[jjmoohead]

I hate to ask this cause this is a serious problem, but please explain to me where global warming has ANYTHING to do with this?

It was an earthquake that happened out in the ocean near the coast of these countries. The earthquake caused the ocean to suck in on it self and thus create large waves that were reported to be about 800 Feet High. Like waves on a beach the water that goes up the beach then returns to the ocean. Hense a wave. This is what caused the major destruction. Wave after wave of giant walls of water come into the city then pulling everythin not attached back into the ocean. 80,000 and counting dead in 8 countries. Many more missing and I fear some to never be found, pulled back into the ocean.

Global warming is something that happens over time. Yes the water levels are rising, i dont deny that, but to say that global warming contributed to a series of spontanious waves is rediculous. Global Warming is not a cause of moving tectonic plates. If it is then global warming has been in exsistance since the beginning of earth when all the contants were connected in one giant land mass. You see the contantents have been moving for millions of years and are still moving today. If global warming effects plate movement then man is not to blame for global warming since global warming had to exsist since the beginning of time, before man existed.

If it has then I must think that earth is then going to be just fine in regards to global warming since after millions of years the earths water level is where it is now, we will have nothing to worry about for millions and millions of more years. I would be more concerned about retirement or in this case a meteior hitting the earth.

This was an act of mother nature. This was not man created. If anything man did wrong in this place was to build cities near a fault line. Not like we have a choice or anything. Just saying. This could happen in Sanfransico any day, or Vancouver. They think vancouver will get the biggest earthquake ever recorded in the future. Seismologists have been studying earthquakes for a long time and they still cant predict when an earthquake will happen, just that there will be one in the future.

Our weather paterns we have had or have been having is a direct result with what scientist refer to as the HOT AND COLD. Its pretty basic and was talked about in another post. The earth goes through phasis. We are in a warm faise and possibly will be for a few generations if not longer. Are we going to die this summer because of it...NO...some may die in freak avalaches or land slides. They sure will if they are not careful. But look back on statistics of weather paterns. However, find me a time in any in any country where people have not died for the same reasons over the last 100 years. Avalanches kill people every year. Forrest fires happen every year. Some worse then others of course but they always have and always will exist. Weather patterns are hardly ever the same for 2 consecutive years. Last winter here was the coldest its ever been...we broke records hitting -58. This winter we hardly have any snow on the ground. We are going to fine...Global warming is not going to kill us tomorrow, next thursday, in June, or even next year. This is not an issue as you may feel it is. This is just earth, doing its thing.

Anyway, sorry about the rant, but we need to understand that this tragedy could not have been prevented. Sure less lives may have been lost if there was a way to have warned more people quicker, but lets face it, there was no way to predict that one that day at that time an earthquake measureing 9.0 of the ricter scale would happen and cause these 800 foot high waves to simply destroy these 8 countries.

We need to work together at this point to help these people deal with what happened. Just like we are going to have to do during the next earthquake, the next hurrican, the next landslide, the next avalanche and the next snow storm. These things do happen, its mother nature at her worst. We just gotta do what we can.