Tsunamis Disaster

[Kelly7873]

thats white wash ?

looks like cloud cover to me. but I could be wrong.

what islands are they ?

The photo has nothing to do with the tsunami, it's of the Canary Islands.http://www.mantleplumes.org/Canary.html

[LGREANZ]

good work Kelly, way to expose the fraud.
I knew that couldn't be white wash.

great write up Jute.

heres an email I got from a surf charter business in Sumatra.


Subj: FW: Asu, Sumatra
Date: 12/30/2004 12:51:40 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: "Henry Morales-Wavehunters" <news@wavehunters.com>
To: "Wave Hunters News" <news@wavehunters.com>
Sent from the Internet (Details)


-----Original Message-----
From: mark (max) grant [mailto:maxatssa@bigpond.net.au]
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 6:28 PM
Subject: Asu, Sumatra


(please forward this message on)

Friends,

Thank you again to everyone that has been in touch with prayers, offers of help and donations for the people of Asu and Nias. It has touched us so much that you are so willing to help these people.

Fortunatly things are not as bad as we initially thought.

I have spoken by Satellite phone today with friends from Sirombu who have returned to the area yesterday.

Reports from Hinako, Asu and Bawa islands are that all residents are safe and no lives have been lost. We are not sure yet of damages, but were more concerned for lives.

Sirombu on the mainland has been severly damaged and 8 people are confirmed dead and 2 people missing (which is well down from early reports of 120 people. We presume that residents that fled the area were feared dead or missing and have now returned safely).

An Indonesian presidential advisor toured the Hinako Islands yesterday after fears the island chain had been submerged. But a report in the Jakarta Post today says that "(Silalahi) looked happy to find intact the Hinako, Bawa and Asu Islands of the Sirombu district during an aerial reconnaissance mission."

It is also reported that he has distributed Rp 1 Billion (US$11,000) worth of food, medicines and other supplies to the islanders.

Stu organised a small charted plane from Medan yesterday full of provisions for the islanders which arrived safely yesterday afternoon (in better shape that Stu, who in his efforts had a bad motor bike accident in Medan and is in hospital with a broken arm nose and teeth).

We cannot believe how fortunate these people are to come out of this disaster with such little damage. After seeing the enormity of it's damage in areas so close it truly is a miracle.

We are confident that in the immediate future the people of Nias will be well looked after as supplies are still getting through to them, although as time passes help will be needed in the rebuilding of homes and boats. We may call on your help at that time.

Right now I think we need to look further north to the Aceh region, to see where we can help immediatly. I have had information from 2 sources that are getting aid directly to this area. We urge you and everyone you can contact to help with donations or packages. Please look at or http://www.surfaidinternational.org or http://www.mentawai.com/aceh.html. We can guarentee that these organisations will but your donations in the right places and remember that the smallest amount counts and time is essential.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Max, Kell and Stu
Jamie, Phil, Anthony and Will

Sumatran Surf Adventures
Hinakos Hideaway, ASU


Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 4:17 PM
Subject: Asu, Sumatra


Friends,

We have been inundated with phone calls and emails the last 24 hours after news of the tragedy created by the earthquake off North Sumatra. Firstly thank-you to those who have been in touch with us to check on the wellbeing of ourselves, our staff and their families in Nias. Your thoughts and prayers mean so much.

News out of Nias has been slow and little, but we had the best news around 10am this morning (after a night of worry for the safety of the people on Asu).
We had prepared ourselves for the worst news and feared for the lives that may have been lost. However, the latest news that we have is that after the tremor water levels on the island started to rise and Fona and other workers got Max's boat into the water with a motor and radio, and evacuated who they could. They waited offshore until things subsided and were able to radio Guning Sitoli in Nias to confirm that everyone was safe.

Fortunately because of the positioning of Asu, they were not hit with the wave like effect of other areas, instead a gradual rise in the water level.

As far as we know there has been minimal impact on homes and buildings in this area, but this is secondary to knowing that our friends are safe.

Steve is in Medan and is trying to get a flight to Nias, which is proving hard. He will take a Sat phone and small generator, so he can contact us ASAP with any further news, and as much food and water as he can.

We have already been receiving cash donations from friends and family to help the people on Asu and Nias, and as soon as we hear more news on what provisions are required we will be setting up an aid to fund this. We'll send details as we can.

[LGREANZ]

have you guys seen this animation ?

http://staff.aist.go.jp/kenji.satake/animation.gif

[neosponge]

The article I wrote for my Road Runner Hawaii surfing column just got published. Thanks all for your help:

The Indonesian Tsunami

"The Indonesian earthquakes and tsunami on December 26 have been described as a catastrophe of biblical proportions. When all is said and done, the number of dead could surpass 100,000. As surfers and fellow humans, it is important that we all understand what happened..."

[Puerto_Rico_Surfer]

I found some great links, hope they work for everyone.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1187/c1187.pdf
http://www.surfline.com/community/whoknows/12_31_more_tsunamis.cfm
http://www.surfline.com/community/whoknows/12_28_tsunami.cfm

**************************************
http://staff.aist.go.jp/kenji.satake/animation.gif On this link even though I know everyone has seen it already, I wanted to point something out. Check out the backwash effect of the wave after it hits the maldives and then heads back to the western coast of Sri Lanka hours later. Also the same thing happens after the wave hits the India's and Sri Lanka's eastern shores then heads up North to impact what seems to be Bangladesh and Myanmar (formerly Cambodia I think?).

-----------------------------------------
Well I could post more links, but most of them I found on Surfline.com so just go there for a wealth of info.

[Guest]

Check out this link for unreal video of what looks like the first wave to hit.
http://www.uselessjunk.com/modules.php? ... e&sid=1064

[Kelly7873]

It's weird how in that useless junk link above the wave doesn't break till it's right on shore like Sandy beach. I would think a super long period wave would break in relatively deep water. Has anybody seen the video of the tsunami where it looks like a big right peeling beach break, I've only seen it on tv not on-line.
BTW, Myanmar use to be Burma.

[acrorrusd]

I did not know it was not of the Tsunami. I found it on another board, and was told that was white wash. I was misinformed myself. My apologies.

good work Kelly, way to expose the fraud.
I knew that couldn't be white wash.

great write up Jute.

heres an email I got from a surf charter business in Sumatra.


Subj: FW: Asu, Sumatra
Date: 12/30/2004 12:51:40 PM Eastern Standard Time
From: "Henry Morales-Wavehunters" <news@wavehunters.com>
To: "Wave Hunters News" <news@wavehunters.com>
Sent from the Internet (Details)


-----Original Message-----
From: mark (max) grant [mailto:maxatssa@bigpond.net.au]
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 6:28 PM
Subject: Asu, Sumatra


(please forward this message on)

Friends,

Thank you again to everyone that has been in touch with prayers, offers of help and donations for the people of Asu and Nias. It has touched us so much that you are so willing to help these people.

Fortunatly things are not as bad as we initially thought.

I have spoken by Satellite phone today with friends from Sirombu who have returned to the area yesterday.

Reports from Hinako, Asu and Bawa islands are that all residents are safe and no lives have been lost. We are not sure yet of damages, but were more concerned for lives.

Sirombu on the mainland has been severly damaged and 8 people are confirmed dead and 2 people missing (which is well down from early reports of 120 people. We presume that residents that fled the area were feared dead or missing and have now returned safely).

An Indonesian presidential advisor toured the Hinako Islands yesterday after fears the island chain had been submerged. But a report in the Jakarta Post today says that "(Silalahi) looked happy to find intact the Hinako, Bawa and Asu Islands of the Sirombu district during an aerial reconnaissance mission."

It is also reported that he has distributed Rp 1 Billion (US$11,000) worth of food, medicines and other supplies to the islanders.

Stu organised a small charted plane from Medan yesterday full of provisions for the islanders which arrived safely yesterday afternoon (in better shape that Stu, who in his efforts had a bad motor bike accident in Medan and is in hospital with a broken arm nose and teeth).

We cannot believe how fortunate these people are to come out of this disaster with such little damage. After seeing the enormity of it's damage in areas so close it truly is a miracle.

We are confident that in the immediate future the people of Nias will be well looked after as supplies are still getting through to them, although as time passes help will be needed in the rebuilding of homes and boats. We may call on your help at that time.

Right now I think we need to look further north to the Aceh region, to see where we can help immediatly. I have had information from 2 sources that are getting aid directly to this area. We urge you and everyone you can contact to help with donations or packages. Please look at or http://www.surfaidinternational.org or http://www.mentawai.com/aceh.html. We can guarentee that these organisations will but your donations in the right places and remember that the smallest amount counts and time is essential.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

Max, Kell and Stu
Jamie, Phil, Anthony and Will

Sumatran Surf Adventures
Hinakos Hideaway, ASU


Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 4:17 PM
Subject: Asu, Sumatra


Friends,

We have been inundated with phone calls and emails the last 24 hours after news of the tragedy created by the earthquake off North Sumatra. Firstly thank-you to those who have been in touch with us to check on the wellbeing of ourselves, our staff and their families in Nias. Your thoughts and prayers mean so much.

News out of Nias has been slow and little, but we had the best news around 10am this morning (after a night of worry for the safety of the people on Asu).
We had prepared ourselves for the worst news and feared for the lives that may have been lost. However, the latest news that we have is that after the tremor water levels on the island started to rise and Fona and other workers got Max's boat into the water with a motor and radio, and evacuated who they could. They waited offshore until things subsided and were able to radio Guning Sitoli in Nias to confirm that everyone was safe.

Fortunately because of the positioning of Asu, they were not hit with the wave like effect of other areas, instead a gradual rise in the water level.

As far as we know there has been minimal impact on homes and buildings in this area, but this is secondary to knowing that our friends are safe.

Steve is in Medan and is trying to get a flight to Nias, which is proving hard. He will take a Sat phone and small generator, so he can contact us ASAP with any further news, and as much food and water as he can.

We have already been receiving cash donations from friends and family to help the people on Asu and Nias, and as soon as we hear more news on what provisions are required we will be setting up an aid to fund this. We'll send details as we can.

[maleko]

It's weird how in that useless junk link above the wave doesn't break till it's right on shore like Sandy beach. I would think a super long period wave would break in relatively deep water. Has anybody seen the video of the tsunami where it looks like a big right peeling beach break, I've only seen it on tv not on-line.
BTW, Myanmar use to be Burma.

saw it on CNN

[Puerto_Rico_Surfer]

http://waxy.org/bt/

[Kelly7873]

How about this one. http://video.vg.no/vg/04/12/thailandwave1231.wmv Is that surfable?

[s9j]

kelly after watching that vid link of yours, I think that is the biggest looking wave breaking in all the vids Ive seen, the second wave in the set. Looks like 25 foot face? , kind of like kirra. Too bad those trees were in the way half way through, you can't tell if it sectioned right there. Other than that it looked like it peeled perfectly all the way across, but insanely fast.

Looked surfable to me, maybe you needed to tow into it though. The ultimate big wave in that video? maybe.....

[LGREANZ]

HOLY SHIT.

are you guys nuts, you wanna surf into a concrete wall.

Definately the best footage of an actual wave I've seen yet.
That looked like Waimea point surf to me, at least 15 foot hawaiian.

[Puerto_Rico_Surfer]

See I told you I saw surfable waves in thailand videos, I knew I wasnt crazy.

[Puerto_Rico_Surfer]

Not to beat a dead horse but I got emailed this link and it contains some of the best satelite before and after photos of the areas hit.http://homepage.mac.com/demark/tsunami/

On a side note : checkout the waves breaking in this one before photo, looks like is was a good beach break. http://homepage.mac.com/demark/tsunami/12.html