Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Tsunami: The Tale Of The Sea Gypsies

To mark this holiday season, Correspondent Bob Simon tells a miraculous story of survival. When the great tsunami hit on December 26, 2004, millions of people were unprepared and paid a devastating price. This is the story of the sea gypsies who live off the coast of Thailand and Burma. Of all the peoples of the world, they are among the least touched by modern civilization. Amazingly, they survived the tsunami because they knew it was coming.

Tsunami: The Tale Of The Sea Gypsies
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DID YOU KNOW?

  • Over 200,000 people died as a result of the December 26, 2004 tsunami.
  • The great tsunami is considered one of the worst natural disasters in modern times, leaving nearly two million people homeless.
  • Tsunamis are generated by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and underwater landslides. The 2004 tsunami was triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean.

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wow
Posted by hershey_4evr on Thu, Dec 27, 2007 1:37 AM ET
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The topic is interesting but the segments are random. This page should include links to real information if it is not going to include a full report.
Posted by kolbetd on Thu, Dec 27, 2007 3:30 AM ET
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Our wheelchair bound friend was in Sri Lanka when the tsunami hit and had just been carried up the stairs to lunch on a second floor balcony. We try not to think what would have happened. She spoke of heart-wrenching scenes of people searching for loved ones and bodies in the street. What is heart breaking is the amount of people still not getting housing or money donated from around the world due to government ineptitude!
Posted by denisinwales1@btinternet.com on Thu, Dec 27, 2007 4:23 AM ET
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hello from serbia
Posted by ana19911991 on Thu, Dec 27, 2007 4:55 AM ET
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Acts Of God Like The Tsunami, Is Like Trying To Perdict Summer Temperatures In South Texas; We Do Not Know The Mind Of God And That's Great.
Posted by 12jul06@sbcglobal.net on Thu, Dec 27, 2007 9:01 AM ET
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How can we predict natural disasters when we live in, removals of truth, man made environments. When the paths back to the creators earth, that untouched by man, are destroyed is when the end of the Earth for man will arrive. Masterdel
Posted by prjdv on Thu, Dec 27, 2007 9:34 AM ET
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It would have been more interesting if more info was provided. I was looking for a story not an obsevation
Posted by bearsgreentruck on Thu, Dec 27, 2007 9:55 AM ET
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Why is it that the majority of all major natural catastropies happen to poor people. Even when one hits the US it seems to hit the poor not the rich. When was the last time Newport Beach or Beverly Hills or NY any other expensive city hit?
Posted by nickddd222 on Thu, Dec 27, 2007 11:02 AM ET
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Hello Ana in Serbia,from Lois Ann in Stow,Ohio USA.
Posted by agandla@sbcglobal.net on Thu, Dec 27, 2007 11:47 AM ET
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This story is amazing. So many people lost their lives and yet a civilization survived on instinct and their knowledge of the sea without technology or any modern tools that we use everyday. They live on beautiful water and on beautiful land and I hope that they never have to live through another terrible diaster like the tsunami.
Posted by carcark9 on Thu, Dec 27, 2007 11:58 AM ET

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