Hi, I have relatives in Penang Island hit by the tidal waves, which happens to be the only source of concern as the latest BBC news reported 64 drowned.
However most of inhabitants on the island live on the east side facing the mainland. Also the contour of ridges towards earth fault lines are such that they rise and fold tremendously (a geological truth) and thus allows less inhabitants (of course unless they cut down the montains and made homes to catch the sunset). Prolonging the geological truth, land further away will lose the ridge effect and thus has flatter land where the sea will communicate devastatingly over an optimal distance. The holiday makers are mostly on the northern Batu Feringhi side and again the fortunate angle away from the epicentre. My inlaws are further towards the epicentre along the northen part of the island but its a bay with a high deflecting tip on the west. However my inlaws reported that further eastern tips took a heavy hit as the waves must have curved towards land after deflecting the straight shores. The closest but sharp Acheh tip of Sumatera took the brunt by blocking the highest angle of origin. A more popular northen resort island that borders with Thailand which is Langkawi which should be in direct line of approach of the tsunami seems quiet (strange and we still need confirmation). I know the popular Berjaya Beach among others are more directly facing the epicentre. red1 --- Dr Molly Cheah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bhaskar, > > Thank you for your concern. We're OK here. I wasn't > even aware of the > earthquake until late last night. It was reported in > this morning's > papers that there were 53 killed and 34 still > missing (in Malaysia) > mainly from the northern states of Penang and Kedah, > drowned by the > tidal waves. Some people in high rise buildings felt > the tremors, but > there were no buildings that collapse. I know of no > personal friends or > relatives affected. > > Rgds, > > Molly > K.S. Bhaskar wrote: > > >I have been following the news on the web of the > tragedy in South Asia > >unleashed by the earthquake and tidal wave. I hope > that our friends > >living in the affected areas and those near and > dear to them were not > >personally affected, and my heart goes out to all > those who lost loved > >ones. > > > >-- Bhaskar > > > >*************************************************************************** > >This electronic mail transmission contains > confidential and/or privileged information intended > only for the person(s) named. > >Any use, distribution, copying or disclosure by > another person is strictly prohibited. > >*************************************************************************** > > > >NOTE: Ce courriel est destine exclusivement au(x) > destinataire(s) mentionne(s) ci-dessus et peut > contenir de l'information privilegiee, > confidentielle et/ou dispensee de divulgation aux > termes des lois applicables. Si vous avez recu ce > message par erreur, ou s'il ne vous est pas destine, > veuillez le mentionner immediatement a l'expediteur > et effacer ce courriel. > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- > >SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > >Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT > Products from real users. > >Discover which products truly live up to the hype. > Start reading now. > >http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > >_______________________________________________ > >Hardhats-members mailing list > >[email protected] > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT > Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. > Start reading now. > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page � Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
