Comments on: This Space for Rent (and an invitiation to go out). http://papertrap.net/archives/206 Mark's interesting journal. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:49:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Marisa http://papertrap.net/archives/206#comment-1574 Sun, 26 Dec 2004 18:33:11 +0000 http://papertrap.net/archives/206#comment-1574 It was anything but boring here. If you didn't know already we had a huge earthquake in Sumatra and now the death toll and devastation in Sri Lanka is immense due to tidal waves and tsunamis created by the quake. I am ok but it's a national disaster here. 31st night celebrations have been cancelled. Appeals for aid have gone out everywhere. It's the biggest earthquake in 40 years - 8.9. The mood here is one of mourning. We have lost 3000+ people and it is still rising. We haven't even begun to count the numbers of tourists that were swept away or crushed under the waves and debris. A million people have been displaced. Oxfam and Red Cross are asking for donations. It was anything but boring here. If you didn’t know already we had a huge earthquake in Sumatra and now the death toll and devastation in Sri Lanka is immense due to tidal waves and tsunamis created by the quake.

I am ok but it’s a national disaster here. 31st night celebrations have been cancelled. Appeals for aid have gone out everywhere. It’s the biggest earthquake in 40 years - 8.9.

The mood here is one of mourning. We have lost 3000+ people and it is still rising. We haven’t even begun to count the numbers of tourists that were swept away or crushed under the waves and debris. A million people have been displaced. Oxfam and Red Cross are asking for donations.

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