Dragonball Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 These are pictures of it hitting Phuket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupraStar 3000 Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 looks horrific doesn't it. Lets hope its the last natural disaster we hear about for a long time. Are those original pictures Paul? Havn't seen them In the media before! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terribleturner Posted January 4, 2005 Share Posted January 4, 2005 That's just incredible stuff. Did you see the news tonight on 4 i think. Showed you whats left of the towns and all the bodys just lying around rotting. Going from one of the most beautiful places in the world to the worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonball Posted January 5, 2005 Author Share Posted January 5, 2005 Yes originals from one of the girlfriends friends over there You can see that it just not a normal 'wave' but a wall of water that just must have been terrifying I just pray for all those poor poor people:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Yes originals from one of the girlfriends friends over there You can see that it just not a normal 'wave' but a wall of water that just must have been terrifying I just pray for all those poor poor people:( Cobblers, they're on the Snopes website, most likely to be the Chinese tidal festival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loks Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Exactly my thoughts when I was looking through the pictures, Chinese architecture, Chinese people and what really convinced me was the fact that there were crowds of people waiting for this to happen. I have friends that were there (in Phuket and survived) and basically there was very little warning and no one was waiting for the tradgedy to unfold. I think you have been spoofed Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lust2luv Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 These pics duped Sky News and a few Australian newspapers apparently - they're clearly fakes (i.e. real pics, but not of a tsunami) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyotasuprauk Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 I think these are fakes too. Why have they got umbrellas when seconds before it was a lovely sunny day. Looks like china and people standing around waiting for it to happen with cameras? Probably gives you an idea of what it may have been like though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 they are not fakes this did happen but it happens once a year...in place i cant remember in china, it is a tidal wave that travels up the mouth of a river,people come to watch as it is amazing spectical but due to the moon and other factors, the wave was bigger then usual this year and caught a lot of people out, no one died, i have the video on my PC somewhere and a website, i will try and find them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 Found it, it is called a Tidal bore, here is video from different place up river http://www.usc.edu/dept/tsunamis/video/china/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaf Posted January 5, 2005 Share Posted January 5, 2005 yeah i heard about that festival too, it was on a documentary once. occasionally the odd person or two gets swept away fo being too close.... but thats is clearly their own fault unlike the phuket one, which could of been prevented if the govt had invested some money in an early warning system. we have to remember that this tidal wave started off many miles away at the epicenter of the earthquake and would of taken at least 30minutes to hit land. not that im bitter about tight @rsed governments r the tragic loss off life or anything.... thats just whow the world goes round isnt it. bet it costs more in the long run when it does happen tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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