None of the video that I've seen comes anywhere close to capturing the extent of the catastrophe. It just looks like a few high waves.

I guess everyone who was close enough to get good footage is not around to show it to us.

This one has a bit more than some "waves"

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolavconsole/ukfs_ne...storyid=4132781

My 'browswer does not support it', so I couldn't pull it up. thx though

Now the odd stories are starting to emerge... Sri Lankans are not finding any animal carcases. They think that they might have sense the quake and fled for higher ground...

 

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...lanka_animals_1

They say animals can sense things like this. They probably took off long before this hit.

I'm hearing after the first wave hit and receded, many people went to the shore to see the exposed ocean floor that they had never seen before. I also imagine there's tons of bodies they will probably never find. And at least 1/3 of the dead are children...

I'm hearing after the first wave hit and receded, many people went to the shore to see the exposed ocean floor that they had never seen before.  I also imagine there's tons of bodies they will probably never find.

I also heard one analyst on CNN international talking about the same scenario, except where a lot of the poor families ran into the now emtpy seas to grab the now floundering fish for food. She especially mentioned this happening to kids who happen to play on lots of those beaches.

I just heard the bit about animals. That is absolutely truly amazing. They knew it was coming and instinct told them to get far, far away. Yet humanity, and all their sophistication, died in mass.

 

Interesting how God works sometimes.

They say animals can sense things like this. They probably took off long before this hit.

I wonder if any of the locals found that to be a bit odd.

I just heard the bit about animals.  That is absolutely truly amazing.  They knew it was coming and instinct told them to get far, far away.  Yet humanity, and all their sophistication, died in mass.

 

Interesting how God works sometimes.

When Chicago was hit with that very minor earthquake a few months back, a few hours before, my hamsters were nutty. Couldn't figure it out until the quake happened.

I wonder if any of the locals found that to be a bit odd.

I would have to go with obviously not!

When Chicago was hit with that very minor earthquake a few months back, a few hours before, my hamsters were nutty.  Couldn't figure it out until the quake happened.

My cats howled for hours like crazy. They definitely knew something was up.

It's cool how animals can get that 6th sense and feel something that's going to happen.

I would have to go with obviously not! 

Ya think?

Ya think?

Not often... hurts too much.

My cats howled for hours like crazy. They definitely knew something was up.

For the life of me, I can't remember what it was that was so different for their nutty actions except for the look on their faces. Sort of like, "Ow" or "Get us outta here!"

Another of the strange stories... A woman was scubadiving during the Tsunamis, and had no idea they had happened until she surfaced.

 

http://cnn.usnews.printthis.clickability.c...&partnerID=2004

Here's something cool about the quakes effect on the earths spin and tilt on its axis.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/12/29...reut/index.html

Are there any pictures of this thing from NASA cameras...??

Here's something cool about the quakes effect on the earths spin and tilt on its axis.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/12/29...reut/index.html

A guy who works here is one of the higher ups in putting together the IOOS (International Ocean Observing System), and he showed me this. It is pretty mindboggling.

Nature is cruel. Especially when you ignore the history. The long-term effects of the quake are negligible for the rest of us but I think they could have an impact on that beach property for years to come.

 

Can a nuc explosion trigger such a quake? I imagine that's the next thing to consider in the wake of global terrorism.

 

Remember to for the families of lost souls due to these tragic events.

A guy who works here is one of the higher ups in putting together the IOOS (International Ocean Observing System), and he showed me this.  It is pretty mindboggling.

If you guys have any more technical analysis or info I would love to read it. This stuff facinates me.

It would take a very large nuclear explosion to cause such a tsunami. It's probably not too likely terrorists would conspire to do this when detonating one on land would have a much more terrorizing effect. Meteors, on the other hand could wipe out coastal cities throughout the Atlantic or Pacific depending on where they hit.

 

This is a pretty good site about tsunamis in general: http://www.prh.noaa.gov/itic/library/about_tsu/faqs.html

 

This link shows the (small) possibility of a larger tsunami in the Atlantic:

http://www.newsmedianews.com/tsunami.htm

A very large explosive device like a nuclear weapon could cause immense damage if placed in the right fault line. Hopefully they never figure that out.

A very large explosive device like a nuclear weapon could cause immense damage if placed in the right fault line. Hopefully they never figure that out.

And hopefully they never rent Superman The Movie

 

OTISBURGGGG?!?

A very large explosive device like a nuclear weapon could cause immense damage if placed in the right fault line. Hopefully they never figure that out.

That's the scary part because it is impossible to police the entire fault line in an ocean.

There's no way to prevent it once they get there hands on the nucs.