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Excerpts taken from here. The picturesque, eastern Sri Lankan coastal region of Amparai district was directly in the path of…

Just what Sri Lanka needed. The heavy rains are mainly in in Eastern coastal belt, the worst hit tsunami areas.

There’s a show on television where this guy is talking about disaster preparedness training, and he said that hundreds of…

I’ve had comments from people, surprised that we have electricity and, more so, internet. We have electricity, we have phones…

Hosted by Sharmani Boyle. Sharmani works for YA-TV, aka Young Asia Television. Fahim used to work there, and knows Sharmani…

The body count in Indonesia alone could reach 400,000. If it does, the dead will likely number over half a…

Great.Indonesia. 79,900 +Sri Lanka. 24,000 +India. 10,000 + 16,000 estimated still missing. INDONESIA. Bodies still lying decomposing on the streets….

Here, when there are going to be scheduled water or power cuts, or dengue fever alerts, or that sort of…

It’s about 2/3 of the way down the page. Short version. It’s on the east side of the island, and…

MAG DATE UTC-TIME LAT LON region y/m/d h:m:s deg deg 5.7 29 12 2004 21:12:59 5.202 94.713 NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA…

I was talking to people here about the receding waters preceding a tidal wave. I know about it in part…

News: there are still 11,290 people missing in Sri Lanka. I suspect it’s pretty safe to assume that most of…

We haven’t been to the grocery store since it happened. We had enough food at home already. Despite me being…

But there are still tens of thousands of people still missing, so the count can – and probably will –…

When I was at the church yestereday, I spoke to our district president for a bit. He’s an educated man,…

The following is a list of US charitable organizations. When/if I have time, I will add Canadian charitable organizations. If…

Here are some further crimps in the vacation plan. There are food shortages. Many stores are closed due to no…

Red Cross and Oxfam are both heavily involved in the relief efforts in south Asia. Either one would be good…

I went to the church to help distribute food and clothing. The packages are being taken to a Buddhist temple…

New estimates: 25,000 dead in Indonesia 13,000 dead in Sri Lanka, but government has warned it could reach 20,000 15,000…

There’s a really good animated map showing the tsunamis. Fahim works with three Indians, all of whom either live along…

What I find sad is that the earthquake/tsunami/disaster situation are now off the front pages in some places. When 9/11…

Dead bodies are lying on the ground because there is no one to pick them up – there are too…

This report counts 2 dead in Bangladesh, but almost all reports indicate that Bangladesh is affected. Keep in mind that…

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