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2004-12-28 Southeast Asia

Diego Garcia military base unaffected by tsunamis

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Posted by Seafarious 2004-12-28 9:49:32 AM|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#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|| 2004-12-28 10:01:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 smn,

That would be GOD.

Posted by Poison Reverse 2004-12-28 10:11:07 AM|| 2004-12-28 10:11:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2004-12-28 10:30:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2004-12-28 10:31:51 AM|| Front Page Top

#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|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2004-12-28 10:57:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2004-12-28 1:08:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2004-12-28 2:42:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 See, just reverse the polarity and it's a force field.

Posted by HAARP Operator 14 2004-12-28 2:58:48 PM|| 2004-12-28 2:58:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2004-12-28 3:44:09 PM|| Front Page Top

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