Asian Earthquake and Tsunami

[Franchesca]

I have been following this quite closely and the one thing that has stricken me the most is to know that nearly 30% (or at least that was the statistics yesterday) of the causalities have been children. It is indescribably heart-braking to see so many little ones dead and to see parents mourn their children.

I have been reading up articles online and the first thing I go to are the pictures, to me ... a picture truly says a 1000 words. And the pictures that have been taken from this tragedy are so impacting that you don't need to read up on the story to know how terrible this has been.

My mother was just mentioning to me today that we needed to get some basic stuff together and take it to the red cross. I hope that we can all come to the aid of our fellow humans and contribute in some way.

I hope that those who have family and friends in the affected area can hear from them soon. My best wishes and hopes go out to those of you who are still waiting to hear from loved ones.

Enclosed: some chilling pictures of this event.

**Warning: Do NOT view if this situation is too emotionally strong for you**

Photographs of the aftermath.

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

Now would be a good time to release a water purification system to fight the disease that will soon come with the destruction and devastation the Earthquake/Tsunami caused the water utilities in the countries affected..

<hint hint>

Slingshot...

Oh no.. the session expired..
Anyways, it was basically.. this

Originally Posted by Trademark Website

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Owner(APPLICANT) DEKA Research & Development Corp. CORPORATION NEW HAMPSHIRE 340 Commercial Street Manchester NEW HAMPSHIRE 03101

So.. yeah, that's what I was thinking.. But then again.. product testing and what not is a long process, and it may not be ready yet.

Originally Posted by plutonium83

Dean Kamen should send over that invention that purifies water and generates electricity. It would seem to be the best time to launch his product and gain world recognition.

PS. Does anyone know Dean kamen's email addy?

Not e-mail address, but home phone number... (unconfirmed of course.. )

[Joshua May]

WOW, the death toll has just jumped to 120,000 according to CNN with 80,000 in Indonesia alone.

[Adam Y.]

You know what is scary is the fact that a tsunami can hit both the west and east coast but not at the same time of course. The east has a volcanoe that can blow resulting in a tsunami while the west has earthquakes. Fortunately the east would have a 9 hour warning before the tsunami hits since it would travel across the atlantic.

[AmyPrib]

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.

[bigqueue]

Last I heard, they were reporting that no animals died.....there is probably something quite significant to be learned from this.