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Aisian Earthquake!!

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nedkelly Premium account Joined: Apr 04 Points: 5264 Posts: 81 Posted: 2004-12-26 22:23:00    To anyone of us here who has been affected by this trajedy I offer my deepest heartfelt sympathy. love Matt --- Do Not tip-toe through life to arrive safely at deaths door!! To surf or not to surf , flat? is the queastion. Reply    Reply with quote    Contact nedkelly   rangutan Premium account Joined: Aug 04 Points: 34752 Posts: 1044 Posted: 2004-12-27 09:46:00    A tragedy of proportions not yet measurable. My feelings are with all those who are affected. These areas are so dependant on the tourist industry - the best way we can help is to visit when things are going again. --- Rudolf "Rangutan" Graspointner Reply    Reply with quote    Contact rangutan   ravinderkumarsi Premium account Joined: Aug 04 Points: 14003 Posts: 451 Posted: 2004-12-27 10:36:00    hii , thankz for the sympathy shown towards the poor and victims of this tragedy,i want to share one thing with both of you that ,as far as india is concern there are certain costal areas which are very prone to such natural calamities ,houses are not made to resist such possible danger.now atleast we should lthink in direction of foreseeing the danger and making proper planning in order to minimise the damage ravi --- at bangalore /back 2 globo after a long Reply    Reply with quote    Contact ravinderkumarsi   picasso Premium account Joined: Aug 04 Points: 10057 Posts: 79 Posted: 2004-12-27 19:41:00    To all the people affected by tsunami ,please accept my sorrow I can’t even visualize in my own brain this tragedy and how people of all Ages suffer at the same moment .How , we humans ,still unhelpful in taming Mather Nature after all with all of this advanced technology .I can’t explain why the Scientists where not able to predict such a devastating earthquake,only God has The explanation. God bless all of you ,the only time will cure this catastrophe. Boris --- BORIS Reply    Reply with quote    Contact picasso   magsalex Premium account Joined: Sep 03 Points: 8701 Posts: 69 Posted: 2004-12-28 01:35:00    A dreadful tragedy. I made wonderful friends at mission school in Thailand. One of them has lost a friend in Patang. Heartfelt sympathy to all those affected. God bless --- Enjoy it while you can! Reply    Reply with quote    Contact magsalex   mistybleu Premium account Joined: Aug 04 Points: 53340 Posts: 245 Posted: 2004-12-28 05:32:00    I watched the news all afternoon and couldn't believe the devastation that has occurred, affecting so many countries as far reaching as Africa. But my prayers and thoughts are with everyone who is affected by this. --- "So many places, so little time" ((*_*)) Reply    Reply with quote    Contact mistybleu   suzqfl Premium account Joined: Aug 04 Points: 387 Posts: 1 Posted: 2004-12-29 02:06:00    If anyone knows of a specific family or mission on the edge of the disaster area that can get items to those in need, please email me. I belong to a small volunteer group here in the US that likes to send gender or item specific care packages. I can't promise anything but I know some areas that got hit with hurricanes over the summer near me in Fla did not see aid for a few days..I bet the same is happening there and I'll see what the group can gather & chance they actually get delivered over there.... Reply    Reply with quote    Contact suzqfl   italian-link Premium account Joined: Jul 04 Points: 673 Posts: 11 Posted: 2004-12-29 04:41:00    A horrific tragedy. My condolences go out to anyone affected by the Tsunami. You are in our thoughts and prayers. Larry --- "Linking you to the world of Italy" http://www.Addicted2-Italy.com Reply    Reply with quote    Contact italian-link   britman Premium account Joined: Apr 04 Points: 17984 Posts: 83 Posted: 2004-12-29 16:34:00    I have posted this heartfelt note from me in this appropriate forum topic and also in the forum note in response to Andreas' uncomfortable feelings about lack of warning(s) I understand that the ASEAN countries had recently rejected the idea of a Tsunami early warning system on (a) cost grounds and (b) it had never happened before in their living memory. To my simple mind it was a crass misjudgement - the cost is peanuts when you are living in one of the world’s largest earthquake zones - i.e. Indonesian archipelago. I hope the whole world thinks of installing Tsunami early warning systems including Europe and the Mediterranean countries. A Tsunami can, thankfully rarely, happen anywhere at any time! One never knows the day or the time! I cannot explain how numb and shocked that I feel having submitted so many pictures of Sri Lanka and it’s fishermen in my slide show just last month. I now fear that most of the people in that slide show maybe victims! The three beautiful little boys in my anthropology slide show lived with their rope making parents in a hovel on the beach of Southern Sri Lanka. Words for the first time fail me – only my hopes and prayers survive that a miracle has somehow saved them! --- Cheers! Reply    Reply with quote    Contact britman   andreas Joined: May 02 Points: 8309 Posts: 808 Posted: 2004-12-29 22:01:00    I do hope that our GLOBO member "willow" who stayed in Male as far as I know is alright. My deapest sympathy goes to all those people who have been in the affected area or lost a friend/family. Especially those whos existance was build on tourism. I have in Thailand in 2002 and know that their are lots of families where the only income is based on tourists. Especially on small unpopular islands like Kho Lanta next to Kho Phi Phi, there are families who rarily made a living on the few tourists ariving there. What are they going to do now?! Please do have a look on GLOBO's main page where you can find links to caritas, american red cross and other organisations. All we can do from here is to help those who are in deapest needs at the moment. Andy Reply    Reply with quote    Contact andreas   Page: 1 2