tsunami in south east asia

[scottsbt1690]

with all the devistation that has happened in south east asia over christmas, may god help them, such a sad site

could there be a shortage of tropical fish as some of the countries we get our fish from are caught up in this turmoil, like sri lanka, thailand, indonesia, etc, god knows who many people have been wiped out there, and with it being a disaster which came from the water in all, that may be a problem for the local fish workers to get there stock levels back, also they are talking of disease in the water due to the death toll being so high they cant get the bodies moved in time so they are rotting on the streets and the the water etc

god help the poor countires, communities, and people of asia

scott
johnstone
scotland

 

[ferrikins]

never thought of that.


well I breed guppies and Metallic livebearers, not shore how much there be afected. But if there is a sortage, i shore everyone can pull there breeding stocks together.

very sad event for every lifing thing in the area's afected, I hope to god, that we never see anything like it again.

 

[Matty]

i can't say that the shortage of fish was the first concern that i had when i heard where the tsunami hit, but it depends. I know my local LFS has a farm down in florida, so it probably wouldn't affect me..but yeah, if your fish are importted directly from their regions, then you would be affected for sure.

 

[TESS]

I saw on the news a HUGE dead puffer fish dead after it had been left by the sea, im sure their are thousands of fish effected. Even if there are alive the rotting bodys still in the water may have an effect.All humans, animals and fish have been just about wiped of the face of the planet in the achey area (most devestated). Mother nature has her ways and she certainly showed us her full force that day. to all that have perished.

 

[astroboy]

All humans, animals and fish have been just about wiped of the face of the planet in the achey area (most devestated).

Actually, i heard that 99% of terrestrial animals lived.

 

[Munch]

What kind of effect would this tsunami have on reef's and coral? i heard on BBC News 24 that when the earthquake first hit that the water was moving along the sea bed at around 400mph then itslowed down to 200 mph when it got to the shallow water then just wiped everything out...

I also heard lastight that people and sending fake emails to the family's of people who were in or near the tsunami saying that there relatives are dead...... some people are just too sick for words

Regards
Chris

 

[SPLiSH]

It is so sad. R.I.P to all of the victims.

My sister's best friend was travelling around the Phillipines when the tsunami hit. We haven't heard from her but I think the Phillipines is sheltered and didn't get hit.

As for the fish market, I think it would be all right.

 

[TESS]

All humans, animals and fish have been just about wiped of the face of the planet in the achey area (most devestated).

Actually, i heard that 99% of terrestrial animals lived.

Where did you here that? .
I hope that is true.
It could well be true because animals are far more inteligent than humans when it comes to these kinds of things (and others) and so how survive, their alert signals would have be switched on along time before any human.
Can i say one more thing that i cant understand....is why?..why did the people on the beach at the time not recognise that the sea being sucked out 300 yards within seconds and reveling coral and fish on the sand; was actually a sign of a tidal wave?. I know that by being educated to learn that that process would result in some form of water danger. Witnesses told of people and children rushing out to the open sand and picking up shells and fish, it should be compulsery that people are educated (by leaflets) about sea behaviour and how to recognise danger signs. With global warming, warning should now come into place, through leaflets and technology.

 

[TESS]

It is so sad. R.I.P to all of the victims.

My sister's best friend was travelling around the Phillipines when the tsunami hit. We haven't heard from her but I think the Phillipines is sheltered and didn't get hit.

As for the fish market, I think it would be all right.

I dont think the phillipines got hit realy, i know of someone that is visiting family there at the moment.Im sure your sisters best friend is ok

 

[Sanj]

I was standing on the beech in Tamil Nadu just two weeks ago...its hard to imagine that the people who lived around there have suffered so much. My aunties house is only a five minute walk from the beach, but luckily the water didnt quite reach her house, but it caught the first rows. It is the fishing folk who suffered the most.

In regard to fish supply, I dont think it would have affected it hugely unless the bultk of fsih breeding areas are In Aceh, which I dont hink they are, or on west coast of southern Thailand.

Singapore is a major beredding centre, but most of the Malay peninsular was sheltered from the Tsunami by Sumatra.