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Re: Asian Earthquake and Tsunami
I hope that anyone who has relations in those areas will find their friends/family in good condition. I have 2 work cubemates and 1 close friend that went home for holidays; 2 in Sri Lanka, and 1 in Malaysia (or Thailand, he was getting married). I know that my friend is fine, but won't know about my cubemates until returning to work. I honestly believe they have to be fine.
I can't even imagine the horror over there, and the death toll keeps rising by huge numbers, now 115,000+. I've been watching the non-stop news and it's just insane; people all over the world are affected, children orphaned, tourists missing, some people buried and never identified. The videos of the waves looked big, but g's... to cause that degree of destruction....
It never seems to fully affect you until you personally know people in that situation. It makes me mad that some think the US is "stingy". I hope anyone that is able will consider contributing whatever they can to the relief organizations.
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