Tsunami

TSUNAMI HIT PANGANDARAN

Pictures are taken from my emails:

The quake struck around 3:19 pm in the sea off Pangandaran on Java island southeast of Jakarta. Waves up to three meters (10 feet) high were triggered by a strong 7.7-magnitude quake off Java's south coast. They collapsed buildings, sent boats careening ashore and prompted thousands of residents to flee in panic.

Pangandaran was a place once known as sleepy spot with finest beaches along the coast now had changed to infused with stenches of death. Debris, wooden planks and rubbles found everywhere. At least 300 were killed and 450 were injured. About 140 people still missing. Number of death keep increasing.

It reminded me of Indian Ocean tsunami catastrophe, which killed around 220,000 people across the region - and 168,000 in Aceh alone. Before Indonesian could recover from their previous nightmare, another tsunami hit them. I could feel their loss, devastating, hysteria and etc. My deepest condolences to the families of victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami.