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Pukul berapa? Kat kelantan? So faR aku tak rasa... kat sini.. Air Kuning Selatan, Gemas/Gemenceh, N9.

Wow... just read the news... quite bad. Nasib baik tak pergi camping kat tepi pantai! Watch out for the aftershock.

Didn't Tad mentioned that he will be in Penang during the Christmas weekend? Tad.......where are you? Report pls if you witnessed the tsunami.

From the papers today, 45 death in Malaysia from the tsunami event, out of the 10,000 count as of this moment. Yang kesian most of the death are children while they are having a picnic by the beach, one guy lost 4 kids......

Saw in the BBC world this morning, that the US geological raised the quake's ricther scale to 9.0 from 8.9 yesterday. In Al Jazera (sorry spelling) showed the wave was heavy in Oman....

One of the main problem is because there is no Tsunami Warning System in the Hindi Ocean like the Pacific.

So, may I know if it is safe to be in Langkawi?

If you want to see the destruction that the tidal wave did to phuket, you can go to www.phuket-info.com there is a link from there. Somebody took more than 100 photos of the town after the incident.

Is there any photos taken of what happen in Kuala Kedah, Langkawi etc other than what we see on tv and in the papers?

Bam was only 6.5 on Richter scale. But the damage was extensive because the epicentre was very close to Bam itself.

This 9.0 happened in the middle of the ocean. Meaning some circular radius from the epicentre, the quake will become less, when it hits the Acheh province, probably it was down to 6.0 - but enough to cause 600 casualties.

Asia piles up dead, toll in quake, tidal wave tops 22,000

GALLE, Sri Lanka (AP) - The carnage from an earthquake-driven tidal wave that devastated coastlines from Asia to Africa doubled to more than 22,000 dead Monday, and rescuers struggled to deliver aid to the hardest-hit areas, raising fears about the spread of disease as bodies rotted on tropical beaches.

Offers of aid poured in from around the globe, but millions of people remained homeless and thousands were still missing a day after the disaster.

The number of dead was expected to keep rising as workers reached remoter regions and the sea washed up more corpses.

U.N. Undersecretary-Jan Egeland, who is in charge of emergency relief, said the disaster could be the costliest in history, "probably many billions of dollars.''

More than 12,000 people died in Sri Lanka, nearly 5,000 in Indonesia, and 4,000 in India.

The International Red Cross, which reported 23,700 deaths, said it was concerned that waterborne diseases like malaria and cholera could add to the toll.

Dazed tourists evacuated the popular island resorts of southern Thailand, where the Thai-American grandson of revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej was listed as one of more than 900 people dead. Scores more died in Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, the Maldives - and thousands of kilometers (miles) away in Africa.

Officials in Thailand and Indonesia officials conceded that immediate public warnings of monster waves could have saved lives.

The only known warning issued by Thai authorities reached resort operators when it was too late.

But governments insisted they couldn't have known the true danger because there is no international system in place to track tidal waves in the Indian Ocean, and they could not afford the sophisticated equipment to build one.

The 9.0-magnitude quake struck off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra early Sunday, unleashing waves that roared across the Bay of Bengal at 800 kilometers per hour (500 kph), ripping into Thailand in an hour and striking Sri Lanka and India within 2 1/2 hours.

They raced 4,500 kilometers (2,800 miles) to Africa, killing hundreds of people in Somalia and three in the Seychelles.

In a scene repeated across the region, bodies were still coming in Monday evening to the hospital in Sri Lanka's southern town of Galle - one of the worst-affected areas of the hardest-hit nation.

A tractor carried about 15 corpses of mostly women and children, some wrapped in white plastic sheets.

A large crowd had gathered at the hospital trying to learn if their missing family members were there.

"The toll is increasing,'' said Brig. Daya Ratnayake, a military spokesman. "We are finding more bodies.''

The six-meter-high (20-foot-high) waves smashed into seaside towns and resorts, sweeping away boats, homes, hotels, fishermen and holidaymakers.

At the Thai island resort of Phuket, the torrents pulled a 6-month-old Australian baby from her father's arms.

A large proportion of the victims were youngsters, and funerals were held for children and teenagers who could not cope with the fury of the sea. Ted Chaiban, chief for the United Nations Children's Fund in Sri Lanka, estimated that nearly half the victims there were children.

In Cuddalore, India, the bodies of more than 150 children killed were buried in a mass grave - their weeping, red-eyed parents looking on as a bulldozer filled the hole with sodden earth.

In Banda Aceh, capital of Indonesia's strife-torn Aceh province, the streets were filled with overturned cars and the rotting corpses of adults and children.

Shopping malls and office buildings lay in rubble, and thousands of homeless families huddled together in mosques and schools.

The city of 400,000 people is the nearest population center to the epicenter of the quake and was virtually unique in being destroyed by the temblor - the world's most powerful in 40 years - rather than the floodwaters.

At least 3,000 people died.

"Where are my children?'' said 41-year-old Absah, crying uncontrollably as she searched for her 11 children, whom she said were still missing.

"Where are they? Why did this happen to me? I've lost everything.''

The Indonesian and Sri Lankan governments declared national disasters, as did the Maldives, a low-lying string of coral atolls where a meter (three feet) of water pushed into homes in Male, the capital, on Sunday and residents spent a night fearing the waves would return.

Indonesia and Sri Lanka had at least a million people each driven from their homes. Helicopters in India rushed medicine to stricken areas, while warships in Thailand steamed to island resorts to rescue survivors.

About 200 people were evacuated from devastated Phi Phi island, one of Thailand's most popular destinations for Westerners, who had been escaping frigid winters on the beaches before their Christmas holidays were turned into what some likened to a war zone.

Jimmy Gorman, 30, of Manchester, England, said he saw 15 bodies on the island, including up to five children and a pregnant woman.

"Disaster. Flattened everything,'' Gorman said.

"There's nothing left of it.''

Among the dead in southern Thailand was the grandson of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, officials said. Poom Jensen, 21, was reportedly jet skiing when the tidal wave struck.

Witnesses in Thailand described seeing waters disappearing away from the beaches in the minutes before the waves struck.

Scientists say the effect is caused by tidal waves sucking shallow coastal waters out to sea before returning them as a massive wall of water.

"The water went back, back, back, so far away, and everyone wondered what it was. Then we saw the wave come, and we ran,'' said Katri Seppanen, who was on Phuket Island's Patong beach with her family when the wave washed over their heads and separated them.

They found each other two hours later.

Italy confirmed that 13 of its citizens had died in Thailand. Britain confirmed 11 deaths, Norway 10, Sweden nine, the United States eight, and France and Australia six.

Austria confirmed four deaths and Denmark three. Belgium and South Africa confirmed two, and Finland one.

Malaysia, South Korea, Switzerland, Poland, Japan, Russia, Turkey, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Czech Republic had unconfirmed reports of dead or missing.

U.S. officials were seeking to contact hundreds of Americans who remain unaccounted for in the region, and European countries set up hotlines for family members and sent diplomats to aid stranded countrymen.

The United States dispatched disaster teams and prepared a US$15 million (euro11 million) aid package to the Asian countries, and the 25-nation European Union promised to quickly deliver euro3 million (US$4 million). Japan, China and Russia were sending teams of experts. - AP

Latest report dah sampai 23,700 death and ni belum masuk around 30,000 people reported missing in the Andaman islands......

In another note, in the papers there was an article about car insurance claims from this tragedy...... sorry to say, that there is a chance that the car owners might not be able to claim insurance if their cars were involved in the destruction......

we'll always pray for u myoi..
Selamat pergi and selamat kembali ok?

Well, Pakcik..I dunno if this helps but dad's friend in Penang made two rounds on the island and reported that the damage and the death toll is far worse and higher, respectively, as compared to what has been reported in the news. So, berjaga-jaga la, ok? But I am sure all will be ok with you and the rest on the trip.

Alamak, typo error. Sorrylah. InsyaAllah akan kembali.

Esok jalan..pagi-pagi, 4x4 nak pakai snorkel jap
Belum tau lagi sebab belum bertolak
Pak Lah sampai esok kan?
Komtar ada lagi..besok aku kena naik Tgkt 30.

A word of advise: Pasang hotwired linkage dengan Jab. Kaji Cuaca + CNN breaking news... If anything comes, check the oxygen tank and ....

And in NST, the numbers of death has exceeded 50,000 suddenly :(

50 or 33 thousands, I guess it is still a lot.......

there's an article in USA Today saying that the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration suspected that the Tsunami will follow the earthquake...... they did send some e-mails to the Indonesian Authority, but wasn't sure what happen with them.

You can check the article at http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=676&e=1&u=/usatoday/scientistsinusasawtsunamicoming

About faxes taking 3 days to arrive, that's normal in some countries like Myanmar. Am not sure about Indonesia, but in Myanmar, there're people that screen facsimiles and telephone lines before letting the documents thru. They are quite sophisticated for a very under-developed country.

A Message from Hishamudin Rais

dear people,

i have read in foreign agency press report that ' twin tower' was hit by the earth tremor - this to include NOCO hotel - to my suprise there was no reportage at local papers - as a matter of fact BBC world on the first day DID made o comment of Mlayasia and Myamar - both country might not be open about the disaster i.e nak jaga hati pelancung -

funny enough - i read another NEWS item - guess where ? - surat khabar brunai - ohhh mak oii brunai lagi bebas akhbar nya ( atau kerana nak tibai KL ) about KLCC - the rumours dah mula berkembang tentang klcc - agaian with out free press we will NEVER knew the truth -

one thing for sure - the moment sami said - Jambatan Selamat please be aware this goverment has a very long tradition of lying to the populace -

anyone with info or working on the twin tower please englightened us

ciao

Pak Lah telah melarang sebarang konsert/keramaian sempena menyambut tahun baru ni.....alhamdulillah....kalaulah peruntukan tu digunakan utk membantu mangsa tsunami ni kan lagi baguih....

darn... mustve taken it off already :( sorry.

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Salji turun pertama kali di negara Arab

DUBAI: Buat pertama kali sepanjang ingatan sejarah, salji turun di Emiriah Arab Bersatu (UAE), negara yang dikelilingi gurun dan padang pasir.

Pegawai Jabatan Kaji Cuaca Dubai semalam menyatakan, salji melitupi pergunungan al-Jees di Ras al-Khaimah, kawasan yang terletak di negeri paling utara di UAE.

Akhbar berbahasa Inggeris, Gulf News melaporkan, kawasan pergunungan yang terletak 1,737 meter dari paras laut itu menyaksikan salji turun pada malam hari sejak dua hari lalu berikutan cuaca sejuk sehingga mencecah suhu serendah -5 darjah Celsius dan mengejutkan ramai penduduk negara ini.

Kawasan pergunungan itu bermula di UAE sehingga ke Oman dan tempat tertinggi di sesetengah tempat mencecah 2,500 hingga 3,000 meter. Isnin lalu, hujan lebat berukuran 12.6 milimeter berlaku di kawasan gurun Dubai, satu daerah yang jarang sekali menerima hujan.

Malah, polis melaporkan 500 kemalangan jalan raya berlaku dalam tempoh 24 jam, termasuk satu nahas maut yang berpunca daripada hujan lebat selama tiga hari berturut-turut.

Cuaca sejuk turut menyelubungi negara itu minggu ini dengan suhu turun mendadak kepada 12 darjah Celsius di Dubai, malam kelmarin.

Kenyataan Jabatan Kaji Cuaca itu bagaimanapun berkata, cuaca sejuk di Dubai yang sebelum ini suhu musim panasnya mencecah 50 darjah Celsius, akan berakhir minggu depan.

UAE adalah antara tempat pelancongan popular, terutama kota Dubai di mana kebanyakan pelawat adalah dari negara sejuk yang datang untuk menikmati cuaca panasnya.

It seems that other than the KLCC and Ambank New Year Celebration, the one that was to be held in One Utama is also cancelled.

itulah kelebihan makhluk Allah lain yg tidak terdapat pd manusia......

Quote an interesting article about eartquake prediction and their scientific explanation :

Typical scientists... there's too much emphasis on empirical evidence, and even then they will choose to discount it

it is for a strong reason that the Prophet (s.a.w) requested the believers to seek knowledge sampai ke negeri China...
who has ever documented about the knowledge of the universe so well other than the Chinese?... e.g.: Geomancy, Feng Shui, astrology, medicine etc., etc., knowledge that relates Man to the Earth and Universe and thus to God, just like the Javanese did in 'Tajul Muluk'..
it may seems to be superstitious from the surface, but it is an acceptable fact that they have well documented God's formula on the 'Universe', even to the extend of 'unborn baby formula' stuff..
At the end of day, it is how we take it that make us 'syirik' or not. Think about it.
if one were to swallow a modern medicine and later jadi sihat, thinking that the medicine yang buat dia baik... syirik ke tidak?

wallahu'alam.

i naik hairan bin ajaib with all these ppl in entertainment biz.. tak habis-habis concert sini sana.. takut lama-lama depa buat concert kat masjid je :(

I guess it is on all the Newspapers front cover of an Acehnese/Indonesian lady that survived for 6 days in open sea holding on to an uprooted palm tree.

This might be one of the miracle suvivors of the tragedy, as she was found by a deep sea fishing vessel off course as their normal route wasn't in great condition.

yesterday's the star newspaper. acheh was like 'padang jarak padang tekukur' but there is a mosque stilll standing, like it was unscathed... Subhanallah.

Baru tadi tok wi jumpa dalam internet... itu orang-orang negrito kat Andaman island semua survive! Padahal teruk habis kena earthquake and tsunami. Adalah 300 orang aje... Mesti ada ilmu yang kita tak tahu perhaps cerita-cerita turun temurun from one generation to another. So sad their numbers are very small.

The next super natural disaster....

kali ni kalau jadi..lagi ramai lenyap..the earth temperature will be down by 2-4 degrees

I have amateur footage-handicam I think masa the first wave kat Penang kot tapi kat office ler. Quite surprising the wave tak tinggi but boleh pergi jauh sampai atas deck kayu, then only people start scrambling for their life!

Hmmm interesting information.

I wonder now on the issue about the lakes that smells like sulfur and thousand of fishes yang timbul after the earthquake and tsunami last week. And not to forget the sink holes in many areas. Besar pulak tu. What causes that? I'm very curious about that. When I took up Geology(sp) class last time, if I'm not mistaken I read it somewhere that this could be signs of underground volcano activity or larva movement or something. In Malaysia? Can that happen ah??? Anyone can clarrify this?? There was a movie about this on TV but can't remember the title.

Everytime when there is a movement to the earth crust shown by the sign of earthquake or lava eruption....a crack will be produced...so when there is a crack...the gas will try to come out.....radon, sulphur base gas and etc....thats why in Japan the taste of the well water are used to predict the earthquake..because it taste different when the water is contaminated with radon gas...and for the fishes,it might also be caused by the poisonous gas released from below the crust....tanda2 tu ader ALLAH tunjukkan..cuma manusia sajer yg perlu mencarinya utk dibuat explanation

The eruption of the super volcano is overdue now....

CNN or BBC ran a show of a small island off the coast of Banda Acheh, the whole population ran away to the nearby hill when they felt the first earthquake jolt. 2 days later baru deorang turun.

They claimed that it was their practice turun temurun.

I've read about this somewhere, tapi tak ingat. Diorang cakap ancestors diorang punya pesan - the moment nampak ada perubahan pelik kat laut, lari. So they went inland when ombak surut first time before the tsunami hit. And diorang selamat. semua sekali.

Because of the 9.0 strong earth quake...it is believed that the earth rotation axis slightly shift...aku rasa tu yg sbbnya Arab Saudi first time turun snow hari tu....kat sini pun masa krismas hari tu turun snow...tapi tiba2 2-3 hari lepad tu temperature naik to double digit lak..phenomena tanda2 penghujung hayat duniawi....

Kat Birm snow nipih jer....

Having been to the affected area i.e. I was in Team Penang Island(don't know about teams, they went to other places), the tsunami was BAD. The assessment as follows :

Gurney Drive was not that badly affected..the were saved by the land reclaimation works for the new floating Masjid Negeri. Silting was a big problem but MPPP did a good job in clearing the mess. Based on interviews, the waves went as high 5m (don't know if the fishermen were exaggerating) but the momentum of the waves were reduced by the works (acted as some barrier) to around 2-3m when reached shore.

Batu Ferenggi was badly affected coz it was facing open sea. Luckily the road was higher up so it was passable. Silt from ocean bed again was everywhere. Close to 10 tonnes of silt were collected (apart from other sampah sarap n wreckages) for a 200m stretch. Go calculate the length ofg beachfront.

Balik Pulau - Pulau Betong (nama aje pulau), worst hit, mud a.k.a silt was like 1m deep. Still not fully cleaned up as it was close to mangrove swamp. Heavy vehicles susah nak ply in to give assistance. Stench was unbearable (and unexplainable) due to decomposing livestock/animals, wet wood n others. No sign of dead people though (ada ke orang mati kat sini? Didn't read the paper ) Don't know if I was stepping on them due to the thick mud/silt. Masa jalan tu tawakal ajelah.

All in all, it was an eye opener for me, in terms of sufferings felt by the people n also how mother nature works (the movement of the waves, the destruction etc)

Oh ya, did you know the fishermen did have an early warning a couple of days prior to the earthquake? They caught 3-4 times more fish than their normal daily catch. Apparently you can just dip your hand in the sea and you could definitely catch something. Guess greed got the better of them. There were also no birds (albatrosses and sea gulls) flying when they went to sea.

Dunia nak kiamat kut :?:

Myoi, asma kau dah OK ker dgn bau bermacam tu?

Good to know you're back myoi. About one week jugak hang pi sana eh?

And ada athma ke? Ada puffer jugak like me? (and sheryl kot?) Every night kena ambik puffer. Or masa bersukan :(

Sedikit catatan mengenai mesjid Baitur Rahman yang masih utuh walau diterjang ombak tsunami.