Asia Disaster Photos (some GRAPHIC)

[David]

Diving instructor runs for his life at Koh Raya

Koh Raya moments later

Pier, Phi Phi Island, Thailand

Burying the dead

Thailand sea wall

Thailand sea wall

Thailand sea wall

Sea wall

Beach & bodies

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[ontheEdgeof17]

Brings a tear to my eye. It's ashame how nature can cause mass destruction like that and not think twice about it.

[ryan8472]

Ugh....that's horrific. Thanks for posting.

[strandinthewind]

I cannot even imagine what that was like. AND - in that one where the diver is running - no one else is really alarmed. Scary - VERY SCARY - thanks for posting!!!!

[AliceLover]

holy crap.

A lot of people seem to be staring at the wave. Id pake a peek and run like hell. I feel so bad for all these peeps.

[sara1998]

Now THAT gives you a more realistic impression of what happened there. This is truely an eye opener, since you can't really begin to imagine what it was like. God love those people.
Thanks for posting.

[GardenStateGirlie]

I'm watching the ABC special right now--breaks my heart because even though you can be moderately warned, with a natural distaster such as this, there really is nothing you can do

[sara1998]

Go here for video....

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Simply awful

[Jessica Leigh]

simply terrible... absolutely awful..... but honestly i believe these things happen for a reason... either to control overpopulation or something.... God has some plan.... even though we may not understand it.... i feel awful for these people- maybe this catastrophe is to teach people (such as the India indians) a lesson; subscribe to the tsunami warning thing based in hawaii.... they would have known about the tsunami 90 mins before it hit....

has anyone seen the satellite photos from right before the tsunami hit? its waves and masses of swirly white foam are crazy.... i grew up in Socal (5 miles inland) and have seen my share of swirly white foam from the ocean... but these tsunami photos are crazy scary....

[estranged4life]

Originally Posted by Jessica Leigh

has anyone seen the satellite photos from right before the tsunami hit? its waves and masses of swirly white foam are crazy.... i grew up in Socal (5 miles inland) and have seen my share of swirly white foam from the ocean... but these tsunami photos are crazy scary....

I saw those on the news tonight, It was weird to see the beachfront disappear then reappear later as if nothing ever happened.

I'll take our F5 scale (Winds up to 316MPH) Oklahoma tornadoes anyday of the week over a tsunami...

Brian j.

[Villavic]

I can't say a word, after watching those pics.

Do you know I can't find a f***ing site in Peru where I can give a collaboration? The peruvian red cross website doesn't say a word!!!! Do I have to send a transfer to a foregin country??? It's a shame!!!

[tynan88]

I think what shocked me even more was that in yesterdays paper they had photos of some of the dead Australians in there, including several young children, just terrible, and makes you think more because it is so close to home.

Tynan

[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by Jessica Leigh

simply terrible... absolutely awful..... but honestly i believe these things happen for a reason... either to control overpopulation or something.... God has some plan.... even though we may not understand it.... i feel awful for these people- maybe this catastrophe is to teach people (such as the India indians) a lesson; subscribe to the tsunami warning thing based in hawaii.... they would have known about the tsunami 90 mins before it hit....

It's events like this that make me suspect more and more that there is no god, at least not one that did anything more than create the universe and then leave it to its own devices. Even that (like all spiritual matters) is arguable. Either way, I've decided that I can't be comfortable with revering a deity that can allow these things to happen. I'm thinking either life is a game or it isn't. I believe the latter. If I'm to be a puppet taken from this earth by some insane natural disaster without warning and for no apparent reason, it seems like someone is playing a game. And I don't find it the least bit amusing. I'd rather think no one is in control if that's the case.

And that is all my opinion and my cynicism showing through. It is not meant to criticize anyone else's beliefs. Those are merely ideas of mine and I am a fallible human being.

But something I'm certain of is that there's no way in hell I'd tell someone who lost his or her entire family to this catrastrophe that it was "all part of God's plan." In fact, I would have absolutely nothing insightful at all to offer that person because I cannot begin to comprehend what that person is going through. (I'm not implying that you would say that, Jessica; this isn't directed at you. I hope it doesn't come off like that).

[GateandGarden]

We're on the same page, Lux. Just wanted to say that I feel the same way.

Hillary