[at-l] OT - Catastrophe

[gadog430 at charter.net (Gadog430)]

It's a horrible horrible tragedy. But keep in mind that this kind of thing
has been happening for millions of years. It just so happens that this year
there were a bunch of humans in its path.

Dawg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Benschop" <athummingbird@dnet.net>
To: <RoksnRoots@aol.com>; <AT-L@backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] OT - Catastrophe


> It is hard to believe the extent of this catastrophe.  My husband was born
> in Sumatra (when the Dutch were there) and remembers such beauty
> there....until Sucarno took over.  It sure makes our problems seem small,
> doesn't it?
>
> Hummingbird
>
>
> >       It's looking like entire regions of northern Sumatra were wiped
out
> > by
> > the tsunami.
> >
> >      Overflight videos from the Meulaboh region show entire cities
"wiped
> > off the face of the earth". Few survivors are seen in cities containing
> > thousands. The city of Meulaboh - population 36,000 - was wiped down to
> > bare earth by
> > a wave experts viewing the damage estimate was 30-60 feet high.
> >
> >         The epicenter coast is over 200 miles long. Authorities are now
> > considering that over 400,000 persons were killed by the tsunami on
> > Sumatra...
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