Tsunami in Bali
When the Asian tsunami hit on Dec 26th 2004, I was in my parents house in London. On that day we didn’t know the scale of the destruction, but my mother asked me if Bali was okay. Bali was totally missed by the tsunami, due to the curvature of the archipelago. That does not mean that Bali couldn’t get hit with a future one. If the same fault line is responsible for the next tsunami, the south west coast would be the likely area. The areas of Kuta, Legian, Seminyak, Kerobokan, Canggu, Balian, Soka, Medewi, Negara would be affected. People living on the Buklit would probably be okay since most of the decent accommodation is on the cliff top.
Bali used to have mangrooves stretchnig from Benoa harbor to Sanur. Those have receded, but anyway a tsunami is not as likely to come from that direction.
Interesting to thnik what would happen if Bali did get a tsunami. Let’s hope we never get one. If I hear one coming I’ll run down to Santa Fe for that last Bintang besar.
By Nick | Permalink
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Few spelling mistakes, doesn’t really tell you much about the actual tsunami. This just tells us of places that will eventually get hit. You should’ve named it something more sutible. Calling it “Tsunami in Bali” is a tad misleading, I went to this looking for information on the actual tsunami and the damage it did, not that it will do it soon.
Nick, get 6 of Bintang besar and a couple of pizza as well. I’ll come and pick you up with my rubber boat from Jimbaran… ooh …. and don’t forget the ipod and extra headphone !! We have a long way to go. Probably we will stranded somewhere in Ubud.