Tsunami with a 6 Foot wave has just hit Java Island...

[ScreamingMeemie]

...more fodder for the freaky fundies.

Just heard it on CNN. More coming up.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=ajSyaUtYoUGg&refer=australia

Link is regarding the watch.

On edit: Story up...

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/07/17/indonesia.earthquake/index.html

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The Associated Press reports that at least three people have been killed by a tsunami on Indonesia's Java island, according to a witness speaking to a local radio station.

-snip

[malaise]

1. There was a major earthquake a

few hours ago. At least they were warned this time.

[itzamirakul]

2. More fodder for the environmentalists who have been trying and

trying to warn us about these major climate changes and disastrous events that we are helping to create.

When will we learn?

BTW: it is 6:34 AM in NYC. I have been watching the ABC news all morning since 5 AM and no mention at all about this tsunami. Wonder when they will finally report on it?

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. When they find an American "connection" staying in one of the

hotels maybe?

No seriously, that really chaps me when they try to somehow "connect" the story to either the state you are in or the U.S. How about just reporting on it?

[itzamirakul]

4. OK, maybe it is a natural phenom and not something that we

contributed to. If so, my rant still holds as we continue to rape and pillage Mother Nature.

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. Agreed comletely.

Haven't seen Al Gore's film yet, but can't wait to.

[itzamirakul]

6. I meant to say that I caught your joke in your first post about the

"American connection." :)

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

10. Climate change has nothing to do with tsunamis.

There is no link between climate and plate movements.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

13. Climate change results in higher sea levels.

:shrug:

[RebelOne]

7. A 6-foot wave isn't very big.

[SoCalDem]

8. A 6 ft tsunami wave is different.. It keeps on coming onshore

It's not just a rogue wave that knocks you over and then retreats..:(

CNN said that the 7.2 earthquake there would NOT produce a tsunami.. guess they are doing their usual bang-up job :)

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

11. Where is CNN getting this stuff?

They seem to be exaggerating the correlation between earthquake magnitude and risk of tsunami. There have been plenty of 7.0+ quakes in this area since last year that haven't resulted in a tsunami, but that doesn't imply that a quake of that magnitude can't cause one.

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. It's apparently enough to do significant damage to the buildings...

and for people to lose their lives.

[malaise]

12. Death toll rises

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5186844.stm

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

14. It's not tall, but it packs a huge amount of energy.

This isn't your typical six foot swell.