An Indian woman mourns the death of her relative in Cuddalore, 180 km (112 miles) south of the Indian city of Madras, December 28, 2004, who was killed when a tidal wave hit on Sunday. Rescue workers pulled corpses from canals and water-logged fields in India on Tuesday, as the government warned the death toll of almost 9,400 from a tsunami, which was triggered by an earthquake, that lashed the country's south would rise further. REUTERS/Arko Datta
Rescue workers stand near dead bodies washed ashore in Ton Sai Bay in Thailand's Phi Phi island December 28, 2004 after tidal waves hit the area. Nations bordering the Indian Ocean from Indonesia to Sri Lanka clawed through the wreckage of a devastating quake-triggered tsunami for bodies to bury on Tuesday as fears grew the toll would far exceed the 36,946 now reported killed. REUTERS/Luis Enrique Ascui
Indian mourners bury relatives who fell victims to tsunami tidal waves that killed thousands in southern coastal areas of the country(AFP/Dibyangshu Sarkar)
An Indian woman feeds her child at a relief camp in the southern Indian city of Madras, December 28, 2004 which was hit by a tidal wave on Sunday. Rescue workers pulled corpses from canals and water-logged fields in India on Tuesday, as the government warned the death toll of almost 9,400 from a tsunami, which was triggered by an earthquake, that lashed the country's south would rise further. REUTERS/Babu
Robert Simmons from London and his Thai girlfriend, Da, watch the sunset from a shattered board walk on Patong beach in the Thai resort island of Phuket December 28, 2004. Miles of tsunami-shattered beach hotels on the Thai mainland north of Phuket island began yielding up their dead on Tuesday, bloated bodies, bodies gashed and mangled. REUTERS/Adrees Latif
Indonesian Red Cross workers bury bodies in one grave hole in Banda Aceh. The rotting corpses of quake victims piled up in Indonesia's Aceh province where up to 25,000 were feared dead and the possibility of disease outbreaks threatened to claim more lives.(AFP/Bay Ismoyo)
Kamalvathi, a survivor of Sunday's devastating tsunami, undergoes treatment in Cuddalore, 180 km (112 miles) south of the Indian city of Madras, December 28, 2004. Survivors in seven countries on the shores of the Indian Ocean scrambled frantically through debris and devastation for their loved ones on Tuesday as the death toll climbed inexorably towards 40,000. REUTERS/Arko Datta
Women wait outside a mortuary to receive the bodies of their family members killed in the Sunday's tsunami in Cuddalore, 180 km (112 miles) south of the Indian city of Madras, December 28, 2004. Survivors in seven countries on the shores of the Indian Ocean scrambled frantically through debris and devastation for their loved ones on Tuesday as the death toll climbed inexorably towards 40,000. REUTERS/Arko Datta
Residents scramble for clothes and other relief materials in Nagappattinam, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. (AP/Gurinder Osan)
Bodies lie on the roadside in Unawatuna, outside the southern Sri Lankan town of Galle, December 28, 2004. Nations on the Indian Ocean from Indonesia to Sri Lanka struggled on Tuesday to find and bury their dead and help the survivors of quake-triggered tidal waves as fears grew the final toll would far exceed the 29,000 people reported killed. Photo by Thomas White/Reuters Bodies lie on the roadside in Unawatuna, outside the southern Sri Lankan town of Galle, December 28, 2004. Nations on the Indian Ocean from Indonesia to Sri Lanka struggled on Tuesday to find and bury their dead and help the survivors of quake-triggered tidal waves as fears grew the final toll would far exceed the 29,000 people reported killed.
Villagers carry their belongings as they leave their village in north Aceh's district, Indonesia, December 28, 2004 after their home destroyed by a tsunami on Sunday. Dead bodies littered the streets of Indonesia's Aceh province where it was feared on Tuesday more than 25,000 people may have been killed in Sunday's quake and tsunami. REUTERS/Tarmizy Harva
Thai soldiers carry the body of one of the victims of Sunday's tsunami in Phang Nga province, about 788 km (489 miles) south of Bangkok, December 28, 2004. Nations bordering the Indian Ocean from Indonesia to Sri Lanka clawed through the wreckage of a devastating tidal wave triggered by an earthquake for bodies to bury on Tuesday as fears grew the toll would far exceed the 36,946 now reported killed. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom
An Indian woman collects belongings from her damaged hut after the tsunami hit the southern Indian city of Madras.
Aerial view of Marina beach in Madras, on Sunday, December 26, 2004, after tidal waves hit the region.
A man walks past a structure destroyed after the area was hit by tidal waves at Patong beach in Phuket, Thailand, on Sunday, December 26, 2004.
Locals look at the sea in Phang Nga province, about 788 km (489 miles) south of Bangkok, December 28, 2004 after a tsunami hit the area on Sunday. Nations bordering the Indian Ocean from Indonesia to Sri Lanka clawed through the wreckage of a devastating tidal wave triggered by an earthquake for bodies to bury on Tuesday as fears grew the toll would far exceed the 36,946 now reported killed. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom
Mourning ... a woman finds her husband's body at the morgue in Thailand / AFP
Shocking ... a TV image shows people desperately clinging on to a building on the east coast of Sri Lanka.
Grief ... an Indian woman reacts to the death of her son killed after a tsunami hit Madras / Reuters
Grim toll ... a man checks bodies at a mortuary in Madras, India, after the tsunami devastated the coastline / AFP
A volunteer distributes clothes to displaced people after they survived tidal waves in southern India(AFP/Prakash Singh)
ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUALS COVERAGE IMAGES OF DEATH AND INJURY People search for their relatives among the bodies of the victims of Sunday's tsunami at a temple in Phang Nga province, about 788 km (489 miles) south of Bangkok, December 28, 2004. Nations bordering the Indian Ocean from Indonesia to Sri Lanka clawed through the wreckage of a devastating tidal wave triggered by an earthquake for bodies to bury on Tuesday as fears grew the toll would far exceed the 36,946 now reported killed. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom
Sri Lankan health officials and relatives carry the body of a man killed when a massive tidal wave struck Galle. Mass funerals of thousands of tsunami victims got underway in Sri Lanka as volunteers pulled more decomposed corpses from washed out trains, cars and smashed buildings.(AFP/Raveendran)
Volunteers in a relay line help to transport relief material in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo. Mass funerals of thousands of tsunami victims got underway in Sri Lanka as volunteers pulled more decomposed corpses from washed out trains, cars and smashed buildings.(AFP/Indranil Mukherjee)
A search and rescue worker carries a body past a damaged boat, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004, at Ton Sai Bay on Phi Phi Island, in Thailand. Soldiers used bulldozers Tuesday to push into a strip of Thai luxury resorts destroyed by tidal waves, and picked the bodies of European tourists from ruined gardens and suites. Officials said at least 700 foreigners had died, and the death toll could reach 2,000. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett)
I guess they could have mis-spelt it with an f that's really the only Thai Island resort I can think of though.
Anyway... all those bodies, devestating. You hear the news and it sounds tragic, but the images really display how much destruction has been caused and being able to get a real, visual idea of how many dead there really are... it's really too much like a bad dream.
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Swirling ocean swells are seen along the flooded coast of Kalutara, Sri Lanka in an image taken by DigitalGlobe's QuickBird satellite shortly after the area was hit by a Tsunami on December 26, 2004. Stricken Indian Ocean nations worked swiftly on December 28 to bury thousands of bodies as experts warned disease could kill as many people as the 60,000 already dead from the violent crush of Sunday's tsunami. Photo by Digitalglobe/Reuters
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Sorry they're such huge images, but it really shows how many houses were demolished and how far inland the water got. It is just amazing.
I really think you can't comprehend anything like this unless you have actually lived through it. My thoughts go out to all the people who have been displaced. It really is a tragedy.
The weather has been crazy this year. Four hurricanes strike the coast of Florida , many without power and are left in freezing weather this December and a Tsunami at a magnitude 9.0! :shock: This has been a horrible year for those people.
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HECK said this in post #8 : You know, the American media never shows any graphic photos. What in the hell are they shielding us from? Real life, I suppose.
-HECK!
CNN has shown some graphic ones, but they make it clear that they are coming. I think because of the scope of the disaster, they are allowing them.
schmiggens said this in post #12 : Sorry they're such huge images, but it really shows how many houses were demolished and how far inland the water got. It is just amazing.
I really think you can't comprehend anything like this unless you have actually lived through it. My thoughts go out to all the people who have been displaced. It really is a tragedy.
WOW...
I posted that small one...but after looking at your larger picture...the small one I posted doesnt even compare!
Yours definitely gives a much more realistic view of what was going on.
Of course thats just my opinion....I could be wrong. (Dennis Miller)
"You might be the toughest little whacker. . .but in my world, you're about as worrisome as a cloudy day." (Dutch Dooley)
12-29-2004 04:48 AM
going a little overboard on the sensoring there...
to any dopey reporter who spells Phucket as ****et - jokester.
