Here's a link to a Bangladeshian online news forum: http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_14909.shtml It's an editorial, but I get the impression that there haven't been many deaths from the tsunami there. In the last paragraph, the editor shows that he doesn't have a clue about the science behind earthquakes, but I suppose he can be right about the casualties anyway...
Also, if you look at this map from CIA, it seems that the coastline itself is sparsely populated, except from the area around Chittagong: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/bangladesh_rel96.jpg The whole country is essentially a river delta. If there are mangrove forests, they would dampen a tsunami quite effectively. Jostein Quoting mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am somewhat puzled by the apparent lack of damage to Bangladesh. Has > anyone found any information about it? > > mike > > Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > No, we will not be less affluent, rather, we will be the richer for it. > > > > Shel > > > > > > > >>[Original Message] > >>From: Carlos Royo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > >>Powell Hargrave escribió: > >> > >>>As we enjoy our Christmas presents and play with our expensive > > > > photographic > > > >>>toys we are all secure in tomorrow. If we all give some to those > > > > suffering > > > >>>in Asia we will still be enjoying life tomorrow even if a tiny amount > > > > less > > > >>>affluent. > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
