This site shows several before and after satellite photos aligned for
comparison:
http://homepage.mac.com/demark/tsunami/9.html
dave
>> I came across these images a couple days after the tsunami and it was
>> amazing to see the satellite views of the shoreline. One of the shots:
>> <http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/Images/
>> srilanka_kalutara_beach2_dec26_2004_dg.jpg>
>> shows the coastline during one of the outwash events where the water
>> had receded 150 meters from the normal coastline. I guess it was during
>> one of these outwashes that all the locals started running out to
>> collect fish.
>
> It is maybe worthwhile to also look at the after damage photos of the
> same area that you can find from that site. Suppose the people had of
> run for their homes? Which were probably within blocks of the beach.
> Killed on the beach or killed in their homes, the result is the same.
>
> It makes a nice story, the reporter that said it will get lots of
> quotes, but the receding water does not stay out long. I suspect the
> amount of looking for fish that went on was very minor. And had little
> or no effect on the number of lives lost.
>
> Walt
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