Indonesia faces new mega-tsunami

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Dear Simone,

 

 

Could you share the scientific group with us, please.

 

Barbara

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Simone

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Wednesday, July 06, 2005 12:10 PM

Indonesia faces new mega-tsunami

Namaste Friends,

 

(Those uninterested need not comment please......., thank you.)

 

This is off topic but feel most compelled to post the article helow.. Several

months before last year's tsunami, i'd received info from a scientific group

but due to a million & one tasks, the info was overlooked and neglected much to

my deepest regrets......

 

The warning in that particular text accurately predicted inevitable tsunami

tragedies. Having traveled or lived in, at one time or another in some of the

affected locations, words simply cannot express overwhelming grief when the

tsunami wiped out millions of human lives and left others in trauma and limbo.

 

 

Apparently now, Indonesia "could be" hit next. The Indonesian Archipaelago

consists of around, or more than 3 million islands. Parts of Sumatra is also

Indonesia. Sumatra has more "animistic" (not that this is a favored word in

today's Indonesia) tribal clans and innumerious indigenous minorities whose

"Pagan" beliefs and traditional practices date back to ancient times. Some of

their bloodlines can be traced back to the Ural-Altaic peoples of old..

 

""""If """" the tsunami hits Sumatra, it will be an immeasurably massive loss of

world heritage, indigenous cultures and unique Pagan traditions, some of which

are never written down in books but passed down the generations from father to

son, mother to daughter (in matrilineal tribes).

 

If anyone here has friends living in relevant locations as mentioned in the

article below, please at least pass the info on. Your friends or relatives

then have a choice to decide for themselves whether to leave or remain where

they are.

 

Om Namah Shivaya

Simone

 

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Indonesia faces new mega-tsunamiDavid Adam, science correspondentThursday June

9, 2005The GuardianAnother catastrophic giant earthquake similar to the one

that caused carnage across the Indian Ocean on Boxing Day last year is lurking

off Indonesia, say scientists.Recent seismic activity in the region has piled

dangerous levels of stress onto a section of the Sunda trench fault zone west

of Sumatra. This makes a large earthquake there far more likely and could

trigger another devastating tsunami.The warning comes from a team of

seismologists at the University of Ulster in Coleraine. Professor John

McCloskey, who led the research, said: "This is a very scary event we're

concerned about. The potential for a devastating tsunami from it is significant

and real. I hope it doesn't happen, but the indications are really strong that

it will, maybe even soon."Giant earthquakes can raise stress in surrounding

rocks, making other seismic slips more likely. In March the Ulster group looked

at the effects of the Boxing Day event and predicted another giant earthquake

would strike the region. Less than two weeks later, on March 28, an adjacent

region of the fault gave way. The magnitude 8.7 earthquake killed an estimated

2,000 people, mainly on the island of Nias.The Ulster team has now used the

same technique to assess the aftermath of that second quake. Their analysis

shows stress in the region to the south of the March 28 rupture has increased

by up to 8 bar, priming it for a massive megathrust quake where one tectonic

plate slips beneath another.The scientists cannot predict exactly when the next

earthquake might strike, but say local people ought to be prepared. There are

plans to deploy sensors to detect tsunamis throughout the Indian Ocean, but no

system is yet in place.The Mentawai islands face the greatest threat. Although

stress increases are higher near the Batu islands, an earthquake last struck

there in 1935. The Mentawai section of the fault has not slipped since 1833,

when records show the resulting giant earthquake caused a large tsunami.Prof

McCloskey said his calculations suggest the risk of another massive earthquake

is now greater than it was before March 28. "There are several indications that

this one looks like a stronger interaction than the last. The actual stresses we

measure are more or less the same but the ripeness of the fault now is of real

concern." The recent increase in the number of small and medium earthquakes in

the area is also ringing alarm bells.A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck off the

Indonesian coast yesterday but there were no reports of damage or casualties.

It sparked panic in Sinabang, the main town of Simeulue off Sumatra, but did

not trigger a tsunami. Indonesia has been rocked by repeated tremors since the

Boxing Day event that killed more than 176,000 people in 11 countries, and left

about 50,000 missing and hundreds of thousands homeless.Tony Blair is to push

for an international network of scientists to watch the world for potential

natural disasters. It would also identify the gaps in the understanding of the

natural world and look at new ways to help protect the most vulnerable

populations."The events of Boxing Day 2004 have demonstrated that we ignore

extreme natural hazards at our peril," said Sir David King, chief scientific

adviser to the cabinet, who set up the working group."We must take up the

challenge of identifying such threats, understanding the processes and

mechanisms that underpin them, and developing effective systems to mitigate

their impact”.===========

 

 

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Thanks Simone.

 

I was hoping you received it on the Net so that I could access that site. Hope you find it.

 

Barbara

 

 

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Simone

 

Saturday, July 09, 2005 3:14 AM

Indonesia faces new mega-tsunami

Namaste Barbara,The info was from last year and still trying to find where its

been filed, both soft and hard copies. If i manage to retrieve the info, will

be more than happy to share it.Much love,Simone,

"Barbara J. Spencer" <barbjs@s...> wrote:> Dear Simone,> > > Could you share the

scientific group with us, please.> > Barbarahttp://www.geocities.com/aumganesh/

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