Tsunami Pictures by Ben Ramsey

I rarely use this blog to discuss something that’s not related to technology, but someone sent me a link to these satellite before and after pictures of the devastation caused by the massive ocean wave. What this wave did is incredibly awesome with all the meaning that this word used to embody.

Also equally awe-inspiring is what this massive earthquake and displacement of water did to the Earth’s rotation: it caused it to spin 3 microseconds faster!

More horrifying is that the death toll is, at present, nearly 156,000. Relief efforts are staggering as people worldwide have responded well beyond imagination to help those in need.

13 Comments

Brien Burnett January 9, 2005 at 01:34

It is pretty amazing stuff what you have here. I was e-mailed a picture of the wave that hit phuket, it was ten times worse than anything that I had seen on tv. If you will respond to my email address I will e-mail the picture to you. I would like to know if it is real or just a hoax. It looks very real and has the wave coming in at the height of twenty story buildings. thank you

anjum January 9, 2005 at 03:09

Brien,
send me the picture.

John January 9, 2005 at 07:11

Brien,
Please send me the photo you have. I have some also, but not the kind that you have.

faheem January 9, 2005 at 07:29

pls send me Tsunami pics

jianshen January 9, 2005 at 12:04

HI Brian,

please send me some pictures of yours.

thanks

N.A.ARIVARASU January 9, 2005 at 13:40

please send me tsunami affected area people photographs

Ben Ramsey January 9, 2005 at 14:27

I've removed the e-mail addresses from your comments because I don't want to be a contributor to spam. If you receive a lot of spam at those e-mail addresses, it's probably because you post your address in public forums. Spammers use software that scans Web sites for text that looks like an e-mail address. They save it, and then send you lots of spam.

I've requested that Brian send me the photo(s). I'll forward it on to those who've requested them. :-)

Tammy Clarkson January 9, 2005 at 15:40

Please can you forward the picture of the tsunami that hit Phuket onto me?

Thank you
Tammy

achachou January 9, 2005 at 18:17

I am curious about it and I 'd like to receive the picture - Thanks

kamran January 9, 2005 at 19:34

I AM VERY SORRY WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS OF TSUNAMI.I AM VERY WORRY.MT TAERS CAN'T HELP ME TO SAYS MORE..................

TABASUM NAZ January 9, 2005 at 19:42

AS A MUSLIM I BELIEVE THAT GOD ALWAYS HELP THE POORS.BUT WHEN I HEARD TSUNAMI I SHOCKED.I WANT TO GO THERE & I HELP THE POORS MUSLIMS & ALL HUMANS BCOZ MY RELEGIOUS TEACHES ME.IN EID I WILL NOT CELEBRATE,I REQUEST TO ALL MUSLIMS IN PAKISTAN TO DO MORE FOR ALL WAITING EYES WHO ARE IN CRISES.PLZ DONOT CELEBRATE ANY HAPPINESS.PLZ FOR GOD DO SOME THING FOR CHILDREN WHO HAVE NOTHING.......I WANT TO ADOBT A CHILD PLEASE CALL ME AT 92-0300-5121650.I WILL TAKE CARE HER\HIM.

rhonda wright January 10, 2005 at 14:50

Brian

Please send me the pictures of the Tsanmi.

Thanks

Rhonda

Ben Ramsey January 10, 2005 at 18:53

The photograph that Brien sent was, unfortunately, a fake. If you're still interested in seeing the fake and the information behind it, there's an article at About.com on it.