The US has decided to up its pledge again. To 350 million dollars.

I did a google search on "tsunami wave videos"

 

WOW. Some of the videos are absolutely STUNNING.

 

If you have a bit of time to do this, the power and destruction is absolutely INCREDIBLE.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Dec 31, 2004 -> 06:09 PM)

I did a google search on "tsunami wave videos"   WOW. Some of the videos are absolutely STUNNING.   If you have a bit of time to do this, the power and destruction is absolutely INCREDIBLE. I don't know to laugh or cry at some of the people who moved closer to see the waves . . . :headshake

Now looking at 150,000 estimated deaths, and also Japan has raised their pledge to half a billion dollars.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4139137.stm

A site dedicated to tsunami videos.

 

http://jlgolson.blogspot.com/2004/12/tsunami-video.html

A very sad story, an Aussie Football Player's body was found tonight;

 

THE body of Melbourne AFL player Troy Broadbridge has been found in Thailand by his father.

 

He's the 13th confirmed Australian fatality from the tsunami disaster, which hit South-East Asia on Boxing Day.

 

Broadbridge, 24, has been missing since being separated from his wife Trisha when the tsunami hit Thailand's Phi Phi Island.

 

The couple were on their honeymoon at the time.

 

Trisha Broadbridge had been recovering in a Bangkok hospital while Wayne Broadbridge, Troy's father, was searching tirelessly for his son.

 

The football community had anxiously waited for news on Broadbridge, who was feared dead for many days.

 

His Melbourne teammates were offered counselling to help them cope with the tragedy, and allow them to continue functioning with everyday life and football commitments.

 

Broadbridge's body will be brought back to Australia by his father.

 

His wife, Trisha, who has been in Bangkok hospital since the killer tsunami hit the island, will also return to Australia.

Bush 41 and Clinton have been asked by Dubya to lead the private fundraising efforts for Tsunami victims.

 

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/03/tsunami.f...s.ap/index.html

Woman rescued after 5 days adrift

Sandra Bullock donated $1 million to the Red Cross.

Woman rescued after 5 days adrift

 

That's very cool.

 

While she's in sympathy mode, think I should call her and ask her out?

That's very cool.

 

While she's in sympathy mode, think I should call her and ask her out?

 

I'm sure Tex already beat you to it...

Some more feel good stories about people going out of their way to raise money...

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6781407/

Some more feel good stories about people going out of their way to raise money...

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6781407/

 

 

I got Bekins to sponsor a casual day to collect $$ from the employees and corporate and the agents are going to match it $ for $.

Canadian tries to sell tsunamirelief.com domain for $50,000

Canadian tries to sell tsunamirelief.com domain for $50,000

 

I heard that this morning. I hope he really was going to donate the money. If not, God save his soul.

ESPN Radio reported this morning Racer Micheal Shumacher has donated 10 million dollars to the relief fund... now if thats not awesome I don't know what is.....

 

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/01/04/ts...lief/index.html

ESPN Radio reported this morning Racer Micheal Shumacher has donated 10 million dollars to the relief fund... now if thats not awesome I don't know what is.....

 

Hopefully that puts pressure on the Latrell Spreewells of the world who can't fee their children on $14 million per year.

 

Great for Schumacher

Hopefully that puts pressure on the Latrell Spreewells of the world who can't fee their children on $14 million per year. 

 

Great for Schumacher

The funny thing is he rejected a 3 year deal in the off-season, now the T-Wolves won't offer him another deal, and he probably won't get more than the mid level exception in the off-season.

The Aussies are pledging $1 billion in Aussie dollars (about $764million) towards the Tsunami aid.

 

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=385809

Does anyone know what the TOTAL relief donation figure is in dollars from all sources combined?

Does anyone know what the TOTAL relief donation figure is in dollars from all sources combined?

 

Governmental aids are about $3 billion. There is no real way to track private efforts.

I was waiting to see who would be the first to start whining about the amounts of aid coming in. The head of the EU calls it a "beauty contest" :rolly

 

http://www.kfvs12.com/global/story.asp?s=2...tType=Printable

Colin Powell calls the landscape he saw, "worse than war"

 

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

Pray for the women in the refugee camps. There have been widespread reports of rape occuring in the camps.

 

FYI:

Be rest assured the nucs the terrorists could get access to could not cause this. The blast radius is not wide enough & the waves generated are to dispersed. What makes an earthquake wave so devastating is that it generates a wave spanning several miles in one direction. A nuc generates a circular wave like a stone. That means the energy is dispersed in all directions. It probably wouldn't even be felt on the shoreline. But several nukes in cadence could do the trick. Because water waves have communiative properties. Drop 3 stones in the W, N, & E & they will produce a large wave in the S than any other direction.

The energy transfer of the 3 nucs would work the same.

This is an awesome site on tracking earthquakes.

 

http://www.iris.edu/seismon/