The Earthquake – From Colombo..

Posted March 28, 2005 at 10:42 pm in Sri Lanka, Trips & Travel

Here I am in the beautiful city of Colombo, and another disaster almost occurs..

A reported near to 9.0 richter scale quake..

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2005/usweax/

I am ok, I am alive, I didn’t feel a thing..

I did however get flooded with SMS, thanks everyone..I appreciate the concern, sincerely.

I don’t believe the quake caused any Tsunamic activity.

You can ready plenty about it HERE

Sri Lanka has withdrawn the Tsunami alert which was put out last night

Thailand and Japan also issued warnings, which I believe have all been withdrawn.

Colombo is nice, it’s sunny, there is sea and beaches, there is good food and cheap beer, the food is a little on the spicy side though, even though I’m pretty hardcore in the chilli eating department..

But 8rm for a pint of Carslberg at a posh seafront bar is good for me…(15rm in a KL club for a smaller class with no view, and no sea)..

Traffic is pretty crazy, people everywhere, people sounding horns every 2.6 seconds, what seems like millions of short old dudes wearing short sleeved shirts and sarongs..

Will post when I have time, mega busy with the project right now (It’s real work, not teaching for once, yay! H4x0r the planet yo!)

Can’t jack anyones wireless from the hotel, so I’m netless, will stick to drinking beer and eating crabs in the evening then 🙂 What a hard life..

Just wanted to let you all know I’m ok.

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14 Responses to The Earthquake – From Colombo..

  1. Dabido (Teflon) March 28, 2005 at 10:52 pm #

    News here spoke to the Geophysics people in Canberra and they said there was a half meter high tsunami, which isn’t much. That’s probably why the tsunami warning was withdrawn.
    They also spoke to the Aussie servicemen who had just returned from the Aiche area. Australia has once again offered aid if the Indonesian Government deems it needs it.

  2. Vader March 28, 2005 at 11:18 pm #

    glad ure ok 🙂

  3. doc March 28, 2005 at 11:28 pm #

    Yo! Forget beer! Go port wine, the real port wine!!!

  4. kimberlycun March 29, 2005 at 1:31 am #

    ooh sounds fun! take care mwahs

  5. Terenceg March 29, 2005 at 1:38 am #

    dang…best if have scuba equippment…woo hooo…..

  6. ShaolinTiger March 29, 2005 at 2:18 am #

    I bought my wetsuit and mask just in case 😀

  7. ShaolinTiger March 29, 2005 at 2:53 am #

    Sure will do, am a big boy remember 😉

    Take care over there too, make sure everyone/everything is in one piece when I return!

  8. ShaolinTiger March 29, 2005 at 2:57 am #

    They got some hardcore stuff over here aswell called arrack, will bring some back..Coconut liquor..

  9. FireAngel March 29, 2005 at 3:03 am #

    Hey! They have Arak in Bali too! they make it locally and put them in htis HUGE ASS bottles.. smells like ammonia.. TASTES very wrong. 😛

  10. EF March 29, 2005 at 1:40 pm #

    Have fun ST!

  11. MrsT March 30, 2005 at 11:56 pm #

    Glad to hear you are well.. and ALIVE ! of course..!

  12. Ethan Hunt April 4, 2005 at 2:06 am #

    aha !! so finally you’re in colombo. Good to see you’re alive and still blogging over there dude… Take care over there….

 
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