[Paddlewise] Fw: Tsunamis

> Hi Doug,
>
> I can't post direct to Paddlewise from my web account, you can forward if
> you want, but yesterday I was in Banda Aceh, Sumartra, Indonesia, where
> over 94,000 people were killed by the earthquake just off the coast, which
> was followed within an hour by a massive tsunami.
>
> The closest I can come to describing it is the photo of Hiroshima after
> the dropping of an atomic bomb. There are hundreds and hundreds of metres
> of demolished buildings, most scrapped off their foundations into rubble.
> Fishing trawlers are crushed several deep against a concrete bridge, steel
> girders are bent at ground level. Locals wander amongst it, most with
> stories to tell of their loss of whole families, they were spared by being
> away at work inland.
>
> I was walking along the bank of the main river when called over by an
> Indonesian soldier, to show me the 110 bodies they were pulling from the
> debris. That was in an area of 50 metres. The whole river bank is the
> same, and this is ten days after the tsunami.
>
> The flight from Jakarta showed a beautiful land, with a stunning
> coastline. Now parts have a new high water line.
>
> John
> Kirk-Anderson
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