Asian Disaster

[Mittopotahis]

this is not good...

I have just realised that someone i know is in Phuket during the holidays...
I'm not sure if hes back yet but im going to check in the morning (its 9:30 pm)
Its walking distance so yeah
i just hope he and his family are ok
Im really worried...

[Appless]

I hope that your friend is alright. Phuket was hit very badly but hopefully he's alright.

[Polaris]

How do I feel? Scared... I mean it can happen also in Portugal... it happened once in 1752, it can happen again... I just fell sorrow for those people... you go on vacation to that place and u u're at ur hotel, u open the window and u see most of the people dying with hunger, no, I'd never go to those countries and I have no pitty of the people who were in vacations there. I just fell bad about the local people whom have died!

[Miriel]

40,000 confirmed dead, thousands more still missing.

I can't wrap my head around this. The magnitude of this tragedy is just too overwhelming, I can't even comprehend what it means for 40,000 people to be dead. It's just insane.

you go on vacation to that place and u u're at ur hotel, u open the window and u see most of the people dying with hunger, no, I'd never go to those countries and I have no pitty of the people who were in vacations there.

Oh. my. god.

[Polaris]

Is not Oh my God is true and people should never go to vacation to those places! People die of hunger there and u stay all happy at the hotel or go to the beach! Very nice?!

[Miriel]

A life lost, is still a life lost. I can't even hold back the tears when watching CNN and actually seeing the devastation.

Don't you see? It didn't matter whether a person was rich or poor, a native of the country or a tourist, it was just...death. Unmerciful and without prejudice.

My heart goes out to everyone who was hurt by this tragedy, including my own best friend. Maybe that's why I'm reacting so emotionally to this, it actually hits home for me.

[Polaris]

I'm not trying to sound rude coz I'm not, but I don't like people whom go to another country in vacation and that country is where most of the people dies... it's not fair... why don't they just go to another country where people live well and don't die of hunger?

[bennator]

[q="Divinity"]I'm not trying to sound rude coz I'm not, but I don't like people whom go to another country in vacation and that country is where most of the people dies... it's not fair... why don't they just go to another country where people live well and don't die of hunger?[/q]

People die of hunger in every country, include those first-world nations. Some of these areas that were hit rely on the tourism money in order to survive, without continued tourism, areas, such as Phuket Thailand, would no longer have any source of income...meaning more people would die of hunger.

[Flashback007]

40,000 confirmed dead, thousands more still missing.

There are already 58.000 deads . And there are expecting numbers till above the 100.000 far above it. There are also more the thousand tourist missing in the diverse areas. And there are more then 30.000 people missing on the Adaman islands and those other islands. Besides that even in China there was felt a earthquake because of the earthquake in the sea and in America and Africa they had higher waves then normal because of normal.

This is terrible that it happened. It's already the second time that a devistating earthquake hits the world on the second day of Christmas. Let's all pray it doesn't happen it doesn't happen a third time.

[-N-]

This is sickening - 60000 dead and I can't reach my best friend who left for the area Christmas morning. I can't even bring myself to think about anything else.

[Doors]

This is sickening - 60000 dead and I can't reach my best friend who left for the area Christmas morning. I can't even bring myself to think about anything else.

Damn that sucks :/.I hope nothing has happened to your friend.

[-N-]

I just got a call from him saying he's okay. What luck. :relief:

[Chris]

I just got a call from him saying he's okay. What luck. :relief:

I'm so happy for you and him

What a tragedy nearly 60.000 dead

[Casey]

Yes what a tragedy. I was watching the news and thousands of homes were destroyed. Its truely depressing.

I heard on a new segment today, that some guy from norway was all calling the USA stingy for donating not much to the relief efforts. When we have donated 35 million and more is to come. And Norway hasnt even donated near that much, he first said we were stingy for donating 15 million, then when we donated 20 more million he was all like saying he didnt call the USA stingy, he called the whole western world stingy.. .And the money the usa has donated doesnt include the many organizations for the humanatarian effort over their. Its kind of like they're blaming America.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapc...aid/index.html

[Shadow Nexus]

60.000? Holy O_o

Anyway, nothing to add that hasn't said before.

As for Divinity, your point dosen't make much sense. So basically, you can freely live an hedonist life and not give a crap about people dying...as long as you live long away from them? It really dosen't make much sense. In fact, those countires benefit from tourists. Without turism, Spain would be third world.