Researcher who predicted 04' Tsunami say SG not safe fr. it
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Thailand's iconic meteorologist , Dr Smith predicted that a killer tsunami would hit Thailand one day in 1998 told the straits times that Singapore and M'sia would be in danger from a future tsunami.
"Singapore is relatively low lying and quite flat and would be badly affected. Remember in December , the tsunami was 30 m high in Banda Aceh , At Khao Lak it was 16 m high.
The epiccenter is moving north"
- Excerpt from Straits Times Special Report Page S5
anyone want to start migrating? -
1 HDB floor is about 3 metre . 30 metre = 10 floors
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I stay above 10 floors high.Originally posted by SMAPLionHeart:1 HDB floor is about 3 metre . 30 metre = 10 floors -
so long you don't live near the coast, particularly the east you'll be safe. the east coast faces the sea with no big land mass to shelter it from any tida wave. so those who bought properties on sentosa cove may want to reconsider??
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so???Originally posted by Xcert:I stay above 10 floors high.
.........but when the tsunami strikes, you maybe sun-tanning in sentosa.
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if got wave can reach till my place... i think it will be doomsday already lah...
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Why don't migrate to space? Nothing can touch you there.
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Says who? Asteroid neh?Originally posted by ditzy:Why don't migrate to space? Nothing can touch you there. -
if it hits singapore no amount of reserves can save us.
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Siao ehOriginally posted by SMAPLionHeart:Thailand's iconic meteorologist , Dr Smith predicted that a killer tsunami would hit Thailand one day in 1998 told the straits times that Singapore and M'sia would be in danger from a future tsunami.
The epiccenter is moving north"
- Excerpt from Straits Times Special Report Page S5
you want to give a proper link to this article?
What Dr Smith predicted killer tsunami will hit thailand in 1998.1998 went by long time ago leh.Never heard got tsunami less a killer one.
Just tried to google for information on this "1998" killer tsunami,nothing came out.
Told that singapore and M'sia in danger from a future tsunami?
He GOD Ah?
He tell you that you will die tommorow=you will die tommorow ah......
Nostradamus also predicted that the world should had end by now... ain't we all still alive?
Wonder if it is really a excerpt from Straits Times or you ownself write one... -
its true.
it appeared in todays straits times. -
ITS BEST NOT TO BELIEVE IN PREDICTIONS LAH...
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yes, it's TRUE that it is published in today's straits times..........Originally posted by dragg:its true.
it appeared in todays straits times.
............but whether it will happen or not, is still unknown. -
SAF, SCDF can save us..and PAP too...
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Oct 15, 2005
S'pore 'not safe from tsunami'
THAILAND's now iconic meteorologist, Dr Smith Dharmasaroja, who in 1998 predicted a killer tsunami would hit Thailand one day and was ignored, told The Straits Times that Singapore and Malaysia are also in danger from a future earthquake and tsunami.
'I believe the epicentre of future quakes will shift northwards, north of the Andaman and Nicobar islands.
'A big earthquake with a more northerly epicentre than the Dec 26 quake will generate a tsunami which will have a more direct route down to the Strait of Malacca, swamping Singapore and Malaysia.
'As the sea passage narrows, more water will build up and the wave will become bigger.
'Singapore is relatively low-lying and quite flat, and would be badly affected. Remember, in December, the tsunami was 30m high at Banda Aceh. At Khao Lak, it was 16m high,' he said.
Dr Smith, 70, retired as chief of Thailand's Meteorological Department well before last December's disaster.
But before that, in 1998, he had warned first in a speech and then in a memo that Thailand's Andaman coast was at risk from a killer tsunami.
Tragically, his warning, though widely reported by the media, was ignored. Government officials, fearful of tourists staying away, branded him a dangerous man with a loose screw. The authorities in Phuket castigated him and said he was not welcome to visit.
After the tsunami, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra recalled him and made him chairman of a committee tasked with developing a national disaster warning centre and strategy.
'I'm not happy that I made the right prediction,' he told The Straits Times. 'Nobody can accurately predict an earthquake, you can only assume from historical data.'
He said that big natural disasters occur in 80- to 100-year cycles, apparently randomly across the world.
'If you speak out too much, forecast too much, you will get a lot of criticism, from government agencies, the tourism sector and so forth. People have been blaming me for years for warning of earthquakes.'
Explaining the northward shift of future epicentres, Dr Smith stressed: 'This is no joke. I would like you to put this message out to Singapore and Malaysia.'
The researcher working on the hypothesis, who did not want to be named, told The Straits Times the research was ongoing and final results were not yet ready.
But Dr Smith said: 'I have seen the simulations that indicate this and they look believable. From my own experience, it is possible.
'Only a few days ago, there was a 6.1 quake in the Andaman sea near the Nicobar islands, which is about 200 miles north of the Dec 26 quake. So this is an indication that the epicentre is moving north.'
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What will they do to save usOriginally posted by Mr Soh:SAF, SCDF can save us..and PAP too...
Build high wall around the whole Singapore(around 50m)??? So the wave can't come in??? Migrate us to Bukit Timah Hill???? Hmmm...... seems there is no choice but the government will still think of a way one which Mr Soh said -
If really a real article,i find it funny
[b]Thailand's iconic meteorologist , Dr Smith predicted that a killer tsunami would hit Thailand one day in 1998 told the straits times that Singapore and M'sia would be in danger from a future tsunami.
If this Dr Smith so good ah..won't it be written something like Dr Smith predicted the ensuring killer tsunami that hit Thailand in 1998 instead of the way it is in the article.Written like the tsunami has not happened yet.
Also did a tsunami actually hit thailand in 1998? Only know of the more prominent news of financial collapse during that period. -
PAP is god in s'pore... They better play god...Originally posted by gorby107:What will they do to save us Build high wall around the whole Singapore(around 50m)??? So the wave can't come in??? Migrate us to Bukit Timah Hill???? Hmmm...... seems there is no choice but the government will still think of a way one which Mr Soh said -
go to the 10th planet lah..nobody can kar jiao u there...
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Hmmm........... time to look at singapore's birth chart.
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IS THE DR SMITH THE ONE WHO CREATED THE SMITH MINTS, MUAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
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I believe DR Smith.
He mentioend it in 1998 with scientific data but was shot down by government afraid of tourism impact.
Scientist cannot predict the exact time. But based on the physics rule, they know it will eventually happen. ...
just like a ball was cannoned up to the sky, we know that it eventually will fall to the ground.
Tsunami (second round) and minor earthquake will rock the entire singpaore.
You think your floor is high enough???
a 16m wave will destroy the base and you better pray that you are not at home on 10th floor.
a heavy earth quake in indonesia and closer to singapore, the repercusion will rock HDB as HDB design doesn't take light earthquake into consideration... -
one of the measures we can take is to buy:
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To GenX: He predicted in 1998 that a killer tsunami will hit Thailand one day, not in 1998. You misinterpreted.Originally posted by BabyLover:Oct 15, 2005
S'pore 'not safe from tsunami'
THAILAND's now iconic meteorologist, Dr Smith Dharmasaroja, who in 1998 predicted a killer tsunami would hit Thailand one day and was ignored, told The Straits Times that Singapore and Malaysia are also in danger from a future earthquake and tsunami. -
