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[Birdman]

I dont mean to make light of this tragedy in any way because it truly is appaling for something of this ferocity to take away such a vast quantity of lives....however look at these figures

CONFIRMED DEATH TOLL
Sri Lanka: 18,706 dead
Indonesia: 27,174 dead
India: 4,371 dead
Thailand: 1,516 dead
Maldives: 52 dead
Malaysia: 44 dead
Burma: 30 dead
Bangladesh: 2 dead
Somalia: 100 dead
Kenya: 1 dead - What was this guy doing exactly, it makes you wonder. Must suck being the only one dead in your country. Sort of like the odd one out. He must be gutted!
Seychelles: 3 dead
Tanzania: 10 dead

(not birdman)

i was going to be going on a "family holiday" to Sri Lanka this Christmas...but i decided that i couldn't be asses sitting on a plane that long...*is so glad she came to this decision*..so we obviously didn't go..

..but yeh, it's bizarre how thousands can die in one country, and one in another..

it's all to do with the fact that the waves would have wreaked their destruction on other areas and would have been reduced by the time they hit places like Kenya.

Equally it should be borne in mind that this is by no means the final death toll so the one individual in Kenya may not be the only one who dies, although one hopes otherwise.

Guy I know is off to Sri Lanka to do aid relief on behalf of Oxfam.

..ah, yes, i'm not good at the not being dumb thing...so things like that take a while to come to me...

the whole thing is such a catastrophy...it's scary, that the weather, something that affects everyone everyday..could cause something so terrirble, especially because you can't control the weather..i'm probably making no sense, i know what i mean!...

Originally Posted by *alex*

..ah, yes, i'm not good at the not being dumb thing...so things like that take a while to come to me...

the whole thing is such a catastrophy...it's scary, that the weather, something that affects everyone everyday..could cause something so terrirble, especially because you can't control the weather..i'm probably making no sense, i know what i mean!...

It is one reason why I do not moan too loudly about things, we should all realise how lucky we are.

If I could afford to do it, I'd be volunteering to go out there right now.

Originally Posted by tv tanned

It is one reason why I do not moan too loudly about things, we should all realise how lucky we are.

If I could afford to do it, I'd be volunteering to go out there right now.

so true, we all take everything for granted...as cliche as that sounds, it's totally true, i know i do

[broken_doll]

that's intense..........i find things like this somewhat incomprehendable (don't think that that's a word or the right one) but i'm sure you follow my sentiment 0_o

[GraemeC]

Originally Posted by *alex*

..ah, yes, i'm not good at the not being dumb thing...so things like that take a while to come to me...

the whole thing is such a catastrophy...it's scary, that the weather, something that affects everyone everyday..could cause something so terrirble, especially because you can't control the weather..i'm probably making no sense, i know what i mean!...

It was nothing to do with the weather......do you read a newspaper...ever...?

It was caused by an earhquake under the indian ocean you clot.

Originally Posted by GraemeC

It was nothing to do with the weather......do you read a newspaper...ever...?

It was caused by an earhquake under the indian ocean you clot.

i can't read danish, and as i'm in denmark, it makes the whole process difficult...and i didn't mean like -the weather- i was just usuing an example, i just don't say what i mean very well...like, earth quakes, hurricanes, flooding etc..."natural distasters"...they're immense and scary, cos they can't be prevented/stopped..that's what i meant

Originally Posted by *alex*

i can't read danish, and as i'm in denmark, it makes the whole process difficult...and i didn't mean like -the weather- i was just usuing an example, i just don't say what i mean very well...like, earth quakes, hurricanes, flooding etc..."natural distasters"...they're immense and scary, cos they can't be prevented/stopped..that's what i meant

true to an extent, although our gradual destruction of the atmosphere, raping of natural resources and general over-consumption of nasty shit is contributing to climate change, which in turn leads to certain natural disasters becoming far more frequent.

Take mudslides, for example. And flooding. Both are attirbutable to mankind's inability to protect the environment due to the selfish pursuit of material goods, and while not strictly preventable, their impact and frequency could be reduced.