A mate of mine was on the beach in Sri Lanka when as he puts it 'the 15 foot wave hit'. He managed to escape without serious injury along with four friends but his feet were cut up pretty bad and got infected. Following a short spell in hospital in Bangkok, he is shaken but otherwise fine and considers himself very fortunate.
We are contributing to the relief fund for those who were a bit less lucky. Please do likewise.
Originally posted by D43M0Ncareful with the zeros there ... they make a big difference.
Australia has pledged 60 million dollars more, with 55 million going to support, the rest going to supplies.
Pfizer, an American drug company, has put 440 million dollars worth of pharmaceuticals and money towards the effort.
"Pfizer Inc., the world's biggest drugmaker, is donating $35 million to victims of the weekend's earthquake and tsunamis in Asia, matching the aid the U.S. government has said it will provide.
The company said in a statement today it will provide $10 million in cash to relief groups and $25 million more in products, including its Zithromax, Zyvox and Diflucan anti-infectives. "
http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=60971
I just feel so useless, there was a British woman on telly last night. She had two young sons. She wasclinging to them both as the wave came in, but all three would have drowned as she could not keep them all afloat. She had to decide which one to let go..... can you imagine that !!!! Awful, just awful.
She let her eldest son go and watched him being washed away. Unbelievably all three survived, the poor woman was in tears, and I must admit, so was I as I watched.
My thoughts are with them all.
bambee
Originally posted by flexmoreOops...my bad...
careful with the zeros there ... they make a big difference.
"Pfizer Inc., the world's biggest drugmaker, is donating $35 million to victims of the weekend's earthquake and tsunamis in Asia, matching the aid the U.S. government has said it will provide.
The company said in a statement today it will provide $10 million in cash to relief gro ...[text shortened]... can anti-infectives. "
http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=60971
Originally posted by bambee'Sophie's Choice'...
I just feel so useless, there was a British woman on telly last night. She had two young sons. She wasclinging to them both as the wave came in, but all three would have drowned as she could not keep them all afloat. She had to decide which one to let go..... can you imagine that !!!! Awful, just awful.
She let her eldest son go and watched him being washe ...[text shortened]... s in tears, and I must admit, so was I as I watched.
My thoughts are with them all.
bambee
Kids are often very sensitive to parental favouritism - i wonder how the elder will cope psychologically knowing that when it came down to the wire, his mum cast him off while trying to save the younger?
Originally posted by dfm65i'm sure she would've given her own life if that were possible.
'Sophie's Choice'...
Kids are often very sensitive to parental favouritism - i wonder how the elder will cope psychologically knowing that when it came down to the wire, his mum cast him off while trying to save the younger?
Incredible facts from this tsunami:
1/current death toll: 125,000
2/Wave impacted @ 300 m/p/h
3/"A whole island" was moved 35 feet on impact
4/Largest quake in history - measuring 8.9 on ricter scale
5/When the quake struck "time stood still" for part of a second
as the quake slowed down the speed of the earth revolving.
My sympathy goes out to all people involved in this terrible tragedy.
Originally posted by dfm65i think that as the child grew older ( he was only 5) although he would come to realise that his mother "cast him off" as you put it, he would also grow in inteligence; enough to realise that he had a much greater chance of independant survival that his 2 year old brother did. Given the circumstances i think that it would have been an even higher possiblity of death had the younger child been " cast off". so i believe that the mother definatly made the right decision, especially in the circumstances.
'Sophie's Choice'...
Kids are often very sensitive to parental favouritism - i wonder how the elder will cope psychologically knowing that when it came down to the wire, his mum cast him off while trying to save the younger?
fred
Originally posted by obliteration4 and 5 aren't true (1900 and 1940, I believe) and whether the Earth is moving or not, time goes on. Still really horrible though, can you imagine that number of people?
Incredible facts from this tsunami:
1/current death toll: 125,000
2/Wave impacted @ 300 m/p/h
3/"A whole island" was moved 35 feet on impact
4/Largest quake in history - measuring 8.9 on ricter scale
5/When the quake struck "time stood still" for part of a second
as the quake slowed down the speed of the earth revolving.
My sympathy goes out to all people involved in this terrible tragedy.
Originally posted by D43M0NWW2 started in 1939
From where the earthquake was situated, there could have been some warning for Sri Lanka, and maybe even the Maldives.
It's just occured to me; something really bad happens somewhere every 30 years...listen and read...
2004: This.
1974: Cyclone Tracy (Google it)
1944: WW2
1914: WW1