Quake and Tsunami Devastate South Asia

pfb writes "From reuters, 'The world's fifth-largest quake in a century has hit southern Asia, triggering a speeding tsunami that crashed into Sri Lanka and India, drowning hundreds, and swamping tourist islands in Thailand and the Maldives.'"

Comments

Re:This is Geek news?

[moonbender]

Well, Slashdot does post major event stories from time to time - in fact they make up a large part of the hall of fame. They typically deal with events that are related to the US, despite the fact that a significant part of the readership isn't American. Considering how the story summary is one order of magnitude off - many thousands, not hundreds died - this certainly is a major story and I don't mind seeing it on Slashdot.

On the other hand, why post this when you didn't report on the earthquake in Turkey, or the one in Iran about a year ago, etc? I guess it's because Sundays are slow news days.

Re:Geez....

[blackpaw]

Wanker

Re:What about Indonesia?

[pe1rxq]

-1 Religious asshole?

why are their bodies weird?

[polished look 2]

Hi. Did anyone notice in the photographs that those that have been earthly-killed seem to have strange arm positions? Is that a common sign from a drowning? Does anyone know?

Re:Maybe 10,000+ dead (0800 PDT)

[rsidd]

I am concerned about the US military base on Diego Garcia

Interesting. For me, and most people in the world, a US military base would be absolute bottom on any list of worries. Especially the one at Diego Garcia, given its history. It's been cleansed already of its rightful inhabitants by the leaders of the free world; it would be fitting if the military base got wiped out too.

What a waste that you exist.

[SuperKendall]

Gee, since that happened in the 60's, and none of the people that are there now or current governments were involved, some of us might just worry about people in general. Some of us might even think you are a dickhead for be so against any military personell anywhere you would rather they all drown instead of being punished for something that happened 40 years ago.

Somebody needs a serious reality check, and to re-think their mental framework - a clue for the dense (you); it's not me.

Re:How long until we blame America

[justins]

I know it is an unpopular view and I will be immediately marked down for saying so, but I believe this is an act of a higher power.

When you look at it Islam Buddhist Hindu were the one's that suffered, all non christians in non christian nations. And on one of Christianity's more holy of days. Now you could say this is just a one off? a coincidence? What about Christmas in 2003. Same day to the year 40,000 killed in Bam in Iran. Again a non christian nation made to suffer at the hand of a higher power on Christianity's day.

And in 2002 same day exactly to the year also Japan suffered a large quake killing hundreds more non christians. Three in a row is just too many to ignore or leave up to chance. Which non christian nation to be struck on Christmas 2005?

Punishment for non believers and 9/11 I think?

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YOU ARE GOING TO HELL FOR ALL THAT WHACKING OFF TO HENTAI THAT YOU DO. REPENT.

Re:Arthur C. Clarke?

[John Courtland]

Never said I wasn't. But overanalyzing my statement makes you a prize retard. I never blamed anyone for anything. This is a disaster, it happened, people lived where it happened, they died, it happens.

Re:Arthur C. Clarke?

[John Courtland]

Wow, can you not travel past my original post to the parent and grandparent? The one who said "...so the deserve the death penalty..." I merely stated that these people died as an act of nature, not some "death penalty".

So in essence, you're a fucking moron. $10 says you wouldn't have the balls to act like such a bitch to my face, so what's the point of acting like one over the internet?