Vivid pictures of the tsunami
Corey Koberg’s photographs of the tsunami [Update: These pictures are not of the tsunami. See below.] show more power than most I’ve seen. People in Thailand seem to have run out to enjoy a look at the big wave, only to be swallowed up in it. [Update: This now appears to be China in 2002.]
Also, look at the Time magazine photo essay on the aftermath of the disaster.
Frank Warner
Update: Toejam has alerted me to the fact that Corey Koberg’s "vivid pictures" of the Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami in Thailand – given to him by "a friend" – really are photographs of a 2002 "tidal bore," a backflow of the Qian Tang Jiang River at Hangzhou, China.
Snopes.com has the story on this mini-hoax.
SEE ALSO: Tsunami relief and Muslim smiles: U.S. Air Force and Navy pilots enjoy this life-saving mission.
WOW/ Your pics show too much. You were in danger too. Glad your fine. May the survivors know that we are collecting and giving in order to restore some normalicy in their lives.
Posted by: Sandra Harris | January 03, 2005 at 12:30 AM
Thank you so much for your pictures. The visual devestation shows how much the people were unaware of what was happening. donate. Thank God That you are okay.
Posted by: Carlyn | January 04, 2005 at 11:57 PM
The Corey Koberg photos of the tsunami you have posted are fakes. It's all over the net. You might want to remove them from your site.
Posted by: KR | January 11, 2005 at 01:55 AM
Fakes?
Did you even read the entire section above, especially under "Updates"?
Of course you didn't. It already says there are fakes out there.
And, if you look even more closely, you'll see there are absolutely no fakes at this site. There are only links posted to other sites.
Get with it . Read and comprehend.
Posted by: Carl | January 11, 2005 at 11:12 AM
Yes, those pictures are not of the Dec. 26 tsunami, as my post says.
They are 2002 pictures of a rare tidal surge in a Chinese river.
Posted by: Frank Warner | January 11, 2005 at 05:25 PM
The ethical consensus among bloggers is apparently that posts should be modified only under extreme circumstances. All corrections, except perhaps for spelling errors or misidentification of persons, should be done by means of updates appended or prepended to the unchanged post itself. It seems to me that should apply to links as well, unless the link itself was incorrectly made (misspelled so to speak), or if it causes a hardship to the linkee.
I'm not sure what you can do about it if people fail to read the updates, though. Maybe you could remove their posts, leaving behind a stub that says, "(Removed for inadequate attention to detail)".
Posted by: jj | January 12, 2005 at 01:33 PM
sorry but i had visited a site cause i was looking for some pics of the tsunami and i saw pics like these on it and the site said that they arent from the tsunami disaster, but they are pics taken by tourist in china. Those waves that you see are normal there. as you can see in some of your pics the people are smiling. your pics are fake as shit. i forgot the site but i will write again and tell you.
Posted by: secret | January 24, 2005 at 09:54 AM
Another "reader" who can't read.
READ THE UPDATE NOTES !!!!
Your post is stupid as shit.
Posted by: Carl | January 24, 2005 at 11:50 AM
I even have the update IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIRST SENTENCE about the photographs.
Yes, the pictures are NOT of the tsunami!
Testing ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ...
Posted by: Frank Warner | January 24, 2005 at 07:54 PM