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Old January 2nd 05, 03:16 AM
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ego-garcia.htm

Initial indications are that Diego Garcia was not affected by the Andaman
Tsunami of 26 December 2004. It is located south of the tip of India, well with
in range of what the tsunami, with a max elevation of 22 and an average
elevation of only 4 feet.

""Civilians monitoring shortwave radio reported on rec.radio.shortwave
that a female operator, in answer to a query from an aircraft after giving
weather information, reported no ill effects from the earthquake. ""

- Question is:
who reported this on rec.radio.shortwave ?









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Old January 2nd 05, 11:37 AM
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Harveyat8c43z0 wrote:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ego-garcia.htm

Initial indications are that Diego Garcia was not affected by the Andaman
Tsunami of 26 December 2004. It is located south of the tip of India, well with
in range of what the tsunami, with a max elevation of 22 and an average
elevation of only 4 feet.

""Civilians monitoring shortwave radio reported on rec.radio.shortwave
that a female operator, in answer to a query from an aircraft after giving
weather information, reported no ill effects from the earthquake. ""

- Question is:
who reported this on rec.radio.shortwave ?


I did.

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Old January 1st 06, 01:29 PM
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I figured it was you after reading that, on what day did you hear that
transmission? I was also worried about the island and found out due to the
area where it's located it's not probable for a big wave hitting it.

"Harveyat8c43z0" wrote in message
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ego-garcia.htm

Initial indications are that Diego Garcia was not affected by the Andaman
Tsunami of 26 December 2004. It is located south of the tip of India, well

with
in range of what the tsunami, with a max elevation of 22 and an average
elevation of only 4 feet.

""Civilians monitoring shortwave radio reported on rec.radio.shortwave
that a female operator, in answer to a query from an aircraft after

giving
weather information, reported no ill effects from the earthquake. ""

- Question is:
who reported this on rec.radio.shortwave ?











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Old January 30th 05, 08:03 AM
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There's a link in that globalsecurity page, the civilian who reported it
was DxAce.


"Jim Douglas" wrote in
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I figured it was you after reading that, on what day did you hear that
transmission? I was also worried about the island and found out due to
the area where it's located it's not probable for a big wave hitting
it.

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http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ego-garcia.htm

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