Asian Earthquake and Tsunami

[bigqueue]

Thank you for this message...I was thinking the same thing, and as of this moment, the disaster toll is even higher.

They are talking about 77,000 confirmed dead, with thoughts of that number going over 100,000.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...ts_nm/quake_dc

The article I read this morning also talked about 5 million people in need of assistance. (injuries, physical displacement of houses, water supplies, electricity disrupted, etc...)

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp.../quake_need_dc

Just to put things in perspective, 100,000 people would be every single person in the city of Nashua, NH where Team811 comes from. (my First team)

To put the 5 millin people affected in perdpective, the entire state of NH has a little over 1 million people. (Massachusetts has only 10 million people total...if I recall, California has something like 35 million....roughtly 14% of California population)

I know that First is not a disaster relief organization, but each of us and our teams might think of organizing some sort of small effort together with our local help organizations. (Red Cross, Religious Aid groups, etc....)

Every little bit helps, and it all adds up!

-Quentin

Originally Posted by Karthik

As many of you may have heard, there was massive earthquake of the coast of Indonesia which spawned a Tsunami. Over 20,000 people are dead and over 250,000 are homeless in 10 countries.

CNN report on the quake

I have many family members who live in Madras, India, one of the worst hit cities. Luckily they are all safe, but the same cannot be said for many of their friends.

For those who are interested in helping, here's a list of international aid organizations who are taking donations to help with the rescue and relief operation.

Aid groups accepting donations for victims

As always, the American Red Cross is always looking for donations as well.

www.redcross.org

Thanks.

[Adam Y.]

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..

Don't worry. I was watching the news and aparently they are sending a water purification system out all ready. You put a packet into contaminated water and mix it a bit. Then you wait for the silt to settle out and then you have fresh water.

[JoeXIII'007]

What can describe it? It was horrific.

Did anyone see the latest first-person POV footage of it on MSNBC's COUNTDOWN: w/Keith Olberman last night? It could probably help describe how horrific it was.

I couldn't find it on Olbermann's blog, but if you do find it on the web, please post.