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Mon Mar-28-05 11:57 AM
Response to Reply #15 |
| 18. Maybe Bush was testing nukes again. |
Magnitude 8.2 - NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA |
Gman |
Mar-28-05 11:45 AM |
#0 |

Oh no |
Mari333 |
Mar-28-05 11:46 AM |
#1 |

That's a major earthquake. |
Bleachers7 |
Mar-28-05 11:47 AM |
#2 |
 
How fast can you sprint? |
Pachamama |
Mar-28-05 01:28 PM |
#85 |

About 40 minutes ago........ |
tyedyeto |
Mar-28-05 11:49 AM |
#3 |
 
there is a tsunami watch going on now |
dweller |
Mar-28-05 11:50 AM |
#6 |
 
About an hour from the quake |
jojo54 |
Mar-28-05 11:56 AM |
#16 |
 
The Tsunami would hit Indonesia immediately after the quake - minutes |
Zynx |
Mar-28-05 12:01 PM |
#28 |
  
Not necessarily. Last time tsunami was 2 hours before hit. |
Pallas180 |
Mar-28-05 12:34 PM |
#53 |
 
That was hours before it hit Thailand and Sri Lanka |
Zynx |
Mar-28-05 12:50 PM |
#68 |
 
I'm sure by now they're all heading to the highlands |
LynneSin |
Mar-28-05 12:15 PM |
#44 |

I would hope for both...... |
tyedyeto |
Mar-28-05 12:18 PM |
#47 |

Geez |
Spazito |
Mar-28-05 11:49 AM |
#4 |

No Tsunami warning for US |
Bleachers7 |
Mar-28-05 11:50 AM |
#5 |
 
But is there one for the regions that were affected in Dec.? n/t |
tyedyeto |
Mar-28-05 11:51 AM |
#7 |

I was looking. |
Bleachers7 |
Mar-28-05 11:53 AM |
#9 |

yes |
Merope215 |
Mar-28-05 12:00 PM |
#26 |

USGS tsunami bulletin |
Merope215 |
Mar-28-05 11:52 AM |
#8 |
 
That says 8.5???? Whoa. This is bad. |
Zynx |
Mar-28-05 11:55 AM |
#12 |
  
Right, plus there's the "has potential |
Merope215 |
Mar-28-05 11:57 AM |
#17 |
 
That's not the kind of fault line |
XemaSab |
Mar-28-05 02:16 PM |
#101 |
 
Uh,, correction, that's a NOAA bulletin |
GOPFighter |
Mar-28-05 12:19 PM |
#48 |

Sorry about that |
Merope215 |
Mar-28-05 12:25 PM |
#50 |

8.2+ EARTHQUAKE, POSSIBLE TSUNAMI INDONESIA |
Zynx |
Mar-28-05 11:53 AM |
# |
 
oh shit |
stellanoir |
Mar-28-05 11:53 AM |
#10 |
 
Oh no... |
AFSCME girl |
Mar-28-05 11:54 AM |
#11 |

Huge! |
Whoa_Nelly |
Mar-28-05 11:55 AM |
#13 |

they cannot get a break. n/t |
lies and propaganda |
Mar-28-05 11:56 AM |
#14 |

These are a lot of very powerful quakes. |
Sentinel Chicken |
Mar-28-05 11:56 AM |
#15 |
 
Maybe Bush was testing nukes again. |
Bleachers7 |
Mar-28-05 11:57 AM |
#18 |
  
Yeah, it's a test for the big event here in the U.S. about the third |
TheGoldenRule |
Mar-28-05 12:40 PM |
#57 |
   
I'm not familiar with the Acronyms.... |
Blue Belle |
Mar-28-05 02:18 PM |
#102 |
    
LIHOP = Let it happen on purpose |
meganmonkey |
Mar-28-05 02:24 PM |
#103 |
    
LIHOP=Let It Happen On Purpose ... MIHOP=Make It Happen On Purpose |
Straight Shooter |
Mar-28-05 02:28 PM |
#106 |
   
Wow |
smitty |
Mar-28-05 04:33 PM |
#127 |
  
Not this again..... |
DinoBoy |
Mar-28-05 01:15 PM |
#79 |
 
I think these are all aftershocks from the 9.5 one quake |
Gman |
Mar-28-05 11:58 AM |
#19 |
 
Isn't this bigger than the last one that hit there? |
doublethink |
Mar-28-05 11:59 AM |
#20 |

Nope |
Bleachers7 |
Mar-28-05 11:59 AM |
#22 |

Not yet - but that one was revised up repeatedly. This could be too. |
Zynx |
Mar-28-05 12:00 PM |
#25 |

After the first big one ... |
Sentinel Chicken |
Mar-28-05 12:34 PM |
#51 |

Oh geez.... |
LynzM |
Mar-28-05 11:59 AM |
#21 |

Exactly as predicted |
allemand |
Mar-28-05 11:59 AM |
#23 |
 
Wow! |
Spazito |
Mar-28-05 12:03 PM |
#30 |

Is there a link between Mt. St Helens going off and major earthquakes |
RandomKoolzip |
Mar-28-05 12:00 PM |
#24 |
 
Negative - entirely different plates. |
Zynx |
Mar-28-05 12:01 PM |
#27 |
  
Okay...thanks for the clarification.... |
RandomKoolzip |
Mar-28-05 12:02 PM |
#29 |
 
BBC is covering the quake |
malaise |
Mar-28-05 12:09 PM |
#37 |
 
CNN still has Schiavo as top story |
AllegroRondo |
Mar-28-05 12:14 PM |
#42 |
 
Yeah, she took a drop of wine |
LynneSin |
Mar-28-05 12:18 PM |
#46 |
 
The Pacific Rim AKA The Rim of Fire... |
1monster |
Mar-28-05 12:14 PM |
#43 |
 
I agree with you, and then some |
velcrounderground |
Mar-28-05 12:50 PM |
#67 |

I don't believe in that astrology nonsense, but.... |
RandomKoolzip |
Mar-28-05 01:17 PM |
#80 |

They are connected in a very broad sense |
DinoBoy |
Mar-28-05 01:23 PM |
#83 |

True dat, DinoBoy. |
RandomKoolzip |
Mar-28-05 01:30 PM |
#86 |

Crap! I hope there's no Tsunami. n/t |
GOPBasher |
Mar-28-05 12:04 PM |
#31 |

Scary.... |
dethl |
Mar-28-05 12:05 PM |
#32 |

Crap! I hope there's no way Tsunami. n/t |
GOPBasher |
Mar-28-05 12:05 PM |
#33 |

MSNBC Link: |
meganmonkey |
Mar-28-05 12:05 PM |
#34 |

NOAA Tsunami Warning (8.5) |
brooklynite |
Mar-28-05 12:06 PM |
#35 |

man...talk about damned hard luck |
Blue_Tires |
Mar-28-05 12:06 PM |
#36 |

The earliest report of the Dec 26 earthquake said it was "only" 8.1, |
Minstrel Boy |
Mar-28-05 12:10 PM |
#38 |

Gee |
Corgigal |
Mar-28-05 12:11 PM |
#39 |
 
Oh goodness |
meganmonkey |
Mar-28-05 12:16 PM |
#45 |

I don't believe in god but I am praying for these people..... |
expatriot |
Mar-28-05 12:12 PM |
#40 |

another good earthquake monitoring site is |
unhappycamper |
Mar-28-05 12:13 PM |
#41 |

Oh, no ... |
Delphinus |
Mar-28-05 12:24 PM |
#49 |

link from cnn.com |
steve2470 |
Mar-28-05 12:34 PM |
#52 |

GOOD News/Bad News |
Up2Late |
Mar-28-05 12:35 PM |
#54 |

Science Wins, God Loses. |
Hard Attack |
Mar-28-05 12:38 PM |
#55 |
 
HERE IS THE LINK -- SCIENCE PREDICTED THIS LAST WEEK |
Hard Attack |
Mar-28-05 12:46 PM |
#65 |
 
God controls everything. |
Bleachers7 |
Mar-28-05 12:48 PM |
#66 |
 
I don't think so |
DS1 |
Mar-28-05 02:26 PM |
#105 |

Major earthquake strikes off Indonesia; tsunami warning issued |
steve2470 |
Mar-28-05 12:40 PM |
#56 |

Could be an aftershock from the 9.0 big one? |
Endangered Specie |
Mar-28-05 12:41 PM |
#58 |
 
To my understanding ,Yes. |
montana_hazeleyes |
Mar-28-05 07:56 PM |
#132 |

OMG! And I just had the most awful thought. |
Pacifist Patriot |
Mar-28-05 12:41 PM |
#59 |
 
Yikes |
dhinojosa |
Mar-28-05 12:42 PM |
#61 |
 
Re: The day after Christmas and day after Easter.. |
SCRUBDASHRUB |
Mar-28-05 01:22 PM |
#81 |

how did you stumble across this ? nt |
steve2470 |
Mar-28-05 12:41 PM |
#60 |
 
I get USGS emails on earthquakes |
Gman |
Mar-28-05 12:44 PM |
#63 |
 
It's been all over cable news -nt |
Catchawave |
Mar-28-05 12:45 PM |
#64 |

What wingnut will be the first to say this is God expressing anger over |
geek tragedy |
Mar-28-05 12:43 PM |
#62 |
 
Bingo. |
SCRUBDASHRUB |
Mar-28-05 01:22 PM |
#82 |
 
Surely God's aim could be a bit better than that? |
gkhouston |
Mar-28-05 01:36 PM |
#88 |
 
Fred Phelps? |
meganmonkey |
Mar-28-05 01:41 PM |
#91 |
 
If that were the case, it would hit here not there |
HeeBGBz |
Mar-28-05 04:25 PM |
#126 |

CNNI is saying the quake lasted 3 minutes, 8.5 magnitude |
lebkuchen |
Mar-28-05 12:53 PM |
#69 |

DU beats CNN by 30 minutes! |
Catchawave |
Mar-28-05 12:54 PM |
#70 |
 
LOL! |
Pacifist Patriot |
Mar-28-05 02:03 PM |
#99 |
 
That's why a lot of come here my friend |
nolabels |
Mar-28-05 02:47 PM |
#109 |

Yep, exactly....the rest is just details! -nt |
Catchawave |
Mar-28-05 06:56 PM |
#131 |

Link |
kokofitz |
Mar-28-05 01:03 PM |
#71 |

BBC World: No tsunami yet in Banda Aceh |
allemand |
Mar-28-05 01:08 PM |
#72 |
 
They may be safe. Its been over 2 hours since the quake. |
Gman |
Mar-28-05 01:10 PM |
#73 |
  
The report on Yahoo news said that if nothing happens |
RebelOne |
Mar-28-05 01:12 PM |
#74 |
  
It's actually just over an hour |
Roxy66 |
Mar-28-05 01:15 PM |
#78 |
 
Nope, over 2 hours. Quake occurred at 11:09 am EST. n/t |
Shakespeare |
Mar-28-05 01:24 PM |
#84 |
 
Banda Aceh would be shielded by its location on the island |
Zynx |
Mar-28-05 01:47 PM |
#96 |

This town? Shielded? |
allemand |
Mar-28-05 02:01 PM |
#97 |

Appears to be <75 km from 26 Dec epicenter |
DinoBoy |
Mar-28-05 01:12 PM |
#75 |
 
This map shows quakes >7.0 since 1900 |
DinoBoy |
Mar-28-05 02:58 PM |
#115 |

Deleted message |
Name removed |
Mar-28-05 03:00 PM |
#116 |

Tectonic stress moving south this time? |
allemand |
Mar-28-05 03:18 PM |
#119 |

It generally moves laterally along the rupture zone |
DinoBoy |
Mar-28-05 03:25 PM |
#120 |

There was a report in Nature that the stress in the Sunda trench to the |
allemand |
Mar-28-05 03:38 PM |
#122 |

People watch the animals |
Corgigal |
Mar-28-05 01:13 PM |
#76 |

The Northern Sumatrans didn't do anything to Terri Schiavo |
rocknation |
Mar-28-05 01:14 PM |
#77 |

1:28PM FAUX - "day after Christmas / Easter" |
paineinthearse |
Mar-28-05 01:33 PM |
#87 |
 
Perfect Let's stir the morans up,eh,fox? |
there-s a |
Mar-28-05 01:44 PM |
#93 |
 
God must have something against christians |
AllegroRondo |
Mar-28-05 01:45 PM |
#94 |
  
oh, my friend, they won't interpret it that way. |
jdj |
Mar-28-05 02:52 PM |
#112 |
 
*sigh* I hate being right sometimes. |
Pacifist Patriot |
Mar-28-05 02:02 PM |
#98 |

1:34PM Faux - "geometrically" |
paineinthearse |
Mar-28-05 01:37 PM |
#89 |
 
Yes, you're correct. |
Willy Lee |
Mar-28-05 01:39 PM |
#90 |
 
Geometric growth is exponential. It is a matter of degree... |
harlinnchi |
Mar-28-05 01:43 PM |
#92 |
 
They are synonyms, nt. |
jwcomer |
Mar-28-05 04:09 PM |
#123 |

They issued warnings & running, so they are safe. |
Dcitizen |
Mar-28-05 01:45 PM |
#95 |

Quake Seen Likely Forcing Tsunami Waves to South (Mauritius) |
allemand |
Mar-28-05 02:10 PM |
#100 |

"Dozens have died..." |
Willy Lee |
Mar-28-05 02:24 PM |
#104 |

USGS updated and increased the magnitude from 8.2 to 8.7 |
temperancedissent |
Mar-28-05 02:31 PM |
#107 |

QUAKE NOW 8.7! |
Zynx |
Mar-28-05 02:34 PM |
#108 |
 
Jesus Christ! |
Lone Pawn |
Mar-28-05 02:49 PM |
#110 |
 
Did you guys watched the USGS briefing on TV? |
IndianaGreen |
Mar-28-05 02:51 PM |
#111 |

It has been nearly 3 hours, no? |
Willy Lee |
Mar-28-05 02:53 PM |
#113 |

This was on about 10 minutes ago |
IndianaGreen |
Mar-28-05 02:56 PM |
#114 |

There is another LBN thread |
DinoBoy |
Mar-28-05 03:07 PM |
#118 |

50 confirmed dead on island of Nias |
derby378 |
Mar-28-05 03:01 PM |
#117 |

Expert warns of third massive quake |
allemand |
Mar-28-05 03:31 PM |
#121 |

Those poor people. |
Zhade |
Mar-28-05 04:14 PM |
#124 |

Oh shit, not again |
HeeBGBz |
Mar-28-05 04:17 PM |
#125 |

It could happen again |
smitty |
Mar-28-05 04:59 PM |
#128 |

So, did W rush back from his |
deadparrot |
Mar-28-05 05:03 PM |
#129 |

Major quake off Indonesia kills nearly 300 |
soup |
Mar-28-05 06:29 PM |
#130 |

BBC Link (Tuesday 01:43 GMT) |
Jack Rabbit |
Mar-28-05 09:06 PM |
#133 |

KICK |
DulceDecorum |
Mar-28-05 11:01 PM |
#134 |

This pic of motor transport is 'Normal' and not 'crowd' as AP says |
dArKeR |
Mar-28-05 11:30 PM |
#135 |

Lethal Quake Rattles Tsunami Zone |
Liberty Belle |
Mar-29-05 07:12 AM |
#136 |

Some Data |
Wilms |
Mar-29-05 07:12 AM |
#137 |
 
Someone else here posted that a tidal wave hit Australia. |
Liberty Belle |
Mar-29-05 07:12 AM |
#140 |

Only a small tsunami, 25 to 50cm |
allemand |
Mar-29-05 07:12 AM |
#141 |

You have to wonder what hell Indonesia is going through!!! |
lovuian |
Mar-29-05 07:12 AM |
#138 |

Death toll over 2K now according to cable n/t |
MADem |
Mar-29-05 07:12 AM |
#139 |