Cearbhael I can't believe that the greatest natural disaster to have hit the earth in "modern" times, at least, is not deemed worthy of much coverage by your media. Last I heard there were over 80,000 people known dead and thousands more missing. So presumably people don't know that bodies are being transported by the lorryload for unceremonious mass burial in holes dug by JCBs because the task is beyond normal methods. They don't know that swathes of countries have been flattened with all the infrastructure destroyed - no railway lines and no roads. The hospitals have been overwhelmed and are rapidly running out of supplies. Tjhere is no food and no frsh, clean water and the fear of relief agencies now is that the death toll from disease will exceed the numbers killed by the wave. Are you really telling us that in your area people don't know because no one cares enough to tell them? I find that unbelievable.
In this country the news programmes are dominated by those events and not just because some British citizens are cought up in it - dead and missing. The local people in these areas have been so kind and helpful to the foreigners in their midst even though they themselves have lost family, friends, homes and jobs. In some ares there is nothing left. We have urgent appeals for donations being made on TV, on the radio, in newspapers and, now, on AOL itself. While the British government has donated 15 million GBP immediately, with more to come, I think, the British people have also donated 5 million GBP by lunchtime today and that sum will continue to rise. I assume the same is happening in many other countries. But, presumably, not in yours because its not newsworthy enough. Yes, I do know that people like Tamara and my friends will be giving because they keep themselves well informed but it sounds as if they are in a minority. Please tell me I'm wrong in these assumptions as I don't like to think so badly of peopled. Patricia in Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
