Tsunami - Singapore?
The Straits Times' Saturday Special (15th Oct 2005) is on "Our Angry Earth?"And I thought I was the only one who thought that the Earth is taking its revenge on us for the damage that we have done to it. Anyway, there is an article on page S5 of the Saturday Special section, titled "S'pore not safe from tsunami". In case some of you don't have the access to the papers or for some other reason unable to read it, here is an excerpt:
If he says so, I will believe. Better to be safe than sorry. The only problem is that nowhere is it stated an approximation to when it might occur. Since it took 6 years for the prediction to come true, it might be the same this time round, right?Thailand's now iconic meteorologist, Dr Smith Dharmasaroja, who in 1998 predicted a killer tsunami would hit Thailand one day and was ignored, told The Straits Times that Singapore and Malaysia are also in danger from a future earthquake and tsunami.
"I believe the epicentre of future quakes will shift northwards, north of the Andaman and Nicobar islands. A big earthquake with a more northerly epicentre than the Dec 26 quake will generate a tsunami which will have a more direct route down to the Strait of Malacca, swamping Singapore and Malaysia.
As the sea passage narrows, more water will build up and the wave will become bigger. Singapore is relatively low-lying and quite flat, and would be badly affected. Remember, in December, the tsunami was 30m high at Banda Aceh. At Khao Lak, it was 16m high," he said
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The researcher working on the hypothesis, who did not want to be named, told The Straits Times the research was ongoing and final results were not yet ready.
But Dr Smith said: "I have seen the simulations
that indicate this and they look believable. From my own experience, it is possible.Only a few days ago, there was a 6.1 quake in the Andaman sea near the Nicobar islands, which is about 200 miles north of the Dec 26 quake. So this is an indication that the epicentre is moving north."
So everybody, please go and get a first-aid kit and learn some life-saving skills. Absurd as this might sound, don't assume that this will not happen because life is unpredictable.
posted by tstar @ 3:49 PM
3 Comments:
isn't it more practical to learn swimming and prepare a rubber boat in your home??
they were saying it is the yr of natural diaster.. got Katrina, dengue, quake, bird flu.....
Argh there are too many to worry about, so might as well get on with life.
try having tsunami and then getting on wif life... dun tink it'd b e same... we can all swim, tat's settled... no rubber boat, go get one.. ha...
what i mean is get on with life now, since we have done what we can do... of cos life won't be the same if things do happen. It is like 杞人忧天 lor..
That reminds me of the scene: you(i mean a guy) and a stranger girl got stranded on a lone island.. they are just waiting for the time to come... (ok ok you know what i mean)
So people, plz start loving one another now!
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