Tsunami Floating Bodies

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Tsunami Floating Bodies

The Boxing Day Tsunami that struck Thailand in 2004 caused approximately 350,000 deaths and many more injuries.

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123 Responses to “Tsunami Floating Bodies”

  1. Én Says:

    Istenem,de szörnyű :(:(

  2. waddup Says:

    its so disgusting that once again the US has gotten away with cruelly abusing these poorer nations. Why did they need to unleash this devastating flood on millions of innocent civilians? Could it be for OIL?

  3. asspirate Says:

    New song from DISTURBED…. LET THE BODIES FLOAT ASHORE LET THE BODIES FLOAT ASHORE

  4. Senior Grande Blanco Says:

    I broke a shoelace today - DAMN the US!

    /getting a bit old

  5. waddup Says:

    sometimes it seems like that doesnt it, doesnt anyone ever thank us for our great achievements? half the world would die by age 20 if we didnt medicate or feed them.

  6. ...And Justice For All Says:

    As a man, casting off worn-out garments, taketh new ones, so the dweller in the body, casting off worn-out bodies, entereth into others that are new…For sure is the death of him that is born, and sure the birth of him that is dead; therefore over the inevitable though shouldst not grieve.

  7. nossy Says:

    asspirate, Sir, you are a megaignorant, megamoron! congratulations!

  8. Shock Says:

    Waddup, are you serious right now? A Tsunami is a natural disaster and the flood was a result of it. It may be hard to believe, but not everything this country does is for oil.

  9. Tor Says:

    waddup is serious all the way. like me.

  10. ...And Justice For All Says:

    Do you see a pattern emerge?

  11. BooBoo Says:

    I think the soup’s gone bad…

  12. Central Scrutinizer Says:

    Anyone else scope out the pic in great detail looking for dead hot chicks?

  13. john smith Says:

    wasn’t there a where’s wally of this photo floating round for about a year after this photo was taken so where is he then???

  14. Bloated beach ball bodies Says:

    Man oh man was the beach crowded today…

  15. Tor Says:

    Lotsa butt ***** to be done there!

  16. Andrew Says:

    A very sad picture indeed!! Almost as much as the majority of comments following it!

  17. Tor Says:

    Get over your badself there Andy.

  18. Jim Says:

    They look like mannequins. Maybe its just my screen.

  19. Grace Says:

    asspirate ! U disgust me - grow up theres a time and place for humor - this isnt

  20. Aaron Says:

    im pretty surprised by the insensitivity several comments ive read. id hope that they were posted by kids at least under 14 who MAY not understand what goes on in the world today. anyways, its an inexplicably sad photo

  21. Moi Says:

    “therefore over the inevitable though shouldst not grieve.”

    I believe that anyone human should grieve over this.

  22. ...And Justice For All Says:

    I believe that we are only stardust.

  23. CHEESEDICK Says:

    LET THE BODIES WASH ASHORE NOW THATS FUNNY……THIS IS ONLY GODS WAY OF THINNING THE HEARD……..DONT EAT THE CRABS DOWN THERE FOR AWHILE WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN EATING

  24. timo Says:

    for God’s sake, that wasn’t Thailand…it was Indonesia

  25. Personalme Says:

    Yup that is Indonesia. It is in Acheh, west of Indonesia province. Its population was 200.000. Now it’s just a half.

  26. Montse Says:

    És tan impressionant aquesta imatge. Som fràgils, molt fràgils…

  27. obywatelGC Says:

    I will never forget TV news those days - nature showed who rules here, unfortunately…

  28. cabaedium Says:

    in response to waddup’s assertion that many citizens of poorer nations would die young without american charity in the form of food and medical services…this is true. however i do not think the united states can take credit for this, as every year far more money is sent to the us in debt payments by these nations than is received in charity. so if you really want to help…forgive their debts.

  29. Jeri Says:

    gosh, why doesnt some help these people?

  30. waddup Says:

    wow, your responding to my assertions cabaedium? hahaha, get a life dipshit!

  31. Estevão Says:

    did u see the documentary called Zeitgeist, waddup? u should… maybe u ll understand why people from all around the world hate USA. and im not talking about Chaves’s or Morales’s men, neither iranian talibans, im talking about people with a minimum level of understanding, that know what u can do for oil, money and power.

  32. wilbur Says:

    @Estevão..are you suggesting we give a shit ?

  33. waddup Says:

    ones again the bodies float and the US is to blame….
    shame US, shame US, that you let these innocents die from the tsunami!! maybe they should learn to swim?

  34. Tor Says:

    I don’t care what you say, those bodies still got some good ******’ in them. I get major wood looking at this photo.

  35. ph Says:

    I’ve read all the comments in here and its funny, and yet a little scary to me, that the people commenting are supposed to be “Our bright future”. If the people with the ridiculous comments, and you know who you are…, arent under 14, that doesnt mean they are “grown up”. Obviously. This is a very sad photo. Our world is apparently very messed up if there is humor in this kind of tragedy…

  36. Tor Says:

    I got your bright future right here! *grabs crotch*
    I’m from the darkside and don’t you ever forget it numbnuts.

  37. lc Says:

    Maybe try to remember that people like me were also there, having a holiday, most of the western people there were only starting their one year travels in Thailand !

    it wasn’t nice you have no idea!

  38. Kelsi Says:

    Blah blah. Poor Indonesia. Don’t know how people can have so much emotion for a picture.

  39. Kelsi Says:

    I would also like to ask if anyone knows why EVERY SINGLE body in this picture is facing downwards.

  40. Mixed Chick and Proud of it Says:

    It’s real people, say somethin worthwhile for once. Maybe the floating face down has something to do with the gas build up in their bloated bodies, mostly in their stomachs probably accelerated by the hot sun, causing them to roll over that way? Have you ever seen a dead dog on the side of the road or something, it’s stomach all ballooned up? I’m guessin it’s something like that.
    Have some feeling, karma is a *****. Don’t ever think some crazy shit can’t happen to you and your family. I know some of you actin to be dumb, there’s no way u really think that way.

  41. Toni Says:

    I agree with Mixed Chick. This is serious, people lost their lives and all you can do is blather on about stupid things. For all you Americans out there, you should all know better, what is people were saying this about Katrina vicitims, we know how devastating something like this is, so show some respect!

  42. Kelsi Says:

    Just to point out im not American.

  43. wilbur Says:

    who are these dead people? looks like mannikins to me….

  44. gigi Says:

    **** you all what does USA have to do with this you morons?!! Even though I’m ALbaniani I so freaking tired of hearing everyone hating a country they do not know

  45. Kelsi Says:

    How do you say Albaniani

  46. Tony Says:

    Tsunami Lament

    The shores around Pacific’s rim are guarded by the might
    Of buoys and men and radios, that watch by day and night.
    The Indian Ocean’s balmy shores should have been guarded too
    But the will to act was missing, the killer waves too few.
    “We cannot spare the money” was India’s refrain
    And echoed by the countries who could not see the gain.
    What price upon a single life? What worth a hundred more?
    How much to save a thousand bodies floating by the shore?
    The stable door is open, the horse of death is free.
    It rode upon the killer waves that they could not forsee.
    So now they talk of forging a new bolt for the door -
    The early warning system they could have had before.
    ©2005 Tony

    Asian leaders decided in 2004 that a tsunami warning system should not be installed as the perceived risk was too slight. Following the tsunami, they changed their minds.

  47. rabbit Says:

    how they learn to stay so still?

  48. Baratone Says:

    naaaaaahh they just going for a nice morning dip

  49. Admirable Squire Says:

    Tony, I think that poem is beautiful.
    IF it was written by you i commend you in your efforts.

    Ignoring the immaturity and spelling and grammar errors of all the posts prior to mine, i think this is devastating.

  50. get it right Says:

    # asspirate Says:
    September 7th, 2008 at 7:26 pm

    New song from DISTURBED…. LET THE BODIES FLOAT ASHORE LET THE BODIES FLOAT ASHORE

    If you’re playing off of the song “Let the Bodies Hit the Floor,” then you should know that it was by drowning pool and not disturbed. I suppose you might have known that and just decided that “Let the Bodies Float Ashore” sounded more like a new disturbed song, though.

    not that any of that matters.

  51. Confused Says:

    I don’t get what the US did to cause this? Pretty sure it was just nature…

  52. Ally Says:

    I’m flabbergasted that so many immature and inhumane comments accompany this tragic image.

  53. moonv2 Says:

    asspirate. you no talent *** clown. disturbed didnt sing that song, drowning pool did. your an imbecile.

  54. TheNox Says:

    Sickening that this can turn into finger pointing at the US.

    Perhaps I am one of the few American’s that has aided a tragedy such as this and traveled the world, but I doubt it. Fact of the matter is this is was a terrible situation, but will probably happen again sometime somewhere. My country has some of the most diverse and some of the most ignorant people in the world. I think a lot of people get defensive and act tough.

    One simple fact remains, if you can’t be sympathetic to this happening, then you need to get checked out…. I don’t care if you are from North Korea, Austria, Indonesia or Alabama…

    The US is not the devil… but I know people need a scape goat…

    Cheers!

  55. toni Says:

    ytrmsfcghihj

  56. toni Says:

    i hate usa the are ****** *******

  57. toni Says:

    i am from the best australia cause we never have and never will get a tsunami

  58. Anon Says:

    This photo is not about the US… its about the Tsunami… why does everythin have to be abut the US
    It is a photo showing the devesatation

  59. Tiago Monteiro Says:

    Can u guys find Maddie there?

  60. ash Says:

    what the hell does the us have to do with it waddup?
    its a tsunami not a freakin nuclear bomb
    have some respect

  61. Nikki Says:

    wtf u guys? this was a horrible disaster, not something to be made fun of. u guys r ******* sick.

    Good job trying to make fun of this and how for once the US isnt responsible for a disaster that killed many… u really proved ur point… of how ******* selfish and retarded the American people r becoming!

    U guys wanna talk about how it relates to the US… fine! When New Orleans was flooded everyone here was in an uproar, but the tsunami, that killed way more ppl and reduced a population to half its size, is being laughed at and treated like a joke? wtf is wrong with u people? i know that the education system in America is super fucked up but i thought maybe its majority still had a shred of morality or even some humanity…. guess i was wrong.

    this picture is very very sad and it should have united us, showing that no matter if its a disaster caused by man or nature, the value of a human life (anywhere) lost is mourned all the same. These people had family, friends, loved ones and will be sorely missed.

  62. jason Says:

    A new one for the Mythbusters; why do bodies always land face-down?

  63. -_- Says:

    waddap, *#2 person*, your an idiot. the U.S. did not unleash a flood upon them for oil. tsunamis are the result of earthquakes. if you really believe america unleashed a flood against them for any reason at all, you need to shut the hell up and graduate 3rd grade.

  64. rew Says:

    I hope this would happen to USA because they deserve it

  65. barbie Says:

    is this new orleans? that horrible hurricane, why did it have to happen. please pray for no more hurricanes.

  66. Posted toasties Says:

    Barbie, cant you read? The new president put a new law in, NO MORE HURRICANES! If any hurricanes dare to break the new law, they will go to jail for life.

    This is a Tsunami photo it says at the top of each photo what it is, see? you learn something every day. oh to the others?? some of the comments are jokes… (dont tell anyone)

  67. Johnny Says:

    Everybody wants the U.S to help them out,It amazes me when we ask for something they turn there backs and then want to call us names. TAKE CARE OF HOME FIRST US !!!! Cause they don’t care about us as you can see in the comments above.

  68. Tim Says:

    I don’t understand the humor in saying that the US caused this to happen. After the tragedy the us sent millions of dollars over there to help them. I did’nt hear anything about them send us money after 9/11 or after Katrina. Maybe the US isn’t that bad after all

  69. barbie Says:

    oh thank goodness americans had the sense to pass a law about these things! I feel safe now. If only we would do something about the smart asses on here! Lets pray for them and maybe there will be a law!

  70. Giulio Says:

    CARALHO QUANTA GENTE MORTA, ISSO SIM DEVE TER SIDO SINSITRO. PAZ PRAS FAMILIAS

  71. koko Says:

    whaaa?

  72. martyn Says:

    to the people with the insensitive humor,
    one day somethin like that might happen to your family and then you can read shit comments like that about your dead son, daughter, mother, father etc. I’m not a sensitive person and have a sick sense of humor too but gotta draw the line somewhere ye sick ****’s.
    and i don’t give a toss about the negative replies to this so **** ye you ******* loosers and go **** your mothers.

  73. martyn Says:

    perhaps they could recycle all this trash if they are really so concerned about the environment! Oh yeah, and **** yer mother! (note my cute colloquial use of ‘yer’, nice touch huh?)

  74. martyn Says:

    your sisters ****

  75. martyn Says:

    oh yeah and for the record, i don’t hate americans.
    i hate narrow minded ****-ups in life, like on this site n the guy using my name. would have you knocked out in about 2 seconds and your picture might end up on this site then!!!!

  76. R. Says:

    @ Tor/ other fucked up sick mother fuckers,
    did your father touch you inappropriately as a child or did you just come out of your mother a fucked up peice of shit… that is assuming you have a mother and that she hasn’t kill herself having the knowledge that you are her child.

  77. kay Says:

    hey stop going on about the us i dont even live there im in england but they didnt cause this nature did and from previous comments eon here there is a time and a place for humour and this is not it.

  78. jim Says:

    I have a friend who is Indonesian. Well half, but he grew up there, he speaks and acts it. He is more Indonesian than anything else and even he laughed. He said that if they saw a picture like this and it were any other countries shores with any other countries bodies they would laughing just like many of the commenters here are.

  79. dd Says:

    i ******* love population control

  80. ... Says:

    “waddup Says:
    September 7th, 2008 at 6:01 pm

    its so disgusting that once again the US has gotten away with cruelly abusing these poorer nations. Why did they need to unleash this devastating flood on millions of innocent civilians? Could it be for OIL? ”

    How the **** is a goddamn natural disaster the USA’s fault??? ******* troll.

  81. waddup Says:

    the US government knew ahead about this horrible tsunami and they waited to alert anyone til they knew it was too late, they were angry and resentful of the gains made by Islam in Malaysia. and so hundreds of thousands died because of americas sick jealousy.

  82. waddup Says:

    shame america, shame on you! no wonder the whole world hates you!

  83. Theory Says:

    Hey, check out this article about severed feet showing up opn the shore of British Columbia:

    http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/12/canada.feet.mystery/index.html

    Do you think perhaps these shoes/feet are from people who died in the tsunami? The dates of the shoes line up with this theory. Messed up thought, huh ;)

  84. Britainy Says:

    I can’t believe that some of you are joking about 350,000 dead, floating bodies. That’s not even funny. Imagine everyone you’ve ever known, your children and parents and brothers and sisters and friends and lovers, and imagine they all die in a ******* wave. And you returned home only to watch their bodies float around your home town and decompose.

    I’d like to see you joke around then.
    Burn in hell.

  85. curiosity killed the cat! Says:

    ah poke yourself in the arse with a broomstick you nasty ole piece o work, no one cares. This is a fine joke, little feet washing up all over, bet they are stinky feet!

  86. lol Says:

    i’ll bet that was the first time any of those stinky ******** every got a bath. good riddance.

  87. Poopoo Says:

    lol you stupid ugly fat ignorant american. Some of those “stinky ********” are your fellow americans.

  88. lollll Says:

    Asspirate the original song was by Drowning Pool you idiot

  89. JOE Says:

    more like bloating fodies….wait, what

  90. Saketh Says:

    I cannot believe that are people are joking about it.
    You people just weren’t there. If you were, you would be shuddering remembering the carnage, and the loss.

    I just realized how shallow humans are.

    A friend of mine died in the tsunami. And another lost her mother.

  91. barbie Says:

    when we went to the phillipines their beaches were full of trash too, these asians are so gross. why dont they pick up their trash? Their sewers go right into the water too, I was afraid to swim.

  92. Alice Says:

    I’m amused that one of the first comments actually blames the US for the tsunami. That’s just… sad and hilarious at the same time.

  93. Johnny Says:

    I want to say I’m sorry to all those familys that lost there love one’s in the Tsunami. Please please ignore all those comments above that have no meaning,they are wrong! ONE DAY THEY WILL HAVE TO ANSWER FOR THERE ACTIONS. Maybe one day we will be looking at there picture on here.

  94. Tiffany Says:

    To #2. The US didn’t do anything. We can’t just make Tsunamis happen. It’s mother nature.

  95. jono Says:

    mother nature is not to “blame” for natural disasters. its the human vulnerability of places like Aceh caused by political and social inequality, lack of proper infrastructure and services, and poor risk management by governing powers.

    natural disasters are not the issue. its the resulting humanitarian disasters that cause the majority of loss of human life.

  96. Poopoo Says:

    People just build their homes to stupid places like under volcanos…

  97. Christian Nation Says:

    Surely this is an example of the wrath of God falling upon these people who reject the sweet Lord Jesus Christ as their savior and follow animal spirits and demonic false prophets like mohamed.

  98. Creosote Cowboy Says:

    Zeitgeist (the movie) was a load of crap. Talk about cherry-picking facts. If that film was a research paper for a course at the local community college, it would have gotten an F, and been covered in red marks. That movie is only believable if you are in it’s choir. 100% leftist hogwash garbage.

  99. Creosote Cowboy Says:

    Christian Nation, you make the little baby Jesus cry with your dumbass fundamentalist claptrap-crap. Can you hear him? “waaaaaaaa! waaaaaaaaa!…”

  100. Creosote Cowboy Says:

    Yeah, blame America for everything. That’s the ticket. I know it is easier for you if you polarize everything to the extreme, and remove all the complicated nuances that make your brain hurt. Go get another beer and put your feet up…relax, you’ve had a rough day. You deserve it.

  101. Bebop Says:

    En… that’s stupid to say that the US “unleashed a flood” on another country… US isn’t responsible for EVERYTHING… for a lot… yes but not natural disasters… otherwise we’d have the San Andreas Fault problem solved.

  102. Creosote Cowboy Says:

    En: Lemme guess…you also bought the whole thing that George W. intentionally unleashed Katrina on the US Gulf Coast because he hates people of African descent? Look, I dislike George W., and much US policy (both domestic & foreign). But one thing I do really like alot is reality, rational thought, and grounding opinions in fact. You might want to try that approach sometime…it’s as comfy as a pair of fleece boxers!

  103. Creosote Cowboy Says:

    And as for the necrophiliac and nihilistic statements, I would bet good money that your emo *** would be pissing and crying if some Sodom/Gomorrah shit came down upon your pampered little sububurban enclave.

  104. tnac Says:

    SWEET! The US has the power to create weather disasters! Give a break. If you are going to bash on a country at least make some damn sense. No one unleashed the Tsunami on them - did you think before you typed that out? It sounds STUPID in case you couldn’t tell!

  105. patty Says:

    i cant beleive some of these comments, get a friggen life huh? bunch of idiots, and i dont mean just the americans either,every damn one of you who made stupid comments, like the person said, bad carma to you for sure..

  106. Arm Says:

    the filthy foreigners should have setup an early warning system like the US has. too bad theyre too dumb…

  107. Creosote Cowboy Says:

    yew liddle doggies get along now….theys some fine heifers in that creek bed with swollen uteruses waiting fer me ta wrangle em on down the trail.

  108. Christian Nation Says:

    Dead in their sins, to the greater glory of God!

  109. fart Says:

    thats the last time i go BODY SURFING.

  110. Erika Says:

    Have you ever noticed that the people that leave ignorant and stupid comments can’t even grasp the english language, nor can they spell? hmmm. Let’s just think about that for a moment. Karma is a *****!

  111. Marlboro Man Says:

    Why Erika, you need a nice smoke….

  112. kowyah Says:

    omfg chirstian nation!! im sure alot of those people were probably on vacation from other countries, different religions and races. they werent all just buddhist, not that any of the buddhists deserved to die anyway. dont just assume crap. it must suck having everyone against EVERYTHING you say, mabey this world just doesnt want you in it…..

  113. Dogma Says:

    Erika - Karma is a ***** ?

    I never knew karma was 5 stars. Awesome.

    And the filthy human soup festers wildly fermenting with the fetid foulness of failure from forgotten fellows, floating fleetingly forwards finishing flatlined, fixed, f ucked and forlorn….

    fukaye…

  114. Chameleon Says:

    A lot of the comments are plainly borne of Ignorance. A tsunami or very strong tidal wave is created by an earthquake midsea. It strikes without warning. If you get caught, you are dead. They did not get hit because of their religion, since those who were caught here were Hindus, Muslims, Christians, and Jews. If you do not know the whole story, do some research. Christian nation (sic), Waddup, and some others really are simply showing how real their ignorance is. Grow up!

  115. boogy Says:

    and how did the US cause a enormous flood?

  116. DLD Says:

    Didn’t you all know? The US has a super secret tsunami machine! It’s so secret we use it on ourselves from time to time, just to throw everyone off!

    How this photo has become such a forum for political mudslinging is beyond me. I love when people say that the US is so horrible. It makes me laugh it really does. Every country has its fair share of skeletons in their closets, and dirt swept under the rug.

  117. Just Lost My Dad Says:

    Ohh Dear, some really poo comments on here…. never mind the one thing thats true is that these people in the picture are dead and that everybody on here is gonna die one day because we all die one day…… lets just hope that no pictures of you make it to the internet to be laughed at………………….

  118. Twisted0liver Says:

    L15t3n… There actually is a great mysterious tsunami and earthquake machine Its called HAARP(google it) it was created from the discovery of Nikola Tesla. it is High Powered radio frequency’s that is capable of creating earthquakes…thus creating a Tsunami. and where is HAARP located???Alaska…olololol… eat a ****

  119. Twisted0liver Says:

    Christian Nation….by the way.. your mental… your the sinner….you probably secretly covet a big hard black C@CK in your A55… And if anyone can show me just one example in the history of the world of a single
    Spiritual or religious person who has been able to prove either logically or empirically the existence of a higher power that has any consciousness or interest in the human race or ability to punish or reward humans for there moral choices or that there is any reason - other than fear - to believe in any version of an afterlife

    I’ll give you my piano, one of my legs, and my wife

  120. Christian Nation Says:

    you posess nothing that the Lord has not given you, and you are a procurer for your wife it seems, a pimp for a sinful *****, and you will burn in hell with these dirty and godless idolators while the Devil tortures you and you scream for Gods mercy which you have yet to earn. How shameful to be a perverted soul such as you

  121. Twisted0liver Says:

    ololo
    Ok listen here Pat Robertson…take you Bull5hit scare tactics elsewhere… you only wish you were as enlightened as myself… your beliefs are based on coincidences. i could pray to a jug of milk and get the same answers as you get from jesus.. say i have cancer.. i pray to jesus to cure me..then i am cured, was it jesus?? or the doctors? say the cancer spreads and they cant cure it right away. is jesus saying, i will not cure you now…but have faith and it will happen….say i die because of the cancer….are you then saying that god had his reasons for taking my life??? coincidences all of them !! the jug of milk could have given me those answers..ololol. and i know you will have excuses to. because believers such as yourself have always had to make excuses whenever you have your religion questioned by others. Im sure you have a dirty little sinful secret. but hey….all you gotta do to get into to heaven is to not denie the holy ghost.. pretty easy for your religion. i think you u did to much drugs back in the day..hopefully i don’t turn out that way.. I use to do drugs, I still do , but i used to to.

  122. Christian Nation Says:

    these swollen and bloated bodies are a warning to men, repent and kneel before the Lord of Hosts, put your false Gods away and beg for mercy before the day of Gods Wrath! It is at hand! You will burn in the fiery pits of Hell!

  123. Christian Nation Says:

    this is getting boring….

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