The Deadliest Tsunami in History (with Video Clips-Updated).

28th Dec 2004, days after the wonderful Christmas Day of 2004. The disaster has occured on the earth near Indian Ocean. A tsunami caused by the Indonesia earthquake has swept away 112,000 lives and rising steadily!

**Some of the video clips captured by tourist on the 28th of Dec. To download, Right click on the links below, select "Save Target As...". Hope the information will help you have better understanding about it.

• Malaysia's Penang Beach - The conversation in the video clip is in Cantonese.
  
  
  
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• Sea water is floating the whole house. It is just as the dark forces invading mankind.(Indonesia)


• Tourists captured the hit.(Sri Lanka)


• The destructive wave is not the first one. The second wave hits! (Thai)


• A Hotel in Phuket, People are swept away by the tidal waves. (Thai)


• Rushing for life. Tsunami forcing people to swim for their lives.(Sri Lanka)

With these disaster happened to the unfortunate one, we should thanks god that we are still doing fine now. There are ways in helping others that has lost their loved one and their home in this deadliest tsunami tragedy, please do something to help those. May all the victims rest peacefully.

Quick Links
The Deadliest Tsunami in History. (with Video Clips-Updated)
Ways of helping Tsunami victims in Southern Asia.
What to do when tsunami happen?

Ways of helping Tsunami victims in Southern Asia.

There are number of ways in helping the victims of Tsunami happened in Southern of Asia on the 26th of Dec 2004. Please refer to the following:-

• Malaysia - "Star/Maybank Tsunami Relief Fund"
  
  
  
  • Maybank customers (there are more than seven million) and members of the public who wish to donate may do so at any Maybank branch (by cash or cheque) or through third party transfer at Maybank ATMs nationwide as well as via maybank2u.com.
  
  
  • The account number for The Star/Maybank Tsunami Relief Fund is No. 114013169092. This account will be opened for a month from Dec 29, 2004 to Jan 31, 2005.
  
  
  • More information on The Star/Maybank Tsunami Relief Fund is available at www.maybank2u.com
  
  
  • If anyone of you or your friends (resided in Malaysia) are still interested to contribute, the collection of donations is still open. Although the very 1st container will leave for Sri Lanka this Friday (31st Dec 2004). If you are interested to drop by & help (The address is 123, Jalan Berhala, Brickfields, 50740 Kuala Lumpur). The vihara closes @ 10.30 pm.
    
    They collect old clothings (that are still in good condition), blankets, food (canned food preferred), medicine (antibiotics etc) etc. They also welcome empty boxes for packing if you have some. Should u prefer to donate money, the cheque shall be payable to "Buddhist Maha Vihara Tsunami Relief Fund".
    
    For more info, you may call Ms Selvi/ Mr Lee @ 603-2274 1886/2273 1044/2273 0744
    
  
  
  • Donation thru SMS (Maxis) - To donate to the Tsunami victims, just type "Donate" to 22999 from now till 31st Jan 2005. RM$1.00 donation per sms sent. Send as many times as you wish. NO SMS CHARGES!!! (details, click here...)
    
  
  
  
  


• The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
  
  
  
  • Donation can be made at IFRC website
  
  
  
  


• American Red Cross Disaster Relief
  
  
  
  • Donation made thru the Amazon.com's website.
  
  
  
  


• UN POPULATION FUND ASSISTS TSUNAMI VICTIMS
  
  
  
  • The detailed description on the tsunami's issue is descript at the UN's website.
  
  
  • For more information, please contact: David Del Vecchio at tel.: +1 (212) 297-4975, e-mail: delvecchio@unfpa.org; or Omar Gharzeddine at tel.: +1 (212) 297-5028, e-mail: gharzeddine@unfpa.org.
  
  
  
  



• Corporate Relief Efforts.
  
  
  
  • Google - To view the complete list posted by Google. (Click here...)
  
  
  • Microsoft - A web page designated for the relief of The Tsunami Victims. (Click here...)
    
  
  
  
  



• Complete list of Tsunami Help/Aid Agencies, Donations & Volunteers
  
  
  
  • For information about organizations to make donations to click here. This WIKI page lists hundreds of organization from around the world
  
  
  
  

Hope the above info could guide you help the unfortune one.


Quick Links
The Deadliest Tsunami in History. (with Video Clips-Updated)
Ways of helping Tsunami victims in Southern Asia.
What to do when tsunami happen?

Comments from the Tsunami victims/withness

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  • According to an interview from a local radio station. Fishermen that stays near the seaside notice that minutes before the arrival of tidal waves, the level river water has decrease tremendously. Non of the fishermen or the resident around that area has seen that before. Eventually, no one bother about the "natural phenomenon of early warning signs". But minutes later, the cruel waves hits the entire area with no mercy.
  
  
  
  


• Indonesia
  
  
  
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• Thailand
  
  
  
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• India
  
  
  
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• South Africa
  
  
  
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** Should you have seen or heard anything about the 2004 tsunami in Sountern Asia, and you would like to share with the visitors of this site, please post me a message at the comment below or email it to me at wtyong@gmail.com. Thanks a lot.

Quick Links
The Deadliest Tsunami in History. (with Video Clips-Updated)
Ways of helping Tsunami victims in Southern Asia.
What to do when tsunami happen?

Quick facts about tsunami

(Courtesy from national geographic)

• Tsunami waves can be very long (as much as 60 miles, or 100 kilometers) and be as far as one hour apart. They are able to cross entire oceans without great loss of energy. The Indian Ocean tsunami traveled as much as 3,000 miles (nearly 5,000 kilometers) to Africa, arriving with sufficient force to kill people and destroy property.


• A tsunami is not a single wave but a series of waves, also known as a wave train. The first wave in a tsunami is not necessarily the most destructive. Tsunamis are not tidal waves


• Tsunami (pronounced soo-NAH-mee) is a Japanese word. Tsunamis are fairly common in Japan and many thousands of Japanese have been killed by them in recent centuries.


• When the ocean is deep tsunamis can travel unnoticed on the surface at speeds up to 500 miles per hour (800 kilometers per hour), crossing the entire ocean in a day or less. Scientists are able to calculate arrival times of tsunamis in different parts of the world based on their knowledge of when the event that generated them occurred, water depths, and distances.


• Tsunamis do not necessarily make their final approach to land as a series of giant breaking waves. They may be more like a very rapidly rising tide. This may be accompanied by much underwater turbulence, sucking people under and tossing heavy objects around. Entire beaches have been stripped away by tsunamis.


• Geological features such as reefs, bays, river entrances, and undersea formations may dissipate the energy of a tsunami. In some places a tsunami may cause the sea to rise vertically only a few inches or feet. In other places tsunamis have been known to surge vertically as high as 100 feet (30 meters). Most tsunamis cause the sea to rise no more than 10 feet (3 meters).


• A tsunami is a series of great sea waves caused by an underwater earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption. More rarely, a tsunami can be generated by a giant meteor impact with the ocean.


• The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami could rank as the most devastating on record. News reports so far suggest that more than 40,000 people may have lost their lives, many of them washed out to sea. Some experts believe the final toll may be as high as 60,000 people dead.


• Many people were killed by the Indian Ocean tsunami because they went down to the beach to view the retreating ocean exposing the seafloor. Apparently they were unaware that this phenomenon precedes a killer wave. Experts believe that a receding ocean may give people as much as five minutes' warning to evacuate the area.


• Because tsunamis can approach the shore as fast as 100 miles per hour (160 kilometers per hour) it is often too late to get away if you see one. An approaching tsunami is not something to be admired unless you are safely on high ground.


• Remember that a tsunami is a series of waves and that the first wave may not be the most dangerous. The danger from a tsunami can last for several hours after the arrival of the first wave. A tsunami wave train may come as a series of surges that are five minutes to an hour apart. The cycle may be marked by a repeated retreat and advance of the ocean. Stay out of danger until you hear it is safe

**More info about tsunami from National Geographic

Quick Links
The Deadliest Tsunami in History. (with Video Clips-Updated)
Ways of helping Tsunami victims in Southern Asia.
What to do when tsunami happen?

What to do when tsunami happen?

What do you do when you see a huge wave-wall coming at you? You run. You run as fast as you can. You think: "This is surreal." But you keep running ... until the water lifts you off your feet and sweeps you onwards. It makes no difference whether you can swim or not. Surf the wave and you have a chance. Hit something solid, and you die... Full Story (from CNN.com)

Quick Links
The Deadliest Tsunami in History. (with Video Clips-Updated)
Ways of helping Tsunami victims in Southern Asia.
What to do when tsunami happen?

WATER RESISTANCE FOR WATCH

1. Non-water resistance

• If "WATER RESISTANCE" is not inscribed on the case back, your watch is not water resistance, and care should be taken not to get it wet as water may damage the movement.

2. Water Resistance (3 BAR)

• If "WATER RESISTANCE 3 BAR" is inscribed on the back, your watch is designed & manufactured to withstand up to 3 bar. Such as accidental contact with splashes of water or rain, but not designed for swimming or diving.
  

3. Water Resistance (5 BAR)

• If "WATER RESISTANCE 5 BAR" is inscribed on the back case, your watch is designed & manufactured to withstand up to 5 bar and is suitable for swimming, yachting, strong water exposure and taking a shower.
  

4. Water Resistance (10/15/20 BAR)

• If "WATER RESISTANCE 10 BAR", "WATER RESISTANCE 15 BAR", or "WATER RESISTANCE 20 BAR" is inscribed on the case back, your watch is designed & manufactured to withstand up to 10/15/20 bar and is suitable for taking a bath, shallow diving, but not for scuba diving. Diving watch should have a ISO Standard of Water Resistance (For e.g. Diver's 200m) inscribed on the case back or face dial.
  

5. Diver's 200m, Professional 300m & above (etc)

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  Do not swimming or diving with your watch unless it has a screw-down crown (also known as ‘screw-lock’ or ‘screw-in’ crown) and is water-resistant to at least 100 meters.
  

6. General

• Before using the water resistance 5, 10, 15 or 20 bar watch in water, be sure the crown is pushed completely. DO NOT operate the crown/buttons when the watch is wet or in water. If used in salt water, rinse the watch in fresh water and dry it completely. Watches that has a rotating bezel, turn the bezel several times while rinsing it. This will prevent salt buildup and corrosion of the bezel ring.

7. Note

• Pressure in bar is a test pressure and should not be considered as corresponding to actual diving depth since swimming movement tends to increase the pressure at a given depth. Care should be taken on diving into water.
  Besides that, try to avoid wearing watch while showering in hot tub or sauna. Such extreme heat may defect the gasket within. Over time, it may allow water droplets to penetrate the watch.