Holy crap. 4,800 people dead?!?
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From: Stockton, Cali
Originally Posted by Princess Mandiala
You are obviously one hell of a n00b if you're going to try to talk religion here on HAN. Stop now while you're ahead. Please. This is not the time or place to do so anyway. Make another thread if you want to.
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I still like honda's. :-/
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From: Gilbert, AZ
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just wow....
As dawn broke Monday across the Bay of Bengal, countries struck by tsunamis in the wake of the most powerful earthquake the planet has seen in 40 years focused on relief and rescue efforts, and said the death toll from the giant waves -- already more than 20,000 -- is expected to rise further.
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I still like honda's. :-/
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From: Gilbert, AZ
Originally Posted by /^Blackbacca^\
Dell tech support, billing, etc is gonna be a bitch to get ahold of for a while(puts on flame suit)
thats just wrong.
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From: NoVA
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From: PA
Originally Posted by George Knighton
Indonesia and Sri Lanka have no early warning system for weather events, none at all.
Six years ago, Commonwealth commissioners warned Sri Lanka to latch onto India's fledling system, but they never found the time and money to do it.
Six years ago, Commonwealth commissioners warned Sri Lanka to latch onto India's fledling system, but they never found the time and money to do it.
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From: Virginia (Besieged)
When pressed as to why they hadn't tried to warn them about the dangerous tsunami, the UK and the US admit today that they did try frantically to warn the governments of these countrires.
The UK went so far as to get the High Commissioner in Sri Lanka and Bengal to make the most urgent phone calls he could make, but nobody took them seriously enough to actually start physically evacuating their citizens.
I'm not sure how much good public warnings would have done. These are low lying, sea level or below sea level areas with not much in the way of an effective news media for most of the people who would've been caught.
The UK went so far as to get the High Commissioner in Sri Lanka and Bengal to make the most urgent phone calls he could make, but nobody took them seriously enough to actually start physically evacuating their citizens.
I'm not sure how much good public warnings would have done. These are low lying, sea level or below sea level areas with not much in the way of an effective news media for most of the people who would've been caught.