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Purrs for victims of earthqauke/tsunami disaster
what an unfathomable catastrophe it is, already close to 30.000 dead and
counting I keep picturing the places I have visited in Phuket, Thailand, the sweet little hotel in the national park on the east coast of Sri Lanka - just on the beach, the picturesque pole fishers out in the water ... Kuredu, the Maldive island I have visited several times seems to have come through no worse for wear, maybe because the water is some 2.000 m deep just off the island. They just lost phone connections for a couple of hours, but some other islands were hit more and there are some deaths reported also in the Maldives - and as far to the west as the east coast of Africa, imagine the power of those waves ... I see Britta has checked in, I was hoping you were all safe at home, since it's not long ago you were away on your diving trip, purrs for your friends. The accounts of the people being in the middle of it are chilling . The pictures from Thailand, Sri Lanka, India and Indonesia are so frightening. So many families viped out, missing members and relatives and friends. Millions have lost their homes and livelihood. The tourist season that feed many is destroyed for many resort areas. Drinking water will be contaminated, the clean up a nightmare. Purrs for all the victims, purrs for families, relatives and friends, purrs for rescue workers and others trying to help. It will take a lot of work and investment to get the survivors back to their lifes. May the Purr be with all. -- :: lewe ------------------------------------------------------------- lewemi at yahoo dot se || cat pics: photos.yahoo.com/lewemi |
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lewe wrote:
what an unfathomable catastrophe it is, already close to 30.000 dead and counting. May the Purr be with all. lewe ------------------------------------------------------------- lewemi at yahoo dot se || cat pics: photos.yahoo.com/lewemi Purrs have been going out steadily. I have a friend who lives with his wife in Chiang Mai but he's an avid diver. I was worried they might be on a dive trip. Thankfully not, but they did feel the quake even up in the northern hill country. You're right, this is a disaster of epic proportions. I hope the world will chip in to help these poor people get their lives back. Jill |
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This is such an unbelievable disaster I can hardly grasp it. Purrs and
purr-ayers going out to these poor people. Christine "lewe" wrote in message ... what an unfathomable catastrophe it is, already close to 30.000 dead and counting I keep picturing the places I have visited in Phuket, Thailand, the sweet little hotel in the national park on the east coast of Sri Lanka - just on the beach, the picturesque pole fishers out in the water ... Kuredu, the Maldive island I have visited several times seems to have come through no worse for wear, maybe because the water is some 2.000 m deep just off the island. They just lost phone connections for a couple of hours, but some other islands were hit more and there are some deaths reported also in the Maldives - and as far to the west as the east coast of Africa, imagine the power of those waves ... I see Britta has checked in, I was hoping you were all safe at home, since it's not long ago you were away on your diving trip, purrs for your friends. The accounts of the people being in the middle of it are chilling . The pictures from Thailand, Sri Lanka, India and Indonesia are so frightening. So many families viped out, missing members and relatives and friends. Millions have lost their homes and livelihood. The tourist season that feed many is destroyed for many resort areas. Drinking water will be contaminated, the clean up a nightmare. Purrs for all the victims, purrs for families, relatives and friends, purrs for rescue workers and others trying to help. It will take a lot of work and investment to get the survivors back to their lifes. May the Purr be with all. -- :: lewe ------------------------------------------------------------- lewemi at yahoo dot se || cat pics: photos.yahoo.com/lewemi |
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"lewe" wrote in message
... what an unfathomable catastrophe it is, already close to 30.000 dead and counting I keep picturing the places I have visited in Phuket, Thailand, the sweet little hotel in the national park on the east coast of Sri Lanka - just on the beach, the picturesque pole fishers out in the water ... Kuredu, the Maldive island I have visited several times seems to have come through no worse for wear, maybe because the water is some 2.000 m deep just off the island. They just lost phone connections for a couple of hours, but some other islands were hit more and there are some deaths reported also in the Maldives - and as far to the west as the east coast of Africa, imagine the power of those waves ... I see Britta has checked in, I was hoping you were all safe at home, since it's not long ago you were away on your diving trip, purrs for your friends. The accounts of the people being in the middle of it are chilling . The pictures from Thailand, Sri Lanka, India and Indonesia are so frightening. So many families viped out, missing members and relatives and friends. Millions have lost their homes and livelihood. The tourist season that feed many is destroyed for many resort areas. Drinking water will be contaminated, the clean up a nightmare. Purrs for all the victims, purrs for families, relatives and friends, purrs for rescue workers and others trying to help. It will take a lot of work and investment to get the survivors back to their lifes. May the Purr be with all. -- :: lewe I've never been to any of those places, but I completely agree with you. Purrs and prayers for all affected by this tragedy. Joy |
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On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 16:17:59 +0100, "lewe"
wrote: May the Purr be with all. -- :: lewe ------------------------------------------------------------- lewemi at yahoo dot se || cat pics: photos.yahoo.com/lewemi Adding my purrs to all those affected by this tragedy. Ginger-lyn |
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"lewe" wrote in message
... what an unfathomable catastrophe it is, already close to 30.000 dead and counting I keep picturing the places I have visited in Phuket, Thailand, the sweet little hotel in the national park on the east coast of Sri Lanka - just on the beach, the picturesque pole fishers out in the water ... Kuredu, the Maldive island I have visited several times seems to have come through no worse for wear, maybe because the water is some 2.000 m deep just off the island. They just lost phone connections for a couple of hours, but some other islands were hit more and there are some deaths reported also in the Maldives - and as far to the west as the east coast of Africa, imagine the power of those waves ... I see Britta has checked in, I was hoping you were all safe at home, since it's not long ago you were away on your diving trip, purrs for your friends. The accounts of the people being in the middle of it are chilling . The pictures from Thailand, Sri Lanka, India and Indonesia are so frightening. So many families viped out, missing members and relatives and friends. Millions have lost their homes and livelihood. The tourist season that feed many is destroyed for many resort areas. Drinking water will be contaminated, the clean up a nightmare. Purrs for all the victims, purrs for families, relatives and friends, purrs for rescue workers and others trying to help. It will take a lot of work and investment to get the survivors back to their lifes. May the Purr be with all. Amen to that. I"m waiting to hear of the place to send disaster relief funds. It won't be much, but I"ll contribute a small amount. It may only buy a few cups of rice, but that may very well make a huge difference to a family somewhere in the affected areas. Yowie --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.799 / Virus Database: 543 - Release Date: 19/11/04 |
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lewe wrote in message ... what an unfathomable catastrophe it is, already close to 30.000 dead and counting It's so awful, so many dead, so many hurt and bereaved. Jeanette |
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Lots of purrs,
-- Polonca & Soncek "lewe" wrote in message ... what an unfathomable catastrophe it is, already close to 30.000 dead and counting snip Purrs for all the victims, purrs for families, relatives and friends, purrs for rescue workers and others trying to help. It will take a lot of work and investment to get the survivors back to their lifes. May the Purr be with all. -- :: lewe ------------------------------------------------------------- lewemi at yahoo dot se || cat pics: photos.yahoo.com/lewemi |
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lewe wrote:
snip May the Purr be with all. Purrs for all those who have lost loved ones and those that are now homeless. But why do they have to show dead bodies on every news, we know thousands of people have died, we don't need to see pictures of dead children all day long. It's been a rotten end to a rotten year. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. |
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In article , "Adrian"
wrote: lewe wrote: snip May the Purr be with all. Purrs for all those who have lost loved ones and those that are now homeless. But why do they have to show dead bodies on every news, we know thousands of people have died, we don't need to see pictures of dead children all day long. It's been a rotten end to a rotten year. Let me respond with a hypothetical that strikes to the heart of too much news coverage. If the US networks ever get permission to televise execution, Fox will want to do naked executions. Ironically, this sort of thing doesn't make professional public health publications, because it conveys no useful information. [Spoiler space for relevant, but possibly distasteful, public health observation] While piles of dead bodies are repellent, if they died of trauma rather than disease, they generally do not present any substantial epidemic hazard, especially if they are kept away from water supplies. This has actually been established fairly recently, by some solid research after the last major Turkish earthquakes. |
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