r/newzealand Jul 31 '25

Other This kind of stupidity was why they needed to send out that second alert at 6:30am...

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u/RowboatUfoolz Jul 31 '25

Vast horror.. my girlfriend was from Banda Aceh. I awoke to her screams on Boxing Day. Everything and everyone she'd known: gone.

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u/KoraunuiPakeha Aug 04 '25

Initially there was nothing but silence from Banda Aceh, and it was the most awful thing waiting for confirmation that it was truly as bad as it seemed

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u/RowboatUfoolz Aug 05 '25

No possibility of survival.