The level of devastation is incomprehensible. There is now talk of 38,000 deaths from just the tsunami/earthquake alone. The coming outbreak of disease and hunger will no doubt kill many more. I have to say that on the 26th only the WashingtonPost.com seemed to cover this event with the level of attention it deserved. The NYTimes.com had a top space for it but of equal weight with other stories. Google News continues to cover it with a lower emphasis than the election in
As for gravity, if you wish to help out, donations are being taken by the Red Cross and others. I gave to Doctors Without Boarders this morning. As "they" say, any amount helps.
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A blog set up by those in the affected areas...
The South-East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami blog
http://tsunamihelp.blogspot.com/
I had just been reading a recent issue of National Geographic where it listed 2004 as one of the worst years in recent history for natural disasters - and this was before the Asian Tsunamis.
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