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| Southeast Asia |
| Diego Garcia military base unaffected by tsunamis |
| 2004-12-28 |
| The key United States military base in the Indian Ocean has been unaffected by the tsunamis which have devastated parts of Asia, The Washington Post has reported. Diego Garcia, a British territory about 1,500 kilometres south of India, hosts about 3,200 US military personnel and civilian contractors and many US long-range bombers and Navy ships. Lieutenant Colonel Bill Bigelow, a spokesman for US Pacific Command in Hawaii told the newspaper the US base was apparently safe. "There are no reports of any damage there," Lt Col Bigelow said. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #9 I thought the ACME/Zionist underwater megaton earthquake maker ALWAYS bypassed allies' installations. Maybe I was right! |
| Posted by: BA 2004-12-28 3:44:09 PM |
| #8 See, just reverse the polarity and it's a force field. |
| Posted by: HAARP Operator 14 2004-12-28 2:58:48 PM |
| #7 I was damn worried about the guys on that island. But thank G*d. |
| Posted by: Rafael 2004-12-28 2:42:19 PM |
| #6 How delightful to consider that, just as other hostile countries are getting their forces deluged, ours remain intact and ready to serve. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-12-28 1:08:57 PM |
| #5 As I followed this particular story yesterday, I learned that the island does not have a continental shelf, per se. If fact, one of the deepest trenches in the Indian Ocean lies just offshore. Without a gradual shallowing of the sea, the tsunami had nothing to build upon, thus for all intents it bypassed the base. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2004-12-28 10:57:22 AM |
| #4 I think it has to do with the undersea topography there. No shallow water for the wave to build up height. |
| Posted by: HV 2004-12-28 10:31:51 AM |
| #3 The third choice, that doesn't rule out GOD, is that the undersea topography is favorable. |
| Posted by: Tom 2004-12-28 10:30:52 AM |
| #2 smn, That would be GOD. |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2004-12-28 10:11:07 AM |
| #1 Amazing! Either GOD was watching over the troops, or we have the most sophisticated albeit clandestine early warning system in the area, we would prefer to keep to ourselves! |
| Posted by: smn 2004-12-28 10:01:41 AM |