Thailand Portalen (version 2004)

Oprettet af Pescator d. 01/01-2005 15:00

Ja, det er godt nok utroligt.
Noget har vi mennesker godt nok sat over styr siden vi begyndte at gå oprejst.

Men det lader til at ikke alle har mistet forståelsen for naturens kræfter:

http://www.nation...01&usrsess

SAVED BY OLD WISDOM: Gypsies know their sea

Published on Jan 1, 2005

Elders’ advice save entire village

Nature has its own way, albeit sometimes harsh, of demonstrating the existence of miracles. That is what the Morgan sea gypsies learnt when all 181 members of their village on South Surin Island miraculously survived Sunday’s deadly tsunami.

Sarmao Kathalay, the village chief, clearly recalls every moment of the day. Miracles apart, he attributes the villagers’ survival to their firm faith in ancestral lore.

“The elders told us that if the water recedes fast it will come back fast and will reappear in the same quantity in which it disappeared,” says the 65-year-old sea gypsy.

That truth was certainly borne out on Sunday. Never questioning the handed-down wisdom, Sarmao hastily led all 181 members to Wat Samakkitham on a hill inland. Some were injured, but they spent days at the temple until all had recovered and were ready to return to their usual abode.

The Morgan sea gypsies constitute a minority in the Andaman Sea from India to Indonesia.

In monsoon season they live in boats, then between December and April in shelters on shore.

They survive by catching shrimps and spear-fishing. In May they have a boat-launching festival to ask the sea for forgiveness.

While the world changes around them, they keep to their primitive way of life.

To Sarmao and his people the sea has always been kind. It does not mean to hurt anybody, he says, but we need to know when to be on it and when not.

Thawechai Jaowattana

The Nation

Phang Nga

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Oprettet af MisterM d. 02/01-2005 07:23

Pescator skrev:
Ja, det er godt nok utroligt.
Noget har vi mennesker godt nok sat over styr siden vi begyndte at gå oprejst.

Men det lader til at ikke alle har mistet forståelsen for naturens kræfter:

http://www.nation...01&usrsess

SAVED BY OLD WISDOM: Gypsies know their sea

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Det er en forfærdelig ulykke og meget tragisk at så mange mennesker er døde eller savnet

Desværre er det forsent at komme med gode råd i denne omgang

Men det er kendt at hvis havet pludselig trækker sig tilbage gælder det om at komme væk og så højt op som muligt

Peru - 2001
A tsunami washed over the low-lying coastal resort region near Camaná, southern Peru, following a strong earthquake on June 23, 2001. The earthquake was one of the most powerful of the last 35 years and had a magnitude of 8.4. After the initial quake, coastal residents witnessed a sudden drawdown of the ocean and knew a tsunami was imminent. They had less than 20 minutes to reach higher ground before the tsunami hit. Waves as high as 8 m came in four destructive surges reaching as far as 1.2 km inland. The dashed line marks the approximate area of tsunami inundation. Thousands of buildings were destroyed, and the combined earthquake and tsunami killed as many as 139 people. This image (ISS004-ESC-6128) was taken by astronauts onboard the International Space Station on 10

http://www.global...n-pix2.htm

Se de andre billeder
http://www.global...-lanka.htm
samt NOAA hjemmeside.
http://wcatwc.arh...sage.shtml

Håber at turister vil have dette i baghoved når de rejser fremovre.

En lille solskindshistorie fra Thailand.

En lille pige var gået ned på stranden da hun så at vandet løb baglæns... Hun huskede hvad hendes lærer havde fortalt hende i skolen og skyndte sig hjem og fortalte det til hendes mor.
Hendes mor kontaktede straks myndighederne og 100 mennesker fra den lille landsby nåede i sikkerhed

Her er den rigtige udgave fra Ekstrabladet:

http://ekstrablad...eID=275158

Hvis flere havde vidst det samme kunne flere liv havde været reddet, men det havde jo krævet at man opholdt sig på stranden

Redigeret af MisterM d. 03/01-2005 05:47