the other side of sea - tsunami strikes - part ii

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I left out some more of the survey in our residential area which spawnsaround 20 acres with plenty of open space nestling inside a high riseprotective compound wall immediately after the initial moments of the tragic

episode. When I went to have a look around inside our compound I sawaround 5 to 6 boats lying inside gatecrashing into the compound wall andone boat was lying in the midst of the broken comound wall itself. Oneground floor resident ran into the first floor of the building with familymembers to save themselves from the on-coming palm-tree high wall ofwater.He told me having seen a mammoth wall of blackish water comingswirling in with boats spinning atop them like sticks! the water wall drewback into the sea just as quickly as it came in. When he came backdownstairs he found all the valuable belongings like TV, washing machine,grinder etc., have all been washed away into the sea.

Only after this I packed up and left. When I came back alone after 4 daysfrom my place I heardmore stories. One the fateful morning of December26 th 2004, people in the coastal town and surrounding villages were goingabout their activities as usual- fishermen unloading the boats with the fish,people who have come to purchase fish, villagers standing or walking onthe sea-shore. In the beach, normal morning walkers and joggersnumbering about 150 were carrying out their morning ritual. Normally theyleave early. That day being Sunday most of them remained there relaxing.

Suddenly the sea waters were coming in at a height into the land in thesea-shore. Most of them ignored it. The second wave came at palm-treehigh and sea water was coming at a height into the land in the sea-shore.Most of them ignored it. The second wave came at palm-tree high and seawater was coming in and in and in. People on the beach and close to thesea were just washed away by the giant wave and the water body. Many inthe residential colonies closed to the sea ignored the first signals as thefirst relatively harmless wave came in. Those who were watching wereaghast at the sight the water coming as a hige body at palm-tree height andOH God the boats on the sea shore and back waters were flying, coming atfull speed. Many acted at the very last minute as the waters swelled neck-high swimming to safety. Even as the boats were hitting the nearbybuildings, torn apart and coming to rest after travelling several metres,thiose who were still at a distance fled running at full clip, climbed to nearbytrees tops, first-floor and second floor of the storyed houses nearby and theunlucky ones were stillcaught and washed away into the ocean and many


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drowned in their own places and as the Tsunami was upon them in a tricesubmerging them. Thick mud accompanying the waters made it impossibleto withstand as it clogged and choked their lungs leading to instantaneousdeath.

Water reached as far as 1 to 2 kms inland sending panic waves among theresidents. To make matters worse, the moving wall of water scythedthrough the weak thatched huts, and buildings shattering them to pieces.Boats for their part, crashed into the houses and colonies to demolish theremaining buildings. The incoming wall of water after smashing the interiorsof the houses took all valubale household appliances and belongingsincluding hot cash and jewels back into the ocean as they drew back. Morethan a lakhs a rendered homeless and became refugees in their owncountry. Thousands of bodies were lying strewn around inbeaches, roads,

and thorny bushes. Electricty poles and transformers were uprootedcausing a total electricity black-out.

What is this Tsunami means? It is a japanese word as japan experienced70% of the hundreds of tsunamis that struck so far. Tsoo means harbourand namee means wave. Thus tsunami meaning harbour wave.

How Tsunami took shape on December 26 th.

00.58 GMT - A massive under sea earthquake registering 8.9 erupted closeto the island of Sumatra.

Indonesia is close to the "ring of fire" the area in the pacific ocean wheretectonic plates intersect and volcanoes erupt making it vulnerable to quakeassualts. The Austr alian and Eurasian plates grind together and generateseismic tremors in the region. At 00.58 GMT(at 0759 local time) , a violentrupture occurred on the sea floor along a fault about 1000 kmsa long. Allalong this 1000 km stretch the sea floor was shunted vertically up by about10 metres. This huge shunting of sea water displaced a massive column of

overlying water of about hundreds of cubic kilometres generating a massivesea surge/tsunami wave as energy equivalent to several atom bombs wascreated at the time. This wave speeded across the indian ocean at jetspeed.. The killer waves slammed into areas thousands of kilometres apart.Walls of water, tens of metes high, swept into coastal villages, towns andcities in AS MANY AS 12 COUNTRIES.


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My place was the worst to suffer in Tamil Nadu/India with nearly 10,000hapless people losing their lives. The world's attention was focussed onthis small coastal town being already a tourist destination. Relief andmedical teams from all over the globe and India descended on the place toembark on a massive-ever Rescue,Relief andreconstruction operation.

All that in the next.-Mohan Sanjeevan

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We are on a song

We are on a song we are on a song

Never boring ever sweetest song

Mind blowing nerve soothing

One kind of a song new kind of a song

Our love is writing this never ending song

Soul stirring bliss making

Lollipop lollipop lollipop song ra ra rara ra!

Time stands still World stands still

We keep still- savoring the song

Rewriting our love as it writes the song

Thousands live thousands love thousands come and go

U r so special to me , me very special to you

Ur likes and dislikes are my likes and dislikes

Making this love special and special and so special

Paving way for the special special song

Rarup rarup ra ra ra ra!

U never knew me I never knew you

We were two beings when we met

We became one soon after that

Our Blooming love starting the song


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Growing strong and strong and strong

Ya Ya Ya Yaya ya!

*******

-Mohan Sanjeevan


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