%\section*{Acknowledgements}
\begin{acknowledgements}
This project was undertaken at Geoscience Australia and the Department
of Mathematics, The Australian National University. The authors would
like to thank Niran Chaimanee from the CCOP for providing
the post 2004 tsunami survey data, building footprints, satellite image
and the elevation data for Patong city; Prapasri Asawakun
from the Suranaree University of Technology and Parida Kuneepong for
supporting this work; Drew Whitehouse from the Australian National
University for preparing the animation of the simulated impact; and 
Rick von Feldt for locating the Novotel from the video footage and 
for commenting on the model from and eye-witness point of view. 

This paper is published with the permission of the Chief Executive
Officer, Geoscience Australia.
\end{acknowledgements}