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Post by sAner on Dec 30, 2004 0:08:55 GMT 2
The disaster in Asia has been so devastating that it is unbelievable. I have seen the pictures and films on tv many times now and I can still not believe what happened. I know there are many Asian g&w collectors and some visit this forum. I truly hope you and your family survived this horrible disaster. I also heard that over a thousand Swedish people, a thousand Germans, hundreds of Brits, Dutch & Belgian people, etc. are still missing. This disaster wrecked the whole world. I hope and pray all of you are fine and that your loved ones are ok. Everything seems so senseless now, including collecting g&w's ... sAner
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Post by devster on Dec 30, 2004 0:44:13 GMT 2
Here here Pieter,
Terrible terrible stuff. Just proves how devastating Mother nature can be.
The earth has so many beautiful places, yet, in a blink of an eye, she can show us how powerfull she really is, with unbeliveable results!!
I dare say the death toll will get worse and then there will be the disease etc to deal with. An absolute nightmare.
Like you Pieter, my thoughts go out to all those caught up in the event and to those that have lost relatives.
We are all very lucky people and there are millions of less fortunate people in the world, we just need to remember that every now and then.
Regards,
Paul
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Post by warthog on Dec 30, 2004 0:44:53 GMT 2
Yes, it's really a disaster. It's unbelievable something like that can happen, but it does. Sometimes I feel immortal, like nothing will ever happen to me, like something like that would never happen to me... But it can happen. All those tourists who just wanted to enjoy a nice vacation with friends/relatives or all those thousands of local people over there who lost everyone and everything they had, which wasn't much for many to begin with. They were just living their life, but it ended without much of a warning. It's like that for many people in the world every single day though and there doesn't have to be an earthquake for a lot of misery. We are so very lucky that we can find our frustration&joy in simple things as G&W, not many people are that lucky.
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Post by mpanayiotakis on Dec 30, 2004 3:34:36 GMT 2
I agree with Pieter, in times such as this, collecting seems so futile. I hope the death toll will stay here but my guess is that it will reach almost 200 thousand. I think it's time goverments start spending more money in warning systems which will prove invaluable in the future and less in worthless stuff like armaments.
Have you seen the movie "day after tomorrow" ? The director clearly tries to make people get this message..
Michael
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Post by pulse8 on Dec 30, 2004 11:06:52 GMT 2
It is indeed horrible to see these pictures and hear these stories, but it's nothing compared to the people who are actually living it. These people don't even have a chair to sit on, let alone a good meal to eat, if anything! There are a meager 10 Australians confirmed dead, with another 12 missing. Hardly even worth a mention in the big scheme of things really... I agree Michael. The death toll will pretty much double with the amount of disease that will go around in the following months. Game & Watch collecting seems like the most insignificant thing in the world! I consider myself very lucky to have the life I have. Our thoughts go out to all those affected. pulse8
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Post by redbuggy on Dec 30, 2004 14:54:39 GMT 2
totally agree. this kind of disaster makes ppl appreciate what they have. and considering i had the worst personal experience when i was in phuket 2 years ago! this makes it seem like nothing.
sigh. hope the charities will get to help them in the best way they can. i'm still trying to contact a few indonesian friends of mine from my japanese language class, and have not heard back, let's hope they are ok...
anyhow, hope you all have a great new year! take care ruth
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Post by Todbrowning on Jan 4, 2005 0:58:34 GMT 2
Nothing to add, except that I love people from this region and then I was, and still am, very sad when I saw what happened.
Mike, I saw "the Day after tomorrow", and when I see snow came in Texas and United Emirates this winter, I'm starting to be very anxious...
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Post by mpanayiotakis on Jan 4, 2005 15:42:05 GMT 2
Cedric, the day after tomorrow story was based on true scientific beliefs. Scientists are convinced that this is going to happen in the future (we don't know when exactly though) and as nature has shown recently it's highly capable of it..
Michael
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Post by sAner on Jan 4, 2005 23:15:34 GMT 2
Mike is right ... If the earth heats up more (and there is almost no way back), the ice of the northpole will melt. Because of this the giant natural pumpingsystem (the cold northern/pole seas and the hot Caribean seas pump a hot seastream, which heatens northen Europe and northern America) will stop pumping. Because of that especially northern Europe will experience a new ice-age with temperatures under minus 50 degrees ALL the time. Scientists believe this can happen within a human life (less than 100 years). The 'joke' is this: because of global warming we will cause an ice age!
But then there is something far worse. I don't want to scare you but read and weep!
This past summer (July/August 2004) scientists discovered a SUPER Volcano under Yellowstone lake. When this volcano erupts (and the question is not if it will erupt. The question is when will it erupt); it will be a disaster for the whole world. This volcano erupts every 600.000 years and is always pretty exact. It has been 640.000 years ago since it last erupted. When it erupts, it will mean the end for all life on earth.
Is the Yellowstone Supervolcano Ready to Erupt?
Over the past two million years, the Yellowstone supervolcano has erupted every 600,000 years. It was 640,000 years ago when it last exploded. Another eruption, geologically speaking, is therefore, threatening.
Five miles beneath Yellowstone, lies an immense pool of red hot magma. Fed from the Earth's mantle, it has been growing. This reservoir of magma and gas is now 31 miles long, 19 miles wide, and six miles deep. The building pressures must be enormous.
The Yellowstone "hot spot" is considered the foundation of a rare "supervolcano." It is estimated that a supervolcano would erupt with the power at least 1000 times greater than that of an 'ordinary' volcano.
The eruption 640,000 years ago created an extremely large crater - the caldera - that today comprises a major portion of the center of the park.
Signs of increased volcanic activity have recently been observed in and around Yellowstone National Park. The north part of Yellowstone Lake has bulged by nearly 170 feet over the past 50 years. The lake has spread into forest on one side of the lake as the surface beneath the water has inflated.
A massive eruption of the Yelowstone supervolcano would be catastophic for North America and would also result in years of freezing temperatures for the rest of the planet as volcanic dust and ash obscured the warmth of the sun.
[glow=red,2,300]Sweet dreams![/glow]
sAner
Ps-For all of you who doubt this story: it is a true story!
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Post by Todbrowning on Jan 5, 2005 0:12:01 GMT 2
We have to go to the Red Planet ...
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Post by warthog on Jan 5, 2005 0:18:07 GMT 2
We really have a great future in front of us then I didn't know about the volcano. With our technology today the human race tends to believe it's superior to everything and that we can take control over whatever we want. But when nature really kicks in, there's nothing much we can do about it. Some countries in the world are taking so much of the world and not give a d**n about it for the rest, it can't go on forever like that Btw for who might not know, there's also a big rock coming for us at high speed from out of space. I believe it has got 1 chance out of 46 or so to hit earth and it would arrive here in 2026 (?) It's looking good for us with all the tsunami's, super volcanos, rocks from outer space, terrorist attacks, ice-ages, ... we might have to deal with tomorrow. I'll make the best of my 22nd b-day tomorrow since it might be my last by the look of things
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Post by Todbrowning on Jan 5, 2005 0:20:32 GMT 2
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Post by devster on Jan 5, 2005 2:19:39 GMT 2
Thats nice!
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Post by sAner on Jan 5, 2005 9:26:01 GMT 2
Congrats Laurens!!! :biggrin: Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to yoooooooou! sAner And what to think of that big chunk of rock which is crumbling of the face of Gibraltar?? When that drops into sea, it will cause tsunamis as high as a mountain. Now I'll stop scaring you!
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Post by redbuggy on Jan 5, 2005 12:25:17 GMT 2
guys i received this email, and was hoping that some of you could pass the message on. EMAIL: This boy is about 2 years old. Found and taken from Khao Lak Resort Area,the southern part of Thailand. His parents are missing. His nationality cannot be identified. Please take a look at the attached pictures of this victim (a 2 years old boy) from Tsunami. If you do not know him, please forward his pictures to your friends or organization in your country for further publication. I thank you all for extending kindness to this boy. With kind regards, Tess Ruktapurana Thai Airways International PCL here's the pics of the little boy: let's see what we can do to help. thanks in advance regards ruth
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