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Research Project -Tsunami 2004 Johanna Måård Karlssson | 6/12/2008 8:16:03 PM Dear Mr. John M. Thompson My name is Johanna and I am a Master student at Stockholm University, Sweden. I read your eye-witness report on Heinrich Grosskopf... Re: Research Project -Tsunami 2004 John Thompson | 6/12/2008 8:17:19 PM Hi Johanna, Thanks for writing. I've answered the questions below. > Where were you when the first wave reached the beach? As seen in the first photo...

tsunmai AMANDA CARR | 5/29/2008 6:00:34 AM Hi there, just passing through the website and noticed you have taken the time to give us an insight into the devestation of the lives of others and what they...

Thank you O Ibbotson | 5/13/2007 2:34:21 PM I try to find out what happened with Tsunami in Thailand and your website gave my a very clear information particularly in Khao Lak. Many thanks for your dan...

Theptharo Lagoon Beach Resort Jan W | 4/28/2007 6:36:30 PM Hi John, Thank you for spending the time and energy to make this website. I stumbled upon this site on a google search about the tsunami/Khao Lak. I live in...

friends alex | 3/6/2007 1:53:02 AM Hi John I had two friends perish in Khao Lak, a delayed honeymoon and 3 months pregnant. I am still trying to understand how they did not survive this..and ...

Unbelievable Rebecca | 6/25/2006 8:56:19 PM I just came across your site today. I was in Khao Lak this weekend and wanted to see if anyone had posted pictures of what it looked like in the tsunami afterma...

Thanks Jacqui | 3/10/2006 7:27:46 PM Thanks John. I was in Khao Lak on the day and left my run from the beach a little to long and was washed up around the market area. I have written about 15 d...

Khao Lak - 1 year after disaster Willis Mattei | 12/20/2005 7:27:03 PM Hi everyone, I discovered this website some months ago and found it very interesting. I am in Thailand, writing off of a laptop. I am 12 years old and the young... Re: Khao Lak - 1 year after disaster John Thompson | 12/21/2005 10:15:28 PM Thanks so much for the update. With the one year aniversary quickly approacing, I was hoping to get an update. I plan on doing a one year aniversary update to... Re: Re: Khao Lak - 1 year after disaster Willis Mattei | 12/22/2005 3:28:44 AM Hi John, I have many, many pictures, I will be in California by the 29th. I will publish the pictures on radarheinrich, I have quite a few of La Briza, if you w... Re: Re: Re: Khao Lak - 1 year after disaster   12/23/2005 5:53:39 PM Part #3: We drove North, out of Bang Niang Beach Town. The road became confusing. There was one road I wanted to turn on, which would lead us to Pakarang Cap...

tsunami horrors and pains esmenne t. azul | 10/24/2005 11:42:02 PM Hello John. My sister Ivy, her Japanese husband, and their three children all perished in the tsunami ay Khao Lak. Based in Singapore, they were only vacationin... Re: tsunami horrors and pains John Thompson | 10/27/2005 9:25:51 PM esmenne: Thank you for reading and posting on my tsunami website. I am very sorry to hear about your loss. It must be especially hard since that entire fami... Re: Re: tsunami horrors and pains esmenne | 11/2/2005 8:10:06 PM Dear John, Thank you for writing back. I am from the Philippines. My sister was still a Filipino citizen at the time of her death although her husband and t... Re: Re: Re: tsunami horrors and pains John Thompson | 11/2/2005 8:10:51 PM Luck really has so much do to with surviving that tsunami. I was just so lucky that things played out for me the way they did. Where I enjoyed breakfast, at...

Bang Niang J | 8/23/2005 9:55:05 PM Dear John, Thank you for you website. I lived and worked in Khao Lak for 5 seasons together with my father, who unfortunately died in the tsunami together wi...

hi MArlon CAstro | 6/15/2005 6:07:47 AM thanks for the pictures you posted...

Tsunami Research Rob Bell | 5/25/2005 10:32:28 PM Hi John I found your website extremely helpful and insightful. I am a tsunami/coastal engineer from New Zealand, although currently on sabbatical in Vic... Re: Tsunami Research John Thompson | 5/25/2005 10:32:51 PM Thanks for writing about my website. I have attached the original resolution files of the photos you requested. Just looking through these pictures brings i...

Tsuanmi Relief Expedition Update Julie | 5/4/2005 1:13:46 PM Hi John, Well, we got back from our 10 day return trip and what an experience!! We traveled from PhiPhi to Ao Nang and Railey Beach and then all up the west...

Update from Khao Lak Lena and Patrik Brundin | 5/4/2005 12:56:07 PM Dear John! We went back to Merlin Resort and Khao Lak a couple of weeks ago. We are glad we returned, to meet all the wonderful people that helped us, and to s...

Thank You John! Richard Collett | 4/16/2005 10:56:29 PM John, Thank you so much for your kind words. More important, we are so glad you are well. I am confident that you are changed forever by this experience....

Hello! Tanya and Jason | 4/10/2005 4:05:54 PM Dear John, My husband and I were on the island called Ko Pra Thong, north of Khao Lak, when the tsunami hit. We find your story and ours to be very similar. Yo... Re: Hello! John Thompson | 4/16/2005 4:58:08 PM wow, what an amazing experience! that website does a nice job with your story and pictures. i definitely had a different outlook on life now. experiences lik...

... Marc | 3/27/2005 8:22:43 PM i have found your site by just searching about the whole tsunami, and would like to say im glad that your ok, and that thier are people that have survived, i do...

survivors, too Lena & Patrik | 2/28/2005 2:17:34 PM Dear John! We stayed at Khao Lak Merlin Resort right next to the Seagull Andaman where you were when the tsunami came. We stood at the beach and watched the fi...

Facinating Account Johnny Moretti | 2/16/2005 10:15:50 AM John, you have given many of us a good look at what you experienced that terrible day in December. Thank you for sharing your story. My friend and I eventually ... Re: Facinating Account John Thompson | 2/16/2005 12:19:59 PM Thanks for sharing your website with me. I look forward to seeing the updated photos. My brother was there in mid January also and I was amazed to see how muc... Re: Re: Facinating Account John Moretti | 2/17/2005 9:48:28 AM Hi, It was great to hear back from you. It may sound strange, but people need people like yourself so they fell they have a connection to this tragedy outside ...

Nebur's World Readers Raise Over $1,122 Ruben | 2/15/2005 2:54:44 PM A Ray of Hope After the Flood You've been so kind and generous, I don't know how you keep on giving. For your kindness I'm in debt to you. For your self...

Photo request Julian  | 2/15/2005 2:47:20 PM Dear Mr Thompson, I work for a reinsurance company in London and I'm currently writing a report on the Asian tsunami. The report describes the destruction t... Re: Photo request Hubert | 2/15/2005 2:57:23 PM John, Congratulations for your website on Khao Lak experiencing the tsunami. I am particulalry impressed by your photographic section describing plainly b... Re: Re: Photo request John Thompson | 2/17/2005 2:38:49 PM > 1- Would you be able to give me indication of the date and time (local > time) of each photo : > > Img_1461.jpg 26/12/2004 10:26:16 boat turning over in... Re: Photo request Corinne | 2/15/2005 3:00:36 PM Hi John, I'm interested in possibly using some of your Khao Lak photos for a documentary series called International Storm Stories that'll be on The Weathe... Re: Photo request Crystal | 6/19/2005 10:24:03 PM Hello, I am a photo researcher at Crabtree Publishing Company. Crabtree creates non-fiction books for children grades 1-8. We are currently working on a ... Re: Photo request Chris | 6/19/2005 10:24:57 PM Dear John, I am a french journalist working for Paris-Match, a french weekly magazine. I have tried to contact you by phone several times without success. ... Re: Photo request Fiona | 7/12/2005 10:42:06 PM Hi John I am a natural history editor based in Sydney. I am presently compiling a few sample pages for a possible book on natural disasters. This will includ... Re: Re: Photo request John Thompson | 7/12/2005 10:43:03 PM Hello - Thank you very much for your email and interest in my tsunami experience. The book you are working on sounds very interesting. All the photos on my ... Re: Photo request Trevor | 10/27/2005 9:14:50 PM Dear John I am a researcher at Geoscience Australia, the Australian Government's Geoscience Agency, currently working on tsunami risk to Australia. In the ... Re: Re: Photo request John Thompson | 10/27/2005 9:15:49 PM Hi Trevor, Thanks for writing. I would be happy to let you use my photos for your presentation. It sounds like it is a good cause. I like to collect copie... Re: Photo request   5/5/2009 3:45:48 AM 800605...

Seedlings sprout again Solomon | 2/15/2005 2:13:58 PM More than two weeks after the tsunami hit this area, I am still roaming around and trying to help with the relief effort as much as possible. Initially I was bu... Re: Seedlings sprout again Michael | 2/21/2005 11:12:28 PM Dear Solomon. I am glad to hear that the affected areas are recovering and wish only the best to the people who suffered so much. But let us be realistic. The f...

What can we do to help? Sandra | 2/15/2005 2:10:18 PM I salute you for staying to help with the aftermath of such a tradegy. we are coming to phuket (originally on vacation but now we will help for a few days) in ...

Thank God you survived Shawn & Anne | 2/15/2005 2:00:11 PM When we first heard of the Tsunami, our immediate thought was of you guys. It was a thought that was in the back of our minds, us not knowing exactly where i... Re: Thank God you survived Peter | 2/15/2005 2:01:11 PM Hi John, Thank God for paying attention to your felt sense instinct to "get high fast" rather than continue running away from the beach! I shudder to thin... Re: Thank God you survived Greg | 2/15/2005 2:02:27 PM Dear John, Mary called here about an hour ago. She hadn't any word about you and was quite concerned. I was able to get ahold of Susanne and she forwarded y... Re: Thank God you survived Denise | 2/15/2005 2:30:44 PM Hey John--I just finished going through your website about the tsunami and I don't know what to say! First of all, thank you for sharing your experience. I th...

New tsunami charity at Stanford Ziba | 2/15/2005 12:20:47 PM Dear John, I'm sorry you had to be a witness to so much destruction and suffering. What a horrid disaster -- so devastating. At SLAC, a few of us have for... Re: New tsunami charity at Stanford John Thompson | 2/15/2005 12:22:02 PM That's a great idea and website for collecting donation for specific projects. That was kind of our idea when we went back to certain devastated areas. We w...

Welcome John Thompson | 2/15/2005 11:26:54 AM This site was created by me as a way for me to share my story and memories of 26 December 2004 with the world. I now want to share the responses that I have re... Re: Welcome praew | 2/28/2005 2:04:36 AM i am doing my research about tsunami and i found your website. i read all of the website. i have to thank you for helping my country(thailand) and also victims.... Re: Welcome Tim | 4/13/2005 2:33:00 AM Dear John, Firstly congratulations on an amazing site. I, my wife, four children, friends and their two children and my parents in law were staying at the... Re: Re: Welcome John Thompson | 4/16/2005 4:45:49 PM i just had a chance to read your post on my tsunami website. thanks for the story. that sounds like quite an experience. you were one of the few to actually ... Re: Re: Welcome bruce clarke | 2/14/2007 7:57:51 PM Dear survivors My self and my partner and our best friends were staying at mais quiet zone when tsunami hit ,we managed to just get out with about 30 seconds t... Re: Re: Re: Welcome John | 2/25/2007 11:01:25 AM Hi Bruce - Thanks for writing and posting on my tsunami site. It has been a long time since I heard from anyone new that was actually at Khao Lak when the tsu... Re: Re: Re: Re: Welcome Bruce | 2/25/2007 11:06:37 AM Hi John- Myself,Debbie my partner,and our best friends Anton and Judene had been staying at Mais Quit Zone for about a week. Our bungalow was at the rear of Mai... Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Welcome John | 2/25/2007 11:09:55 AM Thanks for sharing so many of the details with me. I can completely picture what things must have looked like at MQZ as you rode away. It is really sad thinki...