total area: : 65,610 sq km coastline: 1,340 km population : 19,238,575 sri lanka kdw nandalal dept....
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Total Area: : 65,610 sq km
Coastline: 1,340 km
Population: 19,238,575
Sri Lanka
KDW NandalalDept. of Civil Engineering, University of Peradenitya,
Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka is very popular for it’s beautiful beaches
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It was a normal sunny day in December
26th of December 2004 a Sunday as as well as a Full moon day (Called as Poya-day and every Poya day is a Special holiday in Sri Lanka)
No one was busy
It was school vacation
Some of them were enjoying on the golden beaches
Some were resting at their homes
Everyone near coast noted some changes in the sea
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Those who knew the behavior of the sea wanted to move away from it
Curious lot wanted to witness the changes
First waves rose more than usual
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Then beaches were dried out and coastline extended 100s of meters.
Some of them started to mark the boundaries on the newly found land
Some of them were fishing on the naked beach happily
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Waves started their journey back
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Suddenly beautiful waves turned into a hungry dragon and started raging towards the land swallowing every thing on its way
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Gushing the things in the Hotels
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Swimming pools filled with sea water
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It swirled, gushed, uprooted, destroyed and turned upside down of the lives of thousands of Sri Lankans within minutes
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Where the Yala Safari Beach hotel had been
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Like to study about a cross section of a road?
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Roads washed off
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Check weather the foundation was laid well
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Who pushed the train out of it rails?
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How many lives gone with the train?
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Where had the cars gone?
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Houses broken into two
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Uprooted houses and trees
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What can I do now?
Where are my children? My Husband?
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Burrying the dead bodies
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Burning some of them
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Every thing is impermanent!
Is that what Statue of Lord Buddha is trying to say?
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Every one rushed to help
Collecting food cloths what ever that can be useful for the victims of the deadly tsunami
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Foreign aids also starts to flow in
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Removing whatever that can be used to rebuilt
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My dear friends, you all have lost your fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, and friends but do not worry
We have experienced these kind of things all along the Samsara
That is what Lord Buddha taught me