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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. one point about the Sri Lankan pictures... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    it's worth noting that the pictures show Kalutara, a town about 25 miles south of Colombo, and situated on the west coast of Sri Lanka, which pretty much escaped major damage and loss of life compared to the the south and eastern coastlines.

    Flooding caused at least 40 deaths in Kalutara, though...

  2. A couple more images by centipetalforce · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://eobglossary.gsfc.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImage s/images.php3?img_id=16774Very
    http://eobglossary.gsfc.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImage s/images.php3Devastating
    If you donated to lokitorrent but not this, I don't know what to say to you...

  3. Re:don't hear too many by oz_canetoad · · Score: 5, Informative

    From the CIA world book on Sri Lanka;

    Buddhist 70%, Hindu 15%, Christian 8%, Muslim 7% (1999)

    I can see why you wouldn't, but continue to play your banjo...

  4. Videos by Vicsun · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here you can find videos of the tsunami captured by tourists.
    Here you can find torrents of said videos in case the original site dies under the load.

  5. Helping by gregbaker · · Score: 5, Informative
    Perhaps this would be a good time to donate to the Red Cross? (US, Canadian, others)

    The Canadian one, at least, is a fast online credit-card donation. You can print out your tax receipt right away. (hey, before midnight gets it in for this tax year, right?)

    Or, there are plenty of other organizations that would be happy to receive a donation.

  6. Re:So much for clean water.... by Malc · · Score: 5, Informative

    Have you thought that perhaps most of that discolouration is no more than just sediment such as top soil? It isn't necessarily related to human activity at all.

    If I were there, smell would be the least of my worries. I'd be more concerned about things such as cholera, and other miscellaneous tropical diseases and the general environment that means even a simple scratch can become life threatening.

  7. Perspective, yes, but not as personal as this: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The sattelite images show the extent of damage, but remains impersonal. This picture graphically shows the actual devastation and number of deaths..

    http://img145.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img145&image=ruumi ita4ft.jpg

    1. Re:Perspective, yes, but not as personal as this: by abelsson · · Score: 4, Informative

      Horrific. I just donated $150 to the red cross. I had been thinking about it, but it was that image that pushed me over the edge.

  8. Re:Over here in Finland (and Scandinavia I bet) by XenonDif · · Score: 4, Informative

    Meanwhile, Bush is planning to spend $30-$40 million in lavish inaguration festivities.

  9. per capita counts are unusable by klang · · Score: 5, Informative

    Denmark: 300M DKR (USD$55M) at a population of 5.4M .. that's $10,14 per capita ..
    USA: USD$45M at a population of 293M .. that's $0,15 per capita

    both theese sets of numbers are what the Government provides, not what is collected privately. (no taxreductions are given for donations in Denmark)

    I guess that every country will give what it can.