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| Southeast Asia |
| Quake Kills More Than 3,500 in Indonesia |
| 2006-05-27 |
| Desperate relatives searched rubble for survivors Saturday after a powerful earthquake flattened nearly all the buildings in this rice-farming town while residents slept, killing more than 3,500 people on Indonesia's densely populated Java island. The magnitude-6.3 quake wounded thousands more and was the nation's worst disaster since the 2004 tsunami. It also triggered fears that a rumbling volcano nearby would erupt. The earthquake struck at 5:54 a.m. near the famed Borobudur temple complex, caving in roofs and sending concrete walls crashing down. Thousands were wounded. Survivors screamed as they ran from their homes, some clutching bloodied children and the elderly. The worst devastation was in the town of Bantul, where 80 percent of the homes were destroyed and more than 2,000 people killed. Residents started digging mass graves almost immediately, with family members sobbing and reading the Quran beside rows of corpses awaiting burial beneath a blazing sun. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 I got an application for their Iranian division for when I retire. Good benefits, travel, and you can't beat the job satisfaction... |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2006-05-27 21:16 |
| #8 Does Haliburton have a division in Australia? |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-05-27 21:12 |
| #7 1933: 6.3 quake hits southern California. Long Beach is devastated, schools collapse, 115 people are killed. 1971: 6.4 quake hits San Fernando, 65 people killed, over $1billion damage; hospital wings collapse, major dam is cracked. 1983: 6.4 quake hits Coalinga. I get moved sideways a traffic lane, brick buildings come crashing down, 1984: 6.2 quake hits Morgan Hill, over $10 billion in damage 1987: 6.1 quake hits the Whittier/Rosedale area, 8 killed. Within the next month, another major quake and then a 6.2 and 6.6 as well. Several dozen dead, nearly 4000 people seriously injured; fortunately the aftershock quakes were centered away from dense populations. Over $10 billion in total damage. 6.3 can do significant damage even in a well-prepared wealthy country. Java is neither. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-05-27 19:09 |
| #6 USGS summary |
| Posted by: phil_b 2006-05-27 19:08 |
| #5 6.3 is not that major a quake. They really need to build better structures. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-05-27 18:35 |
| #4 Money is fungible. Unfortunately, every dollar donated to a Muslim country is another dollar |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-05-27 18:21 |
| #3 KF: But I won't send one more penny. The money I gave after the tsunami hit taught me two things, because I watched carefully what happened: Moslems would rather finance their jihad against the West than help co-religionists in an emergency situation; and no matter what Americans do we will be hated and denounced ("stingy" they said). Money is fungible. Unfortunately, every dollar donated to a Muslim country is another dollar available for jihad. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2006-05-27 18:02 |
| #2 It was the will of Allan? |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2006-05-27 18:00 |
| #1 I'm sorry for the victims. But I won't send one more penny. The money I gave after the tsunami hit taught me two things, because I watched carefully what happened: Moslems would rather finance their jihad against the West than help co-religionists in an emergency situation; and no matter what Americans do we will be hated and denounced ("stingy" they said). Sorry. Try to hold your co-religionists responsible, for once. I'll reconsider my options after I see Moslem countries donate money to help innocents (no matter what their religion) rather than financing jihad on infidels. |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2006-05-27 17:55 |