Angel, I've been following it very closely. My wife (who is Indian) is very distraught about the loss of life, especially among children. We are very worried that many more people will lose their lives from disease than died in the initial disaster.
For everyone out there, I know the post-holiday period can be tough on the wallet, but if you have anything to spare, please consider donating to a relief fund for this disaster. You can visit: http://www.cidi.org/incident/tsunami/ to get a list of charities participating in the effort and guidelines on how to contribute. Money is what is most desperately needed right now. I just saw a story on TV about how insurance company exposure to the disaster will be far below the exposure to the hurricanes in Florida this year. The reason for the low exposure is that many of the affected areas are impoverished and uninsured. What that means is that many survivors have nothing left- no home, no possessions, only the clothing on their backs. Anything you can give, even just a few dollars, will save lives and families in the days and weeks to come. A few days ago I would have wished you all Happy Holidays, but that hardly seems appropriate now. I hope you and your loved ones are safe this holiday season and that we can all help to make a difference to the many people affected by this disaster. For my own part, I have been lying low recently. The U.S. election (not to mention New Orleans) wore me out, and I've been getting my keister kicked at work with a big upsurge in projects, but this terrible disaster in Asia has prompted me to jump back on the list. Best to all. Rob > 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. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:141006 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
