Tsunami

[Fruss Tray Ted]

I don't watch much tv, but I'm making an exception tonite...

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/video/tsunami-indonesia2004.mov

'Perils of paradise islands'...

To say it mildly :eek:

[PrntRhd]

You can donate money to relief agencies to help:
USA area:
American Red Cross, designate for tsunami relief
AmeriCares
Care

DO NOT send money to solicitations by phone or Internet, the scam artists will inevitably be using this tragedy to get money that will never see any of the affected areas.

[PrntRhd]

Also note some corporations will match your donations.

more US help organizations:

Action Against Hunger
247 West 37th Street, Suite 1201
New York, NY 10018
212-967-7800
http://www.aah-usa.org

American Jewish World Service
45 West 36th Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10018
800-889-7146
http://www.ajws.org

ADRA International
9-11 Fund
12501 Old Columbus Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904
800-424-2372
http://www.adra.org

American Friends Service Committee (AFSC Crisis Fund)
1501 Cherry Street
Philadelphia, PA
215-241-7000
http://www.afsc.org

Catholic Relief Services
PO Box 17090
Baltimore, MD 21203-7090
800-736-3467
http://www.catholicrelief.org

Direct Relief International
27 South La Patera Lane
Santa Barbara, CA 93117
805-964-4767
http://www.directrelief.org

Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres
PO Box 2247
New York, NY 10116-2247
888-392-0392
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org

International Medical Corps
1919 Santa Monica Boulevard Suite 300
Santa Monica CA 90404
800-481-4462
http://www.imcworldwide.org

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
PO Box 372
CH-1211 Geneva 19
Switzerland
41-22-730-4222
http://www.ifrc.org/


International Orthodox Christian Charities
Middle East Crisis Response
PO Box 630225
Baltimore, MD 21263-0225
877-803-4622
http://www.iocc.org

Lutheran World Relief
PO Box 17061
Baltimore MD 21298-9832
800-597-5972
http://www.lwr.org

MAP International
2200 Glynco Parkway
PO Box 215000
Brunswick, GA 3121-5000
800-225-8550
http://www.map.org

Mercy Corps
PO Box 2669
Portland, OR 97208
800-852-2100
http://www.mercycorps.org

Northwest Medical Teams
PO Box 10
Portland, OR 97207-0010
503-624-1000
http://www.nwmedicalteams.org

Operation USA
8320 Melrose Avenue, Ste. 200
Los Angles, CA 90069
800-678-7255
http://www.opusa.org

Relief International
11965 Venice Blvd. 405
Los Angeles, CA 90066
800-572-3332
http://www.ri.org

Save the Children
Asia Earthquake/Tidal Wave Relief Fund
54 Wilton Road
Westport, CT 06880
800-728-3843
www.savethechildren.org

US Fund for UNICEF
333 East 38th Street
New York, NY 10016
800-FOR-KIDS
http://www.unicefusa.org

World Concern
19303 Fremont Ave. N
Seattle, WA 98133
800-755-5022
http://www.worldconcern.org

World Relief
7 E. Baltimore St.
Baltimore, MD 21202
443-451-1900
http://www.wr.org

World Vision
PO Box 70288
Tacoma, Washington 98481-0288
888-56-CHILD
http://www.worldvision.org

[jabarnutcase]

Yes....good list PrntRhd.

The more information that continues to come in about this catastrophe, the more unbelievable it is.

The destruction goes far beyond anything most of us have ever seen, or hopefully, will ever see again.
The final death toll, if it is ever truly known, will be staggering.

They haven't even been able to check out a lot of areas yet, but the geographical size of the effected area is beyond belief and effects some 14 different Countries.....my heart goes out to these people and their Families. So many lives lost, countless millions homeless, children without parents and parents without their children.
Very very sad. :(

[Jason1971]

Thank you for the list... I will use it to make my donations..


Jason

[Fruss Tray Ted]

Links to some home movie out-takes. Check out how many people were on the beach in the Patong video. Hope they high-tailed it to higher ground...

http://politiken.dk/media/wvx/3537.WVX
http://moose.cc/tmp/ts/tsunamiphuket.wmv
http://moose.cc/tmp/ts/sri_lanka_tsunami.wmv
http://moose.cc/tmp/ts/patong_beach.wmv

PrntRhd,
Thanks for the links to the support organizations. I think I'll raid the cookie jar and donate a few 'cookies' to one of them.

A local radio station stated that the island of Sumatra 'moved' 100? feet laterally :eek:

[Jason1971]

Those videos are a bit hard to watch... It's kind of like watching the movie Titanic, but only real and on land...

Those poor people.. :(

[FrankSG]

It's really sad to even think about it. My mind (and I'm sure just about everyone else) just can't comprehend what those people are going through. There are a lot of places a person can go to make a donation. Amazon.com is another place. It would be nice if all of us would pick the charity of his/her choice and give a donation. PrntRhd gave a nice list of different places where a donation can be made. Sometimes in situations such as this, I tend to think to myself, "What good could the few dollars that I can donate help in such a disaster?" But then on the other hand, if millions of people gave just a few dollars, it can add up to a sizable amount.

[jabarnutcase]

I ran across a link to some "before and after" Satellite Photos of the Tsunami Disaster.

There is nothing graphic here as far as the poor innocent victims, but it gives you an amazing view of just how vast some of the destruction was.

The first few Photos show the receding water before the Waves hit....a warning sign for sure of what was to come.

But it's the Photos from around Set 5 (of 14) and beyond, that show the true scope and power of these waves......just unbelievable.

When you think about the huge geographical area that was effected, it's hard to imagine people will ever recover from this horrible event.

http://homepage.mac.com/demark/tsunami/9.html

[rahulkothari]

Dec 26 quake was equivalent to 40,000 'Little Boys' (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/985388.cms)

[halovivek]

i am from chennai (south-India) , here we suffered very most and nearly LOST 1,00,000 people