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Tsunami Satellite Images

Posted by samzenpus on from the wow dept.

JakeisBland writes "Here is a collection of before/after satellite pictures of the devastation in Asia due to the tsunami/earthquake."

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  1. Engineering speculation... by dj245 · · Score: 1, Funny
    Its quite easy to see that a lot of dirt has washed completely away, leaving the islands eroded and noticeably smaller. Will dredging be required to restore islands to near their original height? Or are they fine now? Will land values increase as the amount of land has decreased? Or have so many people died that there is a stigma attatched to these islands (and more land to go around for the survivors) and land prices go down?

    Quickly! We need to de-emotionalize this disaster fast before we go declare war on somebody.

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    Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress at this period in history.
  2. This just in... by Hobadee · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...President Bush and his International coalition (of which the next largest nation is contributing half of what we are) has just added Mother Nature to his axis of evil, saying that she is helping terrorists, as well as committing terrorist acts herself. Bush has given Mother Nature an ultimatum, telling her to leave this planet within the next 24 hours or we will declare war on her. It is expected that Mother Nature will stay and fight, but looks as if this will be another victory by the Bush administration.

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    ...Had this been an actual emergency, we would have fled in terror, and you would not have been informed.
  3. Re:Tsunami by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    If only we had fed more virgins to the volcano this never would have happened! Forget the tsunami warning system, we need a more aggressive volcano-feeding program immediately!

  4. Re:do we know what actually caused this? by THEbwana · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well - I live in Europe and my guess is that the media will soon find a way to blame:
    0. Bush (he's gotta have something to do with this, right?)
    1. Global warming (since its clearly happening much more often now compared to last year; 1 tsunami compared to 0 during last year).