Tsunami Strikes Again...

Tsunami kills 47 in Indonesia; toll climbing
Witness says wave roared ashore in west Java; India issues warning

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A 6-foot-high tsunami crashed into beach resorts and fishing villages along Indonesia’s Java island Monday, killing at least 47 people, leaving scores missing and sending thousands fleeing to higher ground in terror, witnesses and officials said.
Regional agencies issued bulletins that a 7.7-magnitude undersea earthquake was strong enough to send a killer wave steaming toward the country worst hit by the 2004 tsunami, but they did not reach the victims because the island has no warning system.
The hardest-hit area appeared to be Pangandaran, an idyllic beach resort long popular with local and foreign tourists, where witnesses said people shouted “tsunami, tsunami” and climbed trees or crowded inland mosques as the wave approached.
Rudi Bahro, a local lawmaker, told Metro TV at least 37 people were killed at Pangandaran and “the number is still going up.”
At least one other person died in Puring Bay, approximately 60 miles to the east, said district chief Rustriningsih, adding that another 19 were missing. Metro said nine people were killed in at least two other areas along the coast.
The temblor that spawned Monday’s tsunami was revised upward from magnitude 7.1 to 7.7, the U.S. Geological Survey said late Monday following a review by a seismologist, and was followed by a series of powerful aftershocks.

News Courtesy of MSNBC News Asia Pacific.

Oh gosh, its only jus merely 2 yrs+ before the world known tsunami hit our earth on 26 December 2004, taking the lifes of hundreds of thousands around South East Asia and even as far as Sri Lanka. This has left countless peoples, especially those who lost their family members with grief and pain.. and this unfortunate event happen today, 17 July 2006 again.. Imagine how uncertain this life is? No one will ever knows what on earth will happen to ourselves, people around us the next moment.. so! appreciate every moment we have in life.. tats wad we can do...jus imagine.. i had jus went to batu Ferringgi yesterday, 16 July 2006.. a place tat was hit by tsunami in 2004..when we were about to take photos, an old man walk pass and keep on saying 'nanti gambar ada yang tiada kepala punya!!'... don think many noes wad he means... but for me, i think he means those who lost their lifes in 2004 to the tsunami lor.. and they are roaming around at the beaches.. life may seems usual at where tsunami hits, but the memory will always be there... so Treasure Life, Love Urself, and Those Around You.. before its too late... no use regretting..