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It's just so hard to think that so many people have died!
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Posted 30 December 2004 - 8:07 PM
last night ABC news (US broadcasting company) had a really good special. They said that the accounted deaths was around 77k and the red cross projected deaths at 100,000. Those figures could have changed though since last night.
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Posted 30 December 2004 - 10:17 PM
if anyone can send money to the red cross or donate blood thats help alot
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Posted 30 December 2004 - 10:33 PM
On the ABC news special they were talking about how Petra Nemcova was on the beach while the tsunami struck and that he photographer husband was swept out to sea and has been reported missing. :( I heard she's in the hospital.
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Posted 30 December 2004 - 10:49 PM
jet li has been found I heard on the news this morning...
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Posted 31 December 2004 - 3:28 AM
Earthquakes alone are terrifying, I'm telling you a 9.0 quake is simply... insane. Like, throw-you-across-the-room insane if the building doesn't collapse on your first. Even being from California, and having lived through dozens of quakes (some big, most tiny) and living with the possibility of "the big one" at the back of your mind - a 9.0 is still incredibly hard to fathom. It's hard to get your head around something like that no matter where you're from.
But I'm still reeling over the massive death toll of 117,000! It's just so hard to comprehend that amount of loss, entire villages swept away, and what the future holds for the survivors. It's all so incredibly sad...
But I'm still reeling over the massive death toll of 117,000! It's just so hard to comprehend that amount of loss, entire villages swept away, and what the future holds for the survivors. It's all so incredibly sad...
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Posted 31 December 2004 - 8:34 AM
It is really sad. The Bay of Bengal area has a history of massive death tolls caused by natural disasters. 1970- cyclone kills 500,000. 1986 - cyclone kills 300,000.
Now this new disaster kills at least 130,000, and that number will probably rise. People just going about their daily lives and are now gone. 1/3 are kids too. What a week. :'(
Now this new disaster kills at least 130,000, and that number will probably rise. People just going about their daily lives and are now gone. 1/3 are kids too. What a week. :'(
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Posted 31 December 2004 - 9:09 AM
It's really hard to comprehend death tolls like that, because most people realize that that is a huge loss of life but to completely. I went to the National Jamboree for the Boy Scouts of America and the had a couple "concerts" where everyone congregated in this huge field. There were 50,000 people in this field and just looking around from a crowd that huge you can really get a feel for such a huge loss of life it is.
I was watching the news and they were interviewing a guy from the red cross and he was saying that they ussually get about $60,000 USD per month and they've been getting about $100,000 USD per HOUR. That's just insane.
I was watching the news and they were interviewing a guy from the red cross and he was saying that they ussually get about $60,000 USD per month and they've been getting about $100,000 USD per HOUR. That's just insane.
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Posted 02 January 2005 - 3:38 PM
I was in Thailand at the time of the earthquake.
But I'm okay! I was on the other (the East) side of Thailand, and it's scary that we were actually considering the area where all the devastation happened in Thailand when we were making our plans. Very thankful that I can now be alive for Push the Button. :D
But I'm okay! I was on the other (the East) side of Thailand, and it's scary that we were actually considering the area where all the devastation happened in Thailand when we were making our plans. Very thankful that I can now be alive for Push the Button. :D
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