Articles tagged ‘tsunami’
Picking Up the Pieces from a Disaster
By Barrie | July 20th, 2006 |
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Most of us can't even imagine what it is like to be plunged into a natural disaster never mind getting over it all. But how can one do it and just how does one cope?.
Coastal Villages Draw the Ghouls: West Java
By Barrie | July 20th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Always it has fascinated me the way that people can't help themselves checking out a situation that is bad. By that I mean being mesmerised by a disaster or a traffic accident. They have to go and see the mess.
Experts Assess Java Tsunami
By Barrie | July 19th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
As happens after any major disaster, the experts come out of the woodwork, voice their opinion and pass the buck. It happens everywhere in the world. At least this time in Indonesia they freely admitted to a few wrongs.
Rumours Start Panic: Pangandaran, West Java
By Barrie | July 19th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
It is only natural human instinct to react when you are in the midst of a disaster when rumours abound that more tsunamis are on the way or the ground starts to shake violently.
Search for Survivors from Java Tsunami
By Barrie | July 18th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
I received a call from Candika in Yogyakarta and she was telling me that rather large waves had struck the beaches in the Parangtritis area sixty kilometres south of the city. Meanwhile the search goes on in Pangandaran for survivors there.
Indonesia Struggles to Save Mangroves
By Barrie | July 18th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
A few weeks ago I posted an article on the Mangrove swamps at Sanur in Bali and mentioned that the pollution there was getting out of control. But there are other factors affecting the mangroves and not only in Sanur but also in the rest of the archipelago.
Quake and Tsunami Hit West Java
By Barrie | July 17th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
An estimated 106 people have been killed in a tsunami triggered by an earthquake off the island of Java. The earthquake which had a magnitude of 7.2 struck off the town of Pangandaran.
Aid Shipment for Dili: Timor Leste
By BootsnAll | June 12th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
A massive aid shipment is on its way to East Timor to deliver desperately needed supplies to thousands of people displaced by the ongoing crisis according to an article in the ABC New Australia.
Aceh Gets 8,000 Shelters from Donors: Aceh, Sumatra
By BootsnAll | June 8th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Housing the homeless after a tragedy is no mean feat and especially in cash strapped Indonesia. It has now been over a year since the tsunami hit Aceh and still thousands remain homeless.
Indonesia is earthquake alley
By Nick | April 2nd, 2006 | 2 Comments »
The Asian tsunami of 2004 was caused by a massive undersea earthquake. Indonesia as a country is dotted with volcanoes, a sure sign that earthquakes are going to happen too.
