To those who suffered on the 26th

[Bardialus]

I just thought that a note of goodwill and our blessings to those in Asia and India etc who suffered the worst catastrophe on 26th of december should be placed here!

My thoughts are with them as they struggle through this devastation!

[Moogie]

The last I heard, over 125000 people had been confirmed dead due to the tsunami which was triggered by an earthquake that reached 9 on the richter scale, with aftershocks as high as 6- a catastrophy said to be \"the worst natural disaster in living memory\". The force of the quake was so incredible that the entire earth shook about an inch on its axis, and we lost a second of time.

At midnight tonight, for New Years Day, please spare a thought for those who died, those who were orphaned, those who lost their children, or their entire families, or friends. Also think of those relatives of tourists back home who still don\'t know the fate of their loved ones- and probably never will.

[LordWolf]

All of our thoughts are with them we as Holland live with them

[Efflixi Aduro]

Must be really scary. How do you run from a wave like that?

[DepthBlade]

-_- Please don\'t wait for New years to do praying or contributing whether in prayer or cash donation..Should have been doing it the day it happened, I gave a quater of my paycheck to redcross already but unfortunately that won\'t be enough..if you have any savings please spare it for this cause...it will take so much time and money to repair what these countries have lost..unfortunately neither will make up for the loss of life.

[Myrtl]

Originally posted by Efflixi Aduro
Must be really scary. How do you run from a wave like that?

You dont. If that happens you are totally screwed...

 Very sad story  

[Cherppow]

Indeed, this has been a terrible, terrible loss.

Let us not forget those who will have to rebuild their lives from a scratch and those who have lost some of their dearest. Their suffering may last for years to come, and we should stand by them for as long as they need.

[Black_rose]

i\'d love to help but im 14 and im not getting payed (no allowance either) i have 20$ yet i do not see who that could help. i live in a small town but mabye i could get my school to o a charity drive.... that is all i can do for now, hopefully i will be of use in some way.

also,
   i have experianced family loss and i can only imagine the harsh times ahead for those lost, orphaned kids who just say as their friends and families died.  


kinda makes me wanna cry for them, praying will not be enough, wishing won\'t help. i wish i could get over their to do the real work. as i sit here i think of that video, thinking of the women, children now alone, sad. we must not only think of fianancial problems but also we should try to help them metaly.

[Monketh]

Originally posted by Efflixi Aduro
Must be really scary. How do you run from a wave like that?

To the nearest, stongest structure--while praying.


Bands and other groups are donating money and holding events to raise money to send over.
The amount of damage is truly awe inspiring.
Unfortunately, I have nothing to contribute.

[Fiere]

My thoughts and prayers go out to all those in suffering.


If you wish to donate please be sure to choose a well known organization. The Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies have websites where you can donate online and also provide information for donations of blood, and items.

When donating items also please try to find out what they specifically need to help the process move along as quickly as possible.

May you all be safe and well.

[Olig]

I found it strange that a nature reserve in Sri Lanka lost absolutely no animals in the tsunami because they have already ran to the highlands before the wave even hit the shore. I wish people were that in-tune with the Earth.

A very unfortunate catastrophe and my sympathies are with those who have suffered through this.

[DepthBlade]

Yeah I saw that and heard about it on the radio about Bands helping, Linkin Park donated 100,000 to it and started a whole website to fund and raise money. Contrary to popular belief some of these bands don\'t make millions and millions..they make a nice  amount but not overly unless they sell their bodies out to magazines and clothes and expand like lots do...so really any donation from them is good.

RedCross and organizations like this always accept blankets, clothing to send over stuff like that. You have old clothes that  are still nice but just don\'t fit..wash them  and bag\'em..send them to one of those organizations. There is so many ways to help if you don\'t have actually money to do so.

[Black_rose]

cool, i will tell my mom that i wanna donate stuff, she will probably take me to donate to them

[verideon]

I found I all very sad. I donated $50 aus dollars. and prayed and wished lots. I have some stuff that I am going to take with me when I go to the city to give to the Red Cross. Very sad indeed. Australia lost a few hundred people and now our government is spending 35 million dollars plus millions extra that has been raised at fundraisers, parties, and definately the new years eve parties. plus our government and organizations are sending over medicine, building supplies and stuff like that. . And our Australian casualties are far more than the Bali bombings.

[Efflixi Aduro]

Almost 200,000 people dead...
There are about  6,215,000,000 people in the world so....
200,000/ 6,215,000,000=0.00000032
So if im right about 0.000032% of the world died.
May seem small but thats pretty scary. Ull be able to see a dent in line graph of population of the world or somthing.

I guess buddists are right, all life is suffering.