Tsunami hits Penang Island (My place) - Page 3

Craig Manoukian · 12-30-2004, 02:18 PM

This just in from CNN.

Tsunami death toll now estimated at more than 115,000, officials in affected areas say.

Our prayers are needed now more than ever!

jimeluiz · 12-30-2004, 02:31 PM

Kevin - glad you and yours are safe.

This whole thing is weighing very heavily on Luiz and I. We spent some very special weeks in Thailand a couple of years ago at Ko Phi Phi and Phuket, among other places. It was snorkeling at Ko Phi Phi that began our love affair with reefs that lead to our having a tank. It was truly a pradise. Seeing the images from there is horrifying.

We have sent a donation to help as much as we can.

HERE is a list of relief organizations from the CNN website.

Gina · 01-06-2005, 07:26 AM

Kevin,
Just checking on how you are doing? Hope your family are all safe. I just can't really believe how bad this thing was. I feel so bad for everyone over there. Keep us updated.

nivek · 01-07-2005, 10:26 PM

Gina,

Thanks for the concern. Luckily the damage on our island was very minimal as compared to those in Indonesia, Sri Lanka etc. Our cleanup work only took 2 days and on the 3rd day, our government started sending search and rescue units to Indonesia. As of yesterday we already have a few hundred personnel in Indonesia and the feedback from some of the team members were as if they went to hell.

They could see dead bodies everywhere, maggots and some were already liquifying. Anyway we are still sending food, water etc everyday and hopefully the rebuilding will start soon. As for now the cleaning up is still not finished yet. A couple of days ago they found an Indonesian woman on top of a coconut tree trunk drifting on the sea hundreds of kilometres away from where she was hit by the tsuname. The amazing thing was she was still alive after almost a week adrift at sea. Her food source came from the tree she was on and her legs had lots of fish bite wounds. A ship found her and took her over to the Penang hospital.

One thing which I've noticed from the aftermath of the tsuname was that the waterline on the seashores around my island seems to have receeded more than a few hundred metres. We now have more land area on our seashores. I don't think I'm imagining this because my friend told me the same thing. He goes jogging by the seaside daily and have noticed the difference.

Anyway I pray that something of this magnitude will not happen again and go green to save our fragile earth.

Craig Manoukian · 01-08-2005, 12:32 AM

Glad things are well with you Kevin, thanks for the update and our prayers are with all of you!

BoomerD · 01-08-2005, 01:39 AM

Here is a link to a pic sent by a fellow in Dubai UAE. Pretty graphic, so if you're queasy, don't look:
http://www.whodah.com/albums/BoomerD/ajy.sized.jpg

This was taken in Banda Aceh in Indonesia.

Craig Manoukian · 01-08-2005, 02:20 AM

Yikes! What a mess.

Gina · 01-08-2005, 06:36 AM

Gosh, I couldn't imagine what it must be like to have to clean up all that. I suppose like everything else, after awhile you just become immune to it.

angnak · 01-13-2005, 03:55 PM

Well some more sad news.

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwash...printstory.jsp

Craig Manoukian · 01-13-2005, 09:32 PM

Indonesia's tsunami death toll nears 210,000, according to document

Yikes!

Spooda420 · 01-17-2005, 07:58 PM

http://homepage.mac.com/demark/tsunami/9.html

before after pics.... sad... total destruction

angnak · 01-17-2005, 08:52 PM

I think the fact that the ocean is swirling is just crazy. That is so sad. Some towns are just gone now. Wow, thanks for the link. It makes not want to move to Hawaii.

Gina · 01-18-2005, 06:31 AM

Thanks for the link Spooda. Amazing photos.

Craig Manoukian · 01-18-2005, 10:35 AM

Forwarded the link to a friend of mine here in Reno who is from Sri Lanka. Thanks Spooda!

Yarr · 08-13-2005, 01:58 AM

I realise this is an old thread, but i just found it. i was sent to Banda Aceh, Sumatra after th tsunami on Dec 26. The death and utter devestation i saw there is unexplanable. I am glad that you are ok.

On a Reffers note. The amount of VERY odd loking creatures form the ocean that was washed up was unreal. Things i have never seen nor heard of before where there. Very weird.

12-30-2004, 02:18 PM	#31 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 18,386 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	This just in from CNN. Tsunami death toll now estimated at more than 115,000, officials in affected areas say. Our prayers are needed now more than ever! __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

12-30-2004, 02:31 PM	#32 (permalink)
jimeluiz Achilles Tang Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Niteroi, Brasil Posts: 829 View Gallery Karma Komment	Kevin - glad you and yours are safe. This whole thing is weighing very heavily on Luiz and I. We spent some very special weeks in Thailand a couple of years ago at Ko Phi Phi and Phuket, among other places. It was snorkeling at Ko Phi Phi that began our love affair with reefs that lead to our having a tank. It was truly a pradise. Seeing the images from there is horrifying. We have sent a donation to help as much as we can. HERE is a list of relief organizations from the CNN website. __________________ Sold the tank prior to our move. Setting up our new life in Brazil.

01-06-2005, 07:26 AM	#33 (permalink)
Gina Moderator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 8,836 View Gallery Karma Komment	Kevin, Just checking on how you are doing? Hope your family are all safe. I just can't really believe how bad this thing was. I feel so bad for everyone over there. Keep us updated. __________________ Gina and Mark's 75 Visit Our Sponsors Gina's Cube Gina

01-07-2005, 10:26 PM	#34 (permalink)
nivek Cabbage Leather Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Penang, Malaysia Posts: 367 View Gallery Karma Komment	Gina, Thanks for the concern. Luckily the damage on our island was very minimal as compared to those in Indonesia, Sri Lanka etc. Our cleanup work only took 2 days and on the 3rd day, our government started sending search and rescue units to Indonesia. As of yesterday we already have a few hundred personnel in Indonesia and the feedback from some of the team members were as if they went to hell. They could see dead bodies everywhere, maggots and some were already liquifying. Anyway we are still sending food, water etc everyday and hopefully the rebuilding will start soon. As for now the cleaning up is still not finished yet. A couple of days ago they found an Indonesian woman on top of a coconut tree trunk drifting on the sea hundreds of kilometres away from where she was hit by the tsuname. The amazing thing was she was still alive after almost a week adrift at sea. Her food source came from the tree she was on and her legs had lots of fish bite wounds. A ship found her and took her over to the Penang hospital. One thing which I've noticed from the aftermath of the tsuname was that the waterline on the seashores around my island seems to have receeded more than a few hundred metres. We now have more land area on our seashores. I don't think I'm imagining this because my friend told me the same thing. He goes jogging by the seaside daily and have noticed the difference. Anyway I pray that something of this magnitude will not happen again and go green to save our fragile earth. __________________ "Hey Yoda! Stop playing with my orange lightsaber!" - Master Nivek

01-08-2005, 12:32 AM	#35 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 18,386 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Glad things are well with you Kevin, thanks for the update and our prayers are with all of you! __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

01-08-2005, 01:39 AM	#36 (permalink)
BoomerD Reef Shark Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 5,637 View Gallery Karma Komment	Here is a link to a pic sent by a fellow in Dubai UAE. Pretty graphic, so if you're queasy, don't look: http://www.whodah.com/albums/BoomerD/ajy.sized.jpg This was taken in Banda Aceh in Indonesia. __________________ Intelligence is not knowing all the answers, but knowing where and how to find them! www.google.com

01-08-2005, 02:20 AM	#37 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 18,386 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Yikes! What a mess. __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

01-08-2005, 06:36 AM	#38 (permalink)
Gina Moderator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 8,836 View Gallery Karma Komment	Gosh, I couldn't imagine what it must be like to have to clean up all that. I suppose like everything else, after awhile you just become immune to it. __________________ Gina and Mark's 75 Visit Our Sponsors Gina's Cube Gina

01-13-2005, 03:55 PM	#39 (permalink)
angnak Torch coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 555 View Gallery Karma Komment	Well some more sad news. http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwash...printstory.jsp __________________ 210gal AGA SW tank. 3 250w MH 4 160w VHOs, 30 gal refuge, ASM Skimmer, Orange shoulder tang, Black tang, Naso tang, 2 orange percs, 2 black percs, 1 lawnmower blenny, a pair of scooter blennies, 5 cleaner shrimp, 5 peppermint shrimp, zebra crabs, halloween crabs, scarlett crabs, various other crabs and snails, 1 rock anemone, 2 colonies of button polyps, 3 colony of star polyps, 3 BTAs, monti cap, various acros

01-13-2005, 09:32 PM	#40 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 18,386 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Indonesia's tsunami death toll nears 210,000, according to document Yikes! __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

01-17-2005, 07:58 PM	#41 (permalink)
Spooda420 Scopas Tang Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 483 View Gallery Karma Komment	http://homepage.mac.com/demark/tsunami/9.html before after pics.... sad... total destruction __________________ 120 gallon, 100 gallon sump, GEO Calcium Reactor, Aqua C EV-400 Skimmer, 300 pounds of LR, Bare Bottom, 2 Tetra UV2 Sterilizers, 2 Tunze 6080 streams, 2 - 400 watt DE Metal Halides

01-17-2005, 08:52 PM	#42 (permalink)
angnak Torch coral Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 555 View Gallery Karma Komment	I think the fact that the ocean is swirling is just crazy. That is so sad. Some towns are just gone now. Wow, thanks for the link. It makes not want to move to Hawaii. __________________ 210gal AGA SW tank. 3 250w MH 4 160w VHOs, 30 gal refuge, ASM Skimmer, Orange shoulder tang, Black tang, Naso tang, 2 orange percs, 2 black percs, 1 lawnmower blenny, a pair of scooter blennies, 5 cleaner shrimp, 5 peppermint shrimp, zebra crabs, halloween crabs, scarlett crabs, various other crabs and snails, 1 rock anemone, 2 colonies of button polyps, 3 colony of star polyps, 3 BTAs, monti cap, various acros

01-18-2005, 06:31 AM	#43 (permalink)
Gina Moderator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 8,836 View Gallery Karma Komment	Thanks for the link Spooda. Amazing photos. __________________ Gina and Mark's 75 Visit Our Sponsors Gina's Cube Gina

01-18-2005, 10:35 AM	#44 (permalink)
Craig Manoukian Regular Guy Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Marina Del Ray, CA Posts: 18,386 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Forwarded the link to a friend of mine here in Reno who is from Sri Lanka. Thanks Spooda! __________________ Currently tankless. 20 Gallon mini reef with mated pair of Maroon Clowns given to Rougiem! 80 gallon reef given to Rougiem/Wooster HS.

08-13-2005, 01:58 AM	#45 (permalink)
Yarr Neon dottyback Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Afghanistan Posts: 605 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Tsunami hits Penang Island (My place) I realise this is an old thread, but i just found it. i was sent to Banda Aceh, Sumatra after th tsunami on Dec 26. The death and utter devestation i saw there is unexplanable. I am glad that you are ok. On a Reffers note. The amount of VERY odd loking creatures form the ocean that was washed up was unreal. Things i have never seen nor heard of before where there. Very weird. __________________ updating

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