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Indonesian quake and tsunamis in Thailand
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December 30
9:10am, December 30 - Two more sites (here
and here)
collecting video of the event.
8:35am, December 30 - Reports from the smaller islands?
A reader asks if there are reports of damage or casualties at Ko Similan
and Ko Surin. Does anyone know? Also: Yesterday we asked:
Anyone heard news of the Muslim
fishing
village at Ko Panyi? It was mainly restaurants on stilts and small
buildings and a mosque on a sandbar in the Phangnga area.
| 2:04am, December 30 - On the Thueung
Look Thueng Kon program on Channel
9, Pipat Sritieng (right) showed a video he took at Ao Nang
on Phi Phi Island that captured the progress of the first
tsunami. This is probably the best example
we have seen of the cycle of a tsunami event: the initial drawing
of the water out and then its quick return. |
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Tourists having breakfast near the beach. |
Suddenly, water is sucked out of the bay.
The raging rapids as the water is sucked away can clearly
be seen. |
Boats are left sitting on land. Exposed
coral and rock is in the background. |
There is no water near the pier. |
From another pier, the suction from the
water is so strong that the pier itself is being bent. |
A tourist runs on to the pier to get a closer
look. This person is later knocked off the pier as it collapses
and is carried away by the water. |
The pier is swept away. Then the cameraman
turns and runs inland as the water sweeps back. |
When the camera is righted again after about 12 seconds, the
cameraman is being pushed against the first floor roof of
a building. This is across the street from the building in
the first photo of this series. The cameraman finally climbs
onto a roof. |
1:49am, December 30 - Articles from The
Nation
THAI
TALK: Horrendous failure of our national warning system
STREET
WISE: Inadequate and insensitive TV
The Nation is finally mentioning this issue. It has been on
the forums, in the Thai-language papers, and on this site for several
days.
...On the scene in Phuket, the anchor and his cameraman showed
a complete lack of sensitivity by pointing out dead bodies. When encountering
teenage looters, the reporter simply mentioned that looting was normal...
AN
EMBATTLED NATION: bids farewell to 2004
This was a year of one crisis after another for Thailand.
1:23am, December 30 - From news at midnight on Channel 9
Thais crowd hospitals to give blood. |
Foreigners make pleas to find their loved
ones. |
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