horrific is a pretty accurate way to sum it up. i keep thinking about how many of those 24000 were kids. Not that the 24000 figure itself isn't mind-boggling.
:( On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 19:22:20 -0400, Angel Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, are you all following this story? > > It's horrific the amount of damage that has been done by this tidal wave. > It's the worst earthquake in 40 years! The wall of water > was over 3 stories high, and travelled in excess of 500kph. That's > just..amazing. > > If that had hit say the caribbean we'd have been wiped out. Or imagine the > western Seaboard of the US. > > It's frightening that such things can happen in the world today, and there's > not a damned thing we can do about it. > > Last count I saw over 24,000 people are dead in Asia, the wave even reached > Africa. The only place that could have gotten hit which > escaped was Australia. > > It's even worse that this happened day after Christmas. :-\ > > I suppose the religious conspiracy folks must be having a field day with > Signs and Portents for this one. But it is a major world > event, and hopefully the last we will see in a while. > > -Gel > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - New Atlanta http://www.newatlanta.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:140997 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
