The # of killed people from the earthquake reached 23000
 

and keeps increasing...it's so sad. Hard to perceive so many souls were lost.

It's horrible. I heard stories of people who drowned in their own hotel rooms because they couldn't get out or break the window because of the pressure.. :(

From what I read, it came out of no where. One second its a beautiful day, next second a huge tsunami. Prayers go out to the many thousands impacted by this horrific event.

Holy shit. I thought it was still around ~10,000 :helpme

Very sad indeed!

it's possible to reach 35000-40000 since a lot of bodies havent gone out to the shores yet.

So Sad...dont take tomorrow for granted!

To be honest, i wouldn't be at all surprised if it tops 50 thousand. Sumatra is one of Indonesia's most populated islands, and so far the death toll there is something like 4000. I have no doubt that number will rise significantly.

Possible. it's craziness if you deeply think of it. You need over 6 hours to just mention the names of the dead people so far if you say a name every second. Everyone of them had a personal story to tell, their own dreams, expectations from life...

I hope we wont see a tragedy this big too soon again

fuckin aye. :(

Yes it only took 2.5 hours to get there from the source. With no early warning protection they were doomed :(

I agree that is really horrible!

The waves moved at 500MPH according to Yahoo News......