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Post by Sugarknickers on Dec 30, 2004 23:10:35 GMT -5
its just getting worse and worse. i am half way around the world. its horrible, the images on the news....people who arent even identified have to be buried b/c of the smell. what kind of burial is that? the people of those nations are on my mind.
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Post by T.C. on Dec 31, 2004 0:16:55 GMT -5
same here.... the losses are devestating
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Post by witchy on Dec 31, 2004 4:46:11 GMT -5
It's beyond anything I can imagine really. I just keep staring at the tv screen, shocked.
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Post by Sugarknickers on Dec 31, 2004 6:16:46 GMT -5
i dont think ive even begun to grasp the magnitude of this. i am in shock.
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Post by HSW on Dec 31, 2004 18:10:45 GMT -5
It's stuff like this that makes you wonder what the hell is the point of all the fighting in the world? This bit of land's mine, this ideology is better than that, this natural resource belongs to us etc... And then mother-nature simply goes 'f**kit' and wipes out whole families, communities and cities within minutes. And yet despite the astonishing amount of money raised in aid so far, you know full well that leaders of the western world will do virtually nothing to help. $20m? Big Fat Hairy deal, the USA spent $400m on weapons alone last year...does anyone believe that these 'enlightened' countries will spend any more than is necessary to ease their guilty conscience? Sorry to get political, but this more than anything puts a massive amount of perspective on the way we live these days.  |
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Post by T.C. on Dec 31, 2004 18:14:49 GMT -5
the haves and the haves more....
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Post by Sugarknickers on Jan 2, 2005 18:54:11 GMT -5
An 18-month-old Kazakh baby, apparently unharmed, has been found in Thailand’s Khao Lak tourist resort in southern Phang-Nga province which was devastated by the killer tsunami last Sunday.
The baby, who was discovered floating on a mattress in the sea by an Indian national a few days ago, was handed over to the Kazakh ambassador on Saturday.
It was not until Saturday that officials were alerted to the discovery of the young survivor by the rescuer who had been caring for the baby for the past few days. The little one was in good health, sources said.
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truly a miracle!
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Post by witchy on Jan 2, 2005 19:09:29 GMT -5
yeah...there was also this little girl who was already in a mortuary, but they discovered she was still alive. She lost her mother and sister, but her grandfather, who thought he had lost everyone, picked her up from the hospital. It was heartbreaking to watch it.
And about the 18 month year old kid...his parents are most likely to be dead...at least that's what the news said over here. Each time I watch the news my heart breaks. The stories, the loss, the pain...
sigh
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Post by drusiph on Jan 2, 2005 23:04:56 GMT -5
It's stuff like this that makes you wonder what the hell is the point of all the fighting in the world? This bit of land's mine, this ideology is better than that, this natural resource belongs to us etc... And then mother-nature simply goes 'f**kit' and wipes out whole families, communities and cities within minutes. And yet despite the astonishing amount of money raised in aid so far, you know full well that leaders of the western world will do virtually nothing to help. $20m? Big Fat Hairy deal, the USA spent $400m on weapons alone last year...does anyone believe that these 'enlightened' countries will spend any more than is necessary to ease their guilty conscience? Sorry to get political, but this more than anything puts a massive amount of perspective on the way we live these days. it is now 350 million from the US i believe. they got too much pressure because we are spending 40 million an hour in iraq. that's right 40 MILLION AN HOUR! of course it wasn't out of the goodness of their hearts or because they believed it to be the thing to do, it is because of PRESSURE. how sick is that? |
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battlecat
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Post by battlecat on Jan 2, 2005 23:19:14 GMT -5
good can come of this, and it more than likely will.
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Post by drusiph on Jan 2, 2005 23:25:36 GMT -5
good can come of this, and it more than likely will. you been listening to californication ain't ya!HAHAHAHA |
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battlecat
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Post by battlecat on Jan 3, 2005 0:06:27 GMT -5
i'm optimistic, but not a chili peppers fan. ;D
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Post by T.C. on Jan 3, 2005 1:09:40 GMT -5
i'm optimistic, but not a chili peppers fan. ;D you guys :rawk: |
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battlecat
Mother Revolution
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Post by battlecat on Jan 3, 2005 4:01:11 GMT -5
"Destruction leads to a very rough road
But it also breeds creation"
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Post by mirakell on Jan 3, 2005 10:08:58 GMT -5
I saw a scary BBC documentary yesterday....some scientists said that for example when volcanic islands collapse because of an eruption and big piles of rock etc. plunge into the ocean at great speed it can cause a mega-tsunami. The island of La Palma (Canary Islands) can cause a big risk cause if one of the volcanoes on it erupts and a part of the island collapses it can cause a mega-tsunami that will wipe out the entire east coast of the US!  ...they were talking about a wave that was more than 500 meters high! They didn't know if and when it would happen...could be during the next eruption or a couple of thousand years from now... |
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