Epic floods in Malaysia and Thailand

[malaise]

Hundreds of thousands have had to evacuate

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-27/anger-mounts-as-malaysia-hit-by-worst-floods-in-decades/5989870

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Five people have died and more than 160,000 people have fled their homes across Malaysia as the country faces its worst flooding in a decade.

The government has come under fire for not declaring a state of emergency to help devastated communities as the country prepared to face more heavy weather.

Forecasters have predicted further heavy rainfall across previously unaffected southern parts of the country.

Among the dead was a man who drowned at a relief centre on Christmas Eve, while a rescue boat carrying eight people, including a young couple, went missing after it became entrapped in a whirlpool and capsized, state news agency Bernama reported.

Local media carried photographs of people wading through flood waters as deep as two metres and entire houses submerged by rising water.

[greytdemocrat]

1. Now all they need

Is another 9.0 quake...

From some shows I saw yesterday the scientists think
that only half the elastic energy was released in
2004. There could be another mega quake "soon" although
"soon" is relative.

[malaise]

2. We were planning to watch that last night but fell asleep

Too depressing anyway.

What's more - our quake is overdue.

[greytdemocrat]

3. And

There isn't anything anyone can do anyway other
then build away from the coast and that isn't happening.

I haven't seen any projections for a quake in the
area of Jamaica, when is one "due" ???

[malaise]

4. Who knows but the last big one

was in January 1907. We're on the same fault as Haiti and we've all been warned that there will be another big one in this region.

When it comes, it comes.
We'll probably survive but there are thousands of vulnerable people on this island and once again those on the coast living in squalid condition will be the victims.