It just breaks my Fucking Heart: 150,00 died!
 

And still raising. :(

i was just talking about that.... its horrible :(

Someone told me it could go up to 400,000 in the end. :(

I cant believe how many people got wiped out with those waves... very sad :(

Its nice to see the world coming together to lend so much help during
such a crising. I just read that Japan is now pledging $500 million US to help out. The US also made a very generous pledge of $350 million US.

- jpoker

This picture puts the catastrophe into perspective better than any I have seen.

(-* Warning extremely graphic * -)

http://www.ecoders.biz/1.jpg

There's still something like 3,000 American tourists that are missing. As many as was lost in the WTC event.

:(

It's truly heartbreaking... :Oh crap

Also don't forget you've got over 5 Million people that lost their homes and all their possessions. That in itself is another enormous situation that has to be dealt with.

Put that into perspective it would be like taking away the homes and possessions of every single person living in South Florida.

:(

Can you amagine being a rescue worker and having to go through all that?

someone said on the news it can go above 400000 thats bad

Its horrific.

It is horrible man. I kind of still can;t believe it happened. So many people man. :(

Yup..especially if you consider diseases, bodies washed out to sea, ect..

:(

thats insane man what a picture

Worst thing thats happened i can remember :(

How sad..

That pic is truly horrific. and to think thats probably a common site right now..

:Oh crap

3rd time i see this picture... it's horrible

No. It brings back memories of the huge Northridge quake in 94 that nailed my house and you just sit there in total shock thinking where do you even begin to start.

This is all horrible, though to put things into perspective, does anyone know how many people in the world die of malnutrition each day? For some reason the number of 20,000 per day die of basically starvation.. that number wrong?

Matt

It almost looks like something from a movie. Very sad

That is truly heartwrenching. I think the image that hit me the most is the before and after ariel shots of the town where everything and everyone was gone.

very sad :(

The major problem facing the survivors right now is disease. No clean water, bodies decomposing everywhere. It will take some time to clean all of this up...and in the meantime...people may start getting sick which could just increase the death toll. Very, very sad indeed

:Oh crap Why do people still seperate into nations.. Do 3k dead people sound more sad than 150k because they are american?
Never mind..
Number of dead peple will still go up a lot :(

We will never know the full extent there are whole islands that are going to be forever underwater and some just split in half.

http://www.drudgereport.com/flash5.htm

Here is a story where the amasador to indonesia says that 400,000 there alone Indonesia Needs Help, Death Toll Expected To Exceed 400,000
Thu Dec 30 2004 12:52:01 ET

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 (Bernama) -- The death toll in Acheh, the region worst hit by last Sunday's tsunami, may exceed 400,000 as many affected areas could still not be reached for search and rescue operations, Indonesia's Ambassador to Malaysia Drs H. Rusdihardjo said Thursday.

He said the estimate was based on air surveillance by Indonesian authorities who found no signs of life in places like Meulaboh, Pulau Simeulue and Tapak Tuan while several islands off the west coast of Sumatera had "disappeared".

He said the latest death toll of more than 40,000 in Acheh and northern Sumatera did not take into account the figures from the other areas, especially in the west of the region.

"Aerial surveillance found the town of Meulaboh completely destroyed with only one buiding standing. The building, which belonged to the military, happens to be on a hill," he told reporters after receiving RM1 million in aid for Indonesia's Tsunami Disaster Relief Fund here Thursday.

Rusdihardjo said there were about 150,000 residents in Meulaboh, which was located 150km from the epicentre of the earthquake while Pulau Simeuleu had a population of 76,000.

Ambassador Rusdihardjo said a combination of earthquake and tsunami had left 80 to 100 per cent of infrastructure in Acheh province, such as hospitals, health centres, transport and communication networks and homes, destroyed.

"Looking at the scale of destruction, it's difficult to say when the search and rescue operations can be mounted in all affected areas," he said.

He said rescue efforts were hampered by transportation difficulties and lack of fuel.

Rusdihardjo said that at this time international help, especially in the form of medicines, clean water, food and clothing, were desperately needed by Indonesia to aid survivors in Acheh.

"Now we are worried about the outbreak of diseases such as cholera, the work of disposing corpses and the absence of clean water following the contamination of water sources," he said.

It would take years before the situation returned to normal, he said, adding that the Indonesian government was not able to estimate losses caused by the tragedy as yet.

He expressed his gratitude to Malaysia's help although the country itself was hit with 66 lives lost so far and property to the tune of millions of ringgit destroyed.

"We are deeply touched," he said.

Rusdihardjo said Indonesia was also seeking Malaysia's cooperation to mount search and rescue operations from its shores because of the close proximity of the two countries.

-- BERNAMA

Developing...

the toll will rise to 400k in indonesia alone, they say

Can you even imagine the anguish/mental trauma this is having on many who did survive?

The cost is.... unknown, on many levels.