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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 06:12 PM Original message |
Why do people stand and watch disaster approaching? (Pic) |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. The people should have been warned to get off the beach |
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LiberalVoice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 06:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. what videos? |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 07:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
39. I'm sorry, I don't have a link. There have been several threads here |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 07:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
40. Warned? |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. Maybe they just didn't know that if you're ever at the beach & see the |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 06:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Honestly, I wouldn't have had a clue as to what was going on.... |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. Amazing Phuket pics from pbase |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. I cannot comprehend what they were thinking |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. Tornado warning - I get the kids and dog in the basement but I can't |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. It typifies human nature. |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 06:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. "Curiosity killed the cat" - the saying could just as well be people and |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. Because it's human nature to watch when stuff like this happens |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 07:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Being a landlubber, myself, |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 04:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Yet the animals followed their instincts for survival and got out |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. Amazing picture..and an excellent question... |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. My take is most didn't even know what was happening.....it was...... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. Deer in the headlights |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
14. Shock? Disbelief? Hubris? |
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Mist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
15. My father was in the Pacific in WWII |
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Jean Louise Finch (651 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. They just didn't know |
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osaMABUSh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-29-04 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
18. C'mom, these poor souls were clueless like we all would have |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 04:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. I find it hard to believe that the schools did not teach them |
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apple_ridge (406 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
20. They're mostly tourists and they simply didn't know any |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 06:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. We have a similar situation with tourists here in Florida. |
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idiosyncratic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
21. I wonder what the "after" picture of that area looks like. n/t |
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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
22. I think few understood what was happening |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
23. I think we're related to domesticated turkeys. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
25. It can't happen here. It can't happen to me. |
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pmbryant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
26. Was that picture taken before or after the tsunami hit? |
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idiosyncratic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 06:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Definitely before. The after pictures in another thread show |
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pmbryant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 06:39 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Can you point me to the link to the 'after' picture? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 06:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. I googled it and I am guessing Madras |
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idiosyncratic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 06:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Here is the other thread with before and after pics |
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diamond14 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
27. same thing happens with chemical accidents, fires, and 9-11 |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
32. Hindsight is 20/20 |
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diamond14 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 06:47 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. knowledge is power....I had to save a couple of incredibly ignorant |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 07:00 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Not "complaining"...merely commenting on the phenomena |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
33. We are a learning species |
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wabeewoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
36. I read that the locals were mostly |
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Jesus H. Christ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
37. Tsunamis aren't that high. |
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idiosyncratic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 07:17 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Tsunamis can be several meters high, they just don't look like |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-30-04 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
42. these people weren't looking |
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