sri Lankia, India and Thailand all being affected!

video footage of the tragedy can be found from this link http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=4232

Lets hope Andy from Ultimarc is safe and well.  I'm pretty certain he is currently holidaying in Thailand. 

Title: Re: to all Indonesian BYOAC members (if there are/is some)
Post by: danny_galaga on December 27, 2004, 08:27:02 am

my stupid local paper had the headline: 35000 turn out for christmas bargain shopping!

in a smaller panel at the top was something about the tsunami- more on page 9!

its a terrible disaster. brings a tear even to this hardened soul  :'(

Title: Re: to all Indonesian BYOAC members (if there are/is some)
Post by: fredster on December 27, 2004, 10:39:57 am

It staggers the mind.

Title: Re: to all Indonesian BYOAC members (if there are/is some)
Post by: lucindrea on December 27, 2004, 01:00:17 pm

they are saying this is the 3rd or 4th largest earth quake ever recorded ( from 1899 i belive ) , in this case it wasnt the earth quake that cauzed the damage , it's the water that got moved by the earthquake , either way it's still a mess , entire resort towns are just gone.

Title: Re: to all Indonesian BYOAC members (if there are/is some)
Post by: HaRuMaN on December 28, 2004, 05:43:02 am

Quote from: lucindrea on December 27, 2004, 01:00:17 pm

they are saying this is the 3rd or 4th largest earth quake ever recorded ( from 1899 i belive ) , in this case it wasnt the earth quake that cauzed the damage , it's the water that got moved by the earthquake , either way it's still a mess , entire resort towns are just gone.

Yeah, they said the quake was powerful enough to cause the Earth's rotation to wobble...   :o

Title: Re: to all Indonesian BYOAC members (if there are/is some)
Post by: Thenasty on December 28, 2004, 08:45:40 pm

someone just told me, the death toll is now around 55k ?

Title: Re: to all Indonesian BYOAC members(if there are/is some) RIP
Post by: Bones on December 29, 2004, 05:31:21 am

Still going up.

I can't even for a moment imagine the misery and pain those nations must be experiencing. It's the saddest thing I have ever known.

Title: Re: to all Indonesian BYOAC members(if there are/is some) RIP
Post by: danny_galaga on December 29, 2004, 06:14:55 am

fredster is onto the right idea. you can donate by credit card online to red cross (or unicef etc). got a credit card? do it now! i mentioned it to my housemate and he said 'yeah, i MUST do that'. which means he'll never get around to it. but then, he can't even empty the friggin rubbish bin!
so guys, don't be like my housemate. do it RIGHT NOW! in fact i'll start another thread to prompt others on...

Title: Re: to all Indonesian BYOAC members (if there are/is some)
Post by: GGKoul on December 29, 2004, 11:00:25 am

Quote from: Thenasty on December 28, 2004, 08:45:40 pm

someone just told me, the death toll is now around 55k ?

Now they are saying it'll be over 100k