Earthquake In Asia Kills 3,000 People!

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Can anyone inform me on whether US has flags on half-mast?

I'm not sure. 😉

NOPE they dont.

i would be surprised if they did...

yeah they usually only do it for stuff that happens here.

Actually, I heard a gay center somewhere did put their flag half mast.

Serves to show those under persecution are those with the most respect.

Indeed. Still, nice to see the outpouring of support for victims, even as the toll rises and things seem so much worse... Is it true that a minutes silence was honored during New Years celebrations in the US and England?

Actually, I heard a gay center somewhere did put their flag half mast

A Sri Lankan brewery has given up making beer and switched to bottled water to do its part to help survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami, the relief group Oxfam International said on Thursday.

The Lion Brewery plant in Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital, has so far produced 120,000 bottles of water for shipment to the affected areas, with Oxfam's help.

"With so much loss of life, how could you not help?" brewery manager Nausha Raheem said.

"Once we got over the initial shock and realized the gravity of the situation, we decided to do what we could to help. It has been a bit of a logistical effort and has involved all of our staff, but it is desperately needed," she said, according to Oxfam

U.N.: Tsunami aid rises to $2 billion
U.N.: Tsunami toll could approach 150,000
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/01/asia.quake/index.html

GO japan its giving 500 milllion. I hope us Canada gives like 200 million plus or something.

OMFG ! cry

Phi Phi isthmus has been completly wiped away ! the beautiful islands i spent a good deal of time on weep

I'm sorry to hear that GCG. 🙁

there was a before/after pic in the paper, truly shocking...

sorry GCG *hug*

thank you for the support, but i was a mere foreigner to that paradise. there are so many over there who NEED so much.

at least koh pan gan, koh tao, kosamui and the other islands are safe .....them being in the gulf of thailand.

I wish you guys visit Thailand

Originally posted by GCG
I wish you guys visit Thailand

Maybe some day I will. 😎

There were 2 minutes of silence today at 14:00 here in DK, and the support money is the equivalent of 55 million dollars. It’s not even close to Japans more than 500 million dollars, but we’re a small country, only 5,5 million people.

Reuter has a good article on what’s being done right now.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7218063&pageNumber=0

“Glory be to God the Highest. The Bible already predicted those events will happen...”
Stuff like that makes me SICK to my stomach. Why do religious fanatics try to claim ANYTHING in regards to such a horrible human tragedy.
(PUKES).

Did anyone hear this: That the Earth-quake was upgraded from 8,9 to 9,0 on the Richter-scale?? That’s 32 billion tons of TNT in energy-release.
That’s… F*uck! That’s the equivalent of 1000 BIG hydrogen bombs…

Originally posted by The Omega
“Glory be to God the Highest. The Bible already predicted those events will happen...”
Stuff like that makes me SICK to my stomach. Why do religious fanatics try to claim ANYTHING in regards to such a horrible human tragedy.
(PUKES).