Tsunami kills!!!!
just now heard about this great tidal wave caused by the disasterous earthquake in Indonesia, it lighted up the curiosity within, heard this news about the earthquake yesterday but i did not give damn to it at first till i realised that it killed more then 10,000 people. what's more interesting is that this enormous wave occur due to the earthquake. it's surprising to me.. *ooooh..*
A tsunami, or Tidal wave, is made up of a series of travelling ocean waves of extremely long wavelength. They are triggered by large disturbances such as earthquakes, undersea volcanic eruptions or deep sea landslides.
let me futher elaborate on how it's formed *according to my own understanding* :
this disaster affecting the Asia is caused by the earthquake in Indonesia, the land beneth the sea cracks and large amount of force is created from this process. the amplitude, trough and crest of a tsunami wave is in relation to the sea floor and still water level. this huge energy is transfered from the land to the sea and causes a large difference in amplitude, i.e. the wave shape changes as the height of the land increases when it approaches the coastline. it's wave is able to travel more then 2,000km and goes to the height of 3meters or more.
i've found a picture for better description:
The tsunami has been taking lives away from lotsa people living in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and so on.. i've found the death toll as at today's morning, Dec 27 at 10am:
Sri Lanka: 5,880
India: 5,279
Indonesia: 4,448
Thailand: 461
Malaysia: 44
Maldives: 32
Bangladesh: 2
Myanmar: 1
Total: 16,147
the news reported that the number of death will still be increasing and currently, at 11:43pm, it has outreached to more then 20,000 lives till now.
hmm.. come to think of it.. 3meters of tidal wave is like.. slightly higher then ur ceiling.. *imagining* woooa... tt was high....
by the way, i only watch the news once in a blue moon and only when the news really do interest me.. this tidal wave must be damn cool eh? the news at 10pm took 30mins to report on it.
from a usual point of view, ppl see this wave as danger, treat, crisis. but i see this wave itself also beautiful, i regard it as a phenomanon although also a disaster. it "activated" the villagers to show their care and concern for one another and well, teamwork is shown!
some magnificent view of tsunami:
just now heard about this great tidal wave caused by the disasterous earthquake in Indonesia, it lighted up the curiosity within, heard this news about the earthquake yesterday but i did not give damn to it at first till i realised that it killed more then 10,000 people. what's more interesting is that this enormous wave occur due to the earthquake. it's surprising to me.. *ooooh..*
A tsunami, or Tidal wave, is made up of a series of travelling ocean waves of extremely long wavelength. They are triggered by large disturbances such as earthquakes, undersea volcanic eruptions or deep sea landslides.
let me futher elaborate on how it's formed *according to my own understanding* :
this disaster affecting the Asia is caused by the earthquake in Indonesia, the land beneth the sea cracks and large amount of force is created from this process. the amplitude, trough and crest of a tsunami wave is in relation to the sea floor and still water level. this huge energy is transfered from the land to the sea and causes a large difference in amplitude, i.e. the wave shape changes as the height of the land increases when it approaches the coastline. it's wave is able to travel more then 2,000km and goes to the height of 3meters or more.
i've found a picture for better description:
The tsunami has been taking lives away from lotsa people living in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and so on.. i've found the death toll as at today's morning, Dec 27 at 10am:
Sri Lanka: 5,880
India: 5,279
Indonesia: 4,448
Thailand: 461
Malaysia: 44
Maldives: 32
Bangladesh: 2
Myanmar: 1
Total: 16,147
the news reported that the number of death will still be increasing and currently, at 11:43pm, it has outreached to more then 20,000 lives till now.
hmm.. come to think of it.. 3meters of tidal wave is like.. slightly higher then ur ceiling.. *imagining* woooa... tt was high....
by the way, i only watch the news once in a blue moon and only when the news really do interest me.. this tidal wave must be damn cool eh? the news at 10pm took 30mins to report on it.
from a usual point of view, ppl see this wave as danger, treat, crisis. but i see this wave itself also beautiful, i regard it as a phenomanon although also a disaster. it "activated" the villagers to show their care and concern for one another and well, teamwork is shown!
some magnificent view of tsunami:
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Posted by 壁虎 at 11:07:00 PM
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hey hey...it sure is a nice view...but a dangerous phenomenon...
u r a great reporter...wahaha...nice news...wahaha...jus to add on: Indonessia death toll may reach 25,000, buildings in penang are save..n wun collapse...oops!, some taiwanese still go on to phuket...for golf they said...wahaha, phuket will need 3-4 months time to rebuild the whole phuket island again...
notice most of the info i state were related to phuket? cos my sis plans to go there the coming chinese new year...wahaha...
this news interest me alot too!! i will b glued to the tv wen they are reporting this news...wahaha...
Reported by:
Vone
Live from Ang Mo Kio
wahaha...
juz to add on.. LATEST News!!!
the death toll has reached 40,000 people already as at 10:23pm on 28 Dec!!
reported live by Reporter Gecko Boi
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Tsunami death toll surges past 68,000 amid epidemic fears!!
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More than 58,000 people were killed in 12 countries in southern Asia and Africa from Sunday's massive earthquake and tsunami waves, according to official figures.
As at Wednesday December 29, 2:02 PM
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The United Nations today warned of epidemics within days unless the health systems in south and south-east Asia can cope after about 12,000 people were killed and tens of thousands left homeless by giant tsunami waves.
As at Monday December 27 2004
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looks like epidemics will start spreading?
wad would be the total death toll after, say 1 week from now?
Earthquake starts on Sunday, followed by tsunami.
Death toll on Monday morning: 16,147
Death toll on Tuesday night: 40,000
Death toll on Wednesday afternoon: > 58,000
has the rate of increment decrease? will it rise a lot more due to epidemics? well... beats me! one thing for sure is that it will definetly still be rising as there are still no news about a lot more missing people!
this wave has caused more death compared to world war 2, Sars, terrorism and probably a lot of other disasters and so on..
it is predicted that the death toll will go over 100,000!!! (if i heard correctly)
gosh... total death toll of this disaster has reached 118,000!! s'pore total population was around 3 milion and this number of death is about 1/6 of our population... OMG!
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