Guy Berger Posted December 28, 2004 Report Posted December 28, 2004 Though obviously Sri Lanka, Indonesia and other areas in SE Asia were by far the worst hit, there were also victims in eastern Africa. Guy Quote
7/4 Posted December 28, 2004 Report Posted December 28, 2004 I'm sorry, but getting aid (and lots of it) to these nations as quickly as possible is very much part of this story. Sometimes there isn't a line between life and politics...they are one in the same. I think we can all agree that $15 million from the worlds one and only super power is simply not enough. We need to lead in this world and these are the type of opportunities that Bush administration should jump on to show the world that we are a benevolent and caring nation. Hopefully Bush will realize this before it's too late (we have a very small window of time with which to work with to avoid a humanitarian crisis). In the mean time, there are private relief agencies that need our support. I encourage all to give generously to these agencies and do all they can within their means. This "enough politics" thread is pretty sad. Quote
Guy Berger Posted December 28, 2004 Report Posted December 28, 2004 FYI -- For those interested in discussing the politics of the tsunami, Maren just started a thread in the Politics forum. Guy Quote
maren Posted December 28, 2004 Report Posted December 28, 2004 Did we give more money (internationally) to disaster victims when Clinton or Bush Sr. were in office? Partial answer on "Tsunami Politics" thread in Politics forum: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=15718 Quote
Christiern Posted December 28, 2004 Report Posted December 28, 2004 7/4"This "enough politics" thread is pretty sad." But not surprising--notice who the people are who want us to forget U.S. politics. I see that that the Bush people have been shamed into adding another 20 million to the paltry amount they pledged, and we are finally sending ships and equipment. It is shameful that these people took so long to come up with what essentially amounts to a pittance when compared to the tax-payer money they squander feeding their self-interests. Quote
Big Al Posted December 28, 2004 Report Posted December 28, 2004 I'm sorry, but getting aid (and lots of it) to these nations as quickly as possible is very much part of this story. Sometimes there isn't a line between life and politics...they are one in the same. I think we can all agree that $15 million from the worlds one and only super power is simply not enough. We need to lead in this world and these are the type of opportunities that Bush administration should jump on to show the world that we are a benevolent and caring nation. Hopefully Bush will realize this before it's too late (we have a very small window of time with which to work with to avoid a humanitarian disaster). In the mean time, there are private relief agencies that need our support. I encourage all to give generously to these agencies and do all they can within their means. Finally, a voice of reason linking the political to this tragedy. Quote
7/4 Posted December 28, 2004 Report Posted December 28, 2004 7/4"This "enough politics" thread is pretty sad." But not surprising--notice who the people are who want us to forget U.S. politics. Yep. Quote
PHILLYQ Posted December 28, 2004 Report Posted December 28, 2004 Fox is showing a count of 52,000, The Independent 55,000. I'm afraid those figures are way below reality. The BBC reported a much higher one this morning. I know. The count keeps rising. Sadly, I think when all is said and done we will be much closer to 100,000 dead. There are so many people unaccounted for, and it seems that the vast majority of them are dead if they haven't been found yet. Quote
sheldonm Posted December 28, 2004 Report Posted December 28, 2004 I'm sorry, but getting aid (and lots of it) to these nations as quickly as possible is very much part of this story. Sometimes there isn't a line between life and politics...they are one in the same. I think we can all agree that $15 million from the worlds one and only super power is simply not enough. We need to lead in this world and these are the type of opportunities that Bush administration should jump on to show the world that we are a benevolent and caring nation. Hopefully Bush will realize this before it's too late (we have a very small window of time with which to work with to avoid a humanitarian disaster). In the mean time, there are private relief agencies that need our support. I encourage all to give generously to these agencies and do all they can within their means. Johnny, This has become primarily a "political" thread with a few "death toll rises" thrown in for good measure. I would agree there is a polital side of this but if you (not you necessarily, in general) only want to discuss the political side, you should go to the political forum and post. Mark Quote
Christiern Posted December 28, 2004 Report Posted December 28, 2004 Hey, Johnny E, Big Al has referred to you as "a voice of reason." I'd worry about that! Quote
Big Al Posted December 28, 2004 Report Posted December 28, 2004 (edited) Well, I guess I've been shown the light by Christiern and 7/4. Boy, do I feel like I've been put in MY place, I'm telling you. My apologies to Johnny E, if he feels insulted that I would dare compliment him without the approval of the Organissimo Elite! EDIT No, I'm sorry; my sentiments for Johnny were from the heart. My apologies to the Organissimo Elite for not going through them before offering my compliments to others on this Board. Edited December 28, 2004 by Big Al Quote
7/4 Posted December 28, 2004 Report Posted December 28, 2004 Well, I guess I've been shown the light by Christiern and 7/4. Boy, do I feel like I've been put in MY place, I'm telling you. My apologies to Johnny E, if he feels insulted that I would dare compliment him without the approval of the Organissimo Elite! EDIT No, I'm sorry; my sentiments for Johnny were from the heart. My apologies to the Organissimo Elite for not going through them before offering my compliments to others on this Board. Ganesh works in mysterious ways. Om Ganesh! Quote
Johnny E Posted December 29, 2004 Report Posted December 29, 2004 No, I'm sorry; my sentiments for Johnny were from the heart. thanks Al. Quote
Johnny E Posted December 29, 2004 Report Posted December 29, 2004 BTW, I've always been the voice of reason. But with the conservatives constantly slapping me unside the head with misinformation and straight out lies, it's hard to be taken seriously when fact is fiction and truth is a by-product of the maginalized. Now my little organissimo droogies, itty off to the local GOP offices and tolchock their yarbles till you can viddy the strack in their bugatty glazzies, then bolnoy their gorlo's slowly as they shit their spoogy neezhnies. Quote
Craig23 Posted December 29, 2004 Report Posted December 29, 2004 Amazon.com now has a link on its homepage to donate to the Red Cross, though it may be better to donate to one of the smaller organizations in previous posts on this thread. Quote
Christiern Posted December 29, 2004 Report Posted December 29, 2004 From the NY Times... December 28, 2004 DONATIONS Agencies Accepting Aid DollarsFollowing are some of the agencies accepting contributions for aid to people affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Asia.ACTION AGAINST HUNGER 247 West 37th Street, Suite 1201 New York, N.Y. 10018 212-967-7800 x108 www.actionagainsthunger.orgAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE 45 West 36th Street, 10th Floor New York, N.Y. 10018 800-889-7146 www.ajws.orgAMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE South Asia Tsunami Relief Box 321 847A Second Avenue New York, N.Y. 10017 212-687-6200 ext. 851 www.jdc.orgAMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE AFSC Crisis Fund 1501 Cherry Street Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 215-241-7000 www.afsc.orgAMERICAN RED CROSS International Response Fund P.O. Box 37243 Washington, D.C. 20013 800-HELP NOW www.redcross.orgCARE 151 Ellis Street Atlanta, GA 30303 800-521-CARE www.care.orgCATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES Tsunami Emergency P.O. Box 17090 Baltimore, Md. 21203-7090 800-736-3467 www.catholicrelief.orgDIRECT RELIEF INTERNATIONAL 27 South La Patera Lane Santa Barbara, Calif. 93117 805-964-4767 www.directrelief.orgDOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS P.O. Box 1856 Merrifield, Va. 22116-8056 888-392-0392 www.doctorswithoutborders.orgEPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT Emergency Fund P. O. Box 12043 Newark, NJ 07101 800-334-7626 www.er-d.orgINTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT www.ifrc.orgINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS Earthquake/Tsunami Relief 1919 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 300 Santa Monica, Calif. 90404 800-481-4462 www.imcworldwide.orgINTERNATIONAL ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHARITIES Asia Disaster Response P.O. Box 630225 Baltimore, MD 21263-0225 877-803-4622 www.iocc.orgISLAMIC RELIEF USA Southeast Asia Earthquake Emergency P.O. Box 6098 Burbank, Calif. 91510 888-479-4968 www.irw.org/asiaquakeMERCY CORPS Southeast Asia Earthquake Response Dept. W P.O. Box 2669 Portland, Ore. 97208 800-852-2100 www.mercycorps.orgOPERATION USA 8320 Melrose Avenue, Suite 200 Los Angles, Calif. 90069 800-678-7255 www.opusa.orgOXFAM AMERICA Donor Services Department 26 West Street Boston, MA 12111-1206 800-77-OXFAM www.oxfamamerica.orgSAVE THE CHILDREN Asia Earthquake/Tidal Wave Relief Fund 54 Wilton Road Westport, Conn. 06880 800-728-3843 www.savethechildren.orgUNICEF General Emergency Fund 333 E. 38th Street New York, NY 10016 800-4-UNICEF www.unicef.org Quote
BERIGAN Posted December 29, 2004 Report Posted December 29, 2004 Where are all the dead animals? Sri Lanka asks 29 Dec 2004 07:21:21 GMT Source: Reuters COLOMBO, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan wildlife officials are stunned -- the worst tsunami in memory has killed around 22,000 people along the Indian Ocean island's coast, but they can't find any dead animals. Giant waves washed floodwaters up to 3 km (2 miles) inland at Yala National Park in the ravaged southeast, Sri Lanka's biggest wildlife reserve and home to hundreds of wild elephants and several leopards. "The strange thing is we haven't recorded any dead animals," H.D. Ratnayake, deputy director of the national Wildlife Department, told Reuters on Wednesday. "No elephants are dead, not even a dead hare or rabbit," he added. "I think animals can sense disaster. They have a sixth sense. They know when things are happening." At least 40 tourists, including nine Japanese, were drowned. The tsunami was triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean on Sunday, which sent waves up to 5-metres (15-feet) high crashing onto Sri Lanka's southern, eastern and northern seaboard, flooding whole towns and villages, destroying hotels and causing widespread destruction. http://www.alertnet.org/printable.htm?URL=...k/COL136356.htm Quote
alankin Posted December 29, 2004 Report Posted December 29, 2004 (edited) Today's NY Times writes that the death toll is now at 57,000. Edited December 29, 2004 by alankin Quote
ghost of miles Posted December 29, 2004 Author Report Posted December 29, 2004 From the NY Times... December 28, 2004 DONATIONSAgencies Accepting Aid DollarsFollowing are some of the agencies accepting contributions for aid to people affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Asia.ACTION AGAINST HUNGER 247 West 37th Street, Suite 1201 New York, N.Y. 10018 212-967-7800 x108 www.actionagainsthunger.orgAMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE 45 West 36th Street, 10th Floor New York, N.Y. 10018 800-889-7146 www.ajws.orgAMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE South Asia Tsunami Relief Box 321 847A Second Avenue New York, N.Y. 10017 212-687-6200 ext. 851 www.jdc.orgAMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE AFSC Crisis Fund 1501 Cherry Street Philadelphia, Pa. 19102 215-241-7000 www.afsc.orgAMERICAN RED CROSS International Response Fund P.O. Box 37243 Washington, D.C. 20013 800-HELP NOW www.redcross.orgCARE 151 Ellis Street Atlanta, GA 30303 800-521-CARE www.care.orgCATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES Tsunami Emergency P.O. Box 17090 Baltimore, Md. 21203-7090 800-736-3467 www.catholicrelief.orgDIRECT RELIEF INTERNATIONAL 27 South La Patera Lane Santa Barbara, Calif. 93117 805-964-4767 www.directrelief.orgDOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS P.O. Box 1856 Merrifield, Va. 22116-8056 888-392-0392 www.doctorswithoutborders.orgEPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT Emergency Fund P. O. Box 12043 Newark, NJ 07101 800-334-7626 www.er-d.orgINTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT www.ifrc.orgINTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS Earthquake/Tsunami Relief 1919 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 300 Santa Monica, Calif. 90404 800-481-4462 www.imcworldwide.orgINTERNATIONAL ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHARITIES Asia Disaster Response P.O. Box 630225 Baltimore, MD 21263-0225 877-803-4622 www.iocc.orgISLAMIC RELIEF USA Southeast Asia Earthquake Emergency P.O. Box 6098 Burbank, Calif. 91510 888-479-4968 www.irw.org/asiaquakeMERCY CORPS Southeast Asia Earthquake Response Dept. W P.O. Box 2669 Portland, Ore. 97208 800-852-2100 www.mercycorps.orgOPERATION USA 8320 Melrose Avenue, Suite 200 Los Angles, Calif. 90069 800-678-7255 www.opusa.orgOXFAM AMERICA Donor Services Department 26 West Street Boston, MA 12111-1206 800-77-OXFAM www.oxfamamerica.orgSAVE THE CHILDREN Asia Earthquake/Tidal Wave Relief Fund 54 Wilton Road Westport, Conn. 06880 800-728-3843 www.savethechildren.orgUNICEF General Emergency Fund 333 E. 38th Street New York, NY 10016 800-4-UNICEF www.unicef.org Thanks from me too, Chris. Doctors Without Borders is a great organization... I try to send a few bucks their way every year and will do so again today. Quote
porcy62 Posted December 29, 2004 Report Posted December 29, 2004 (edited) On the website of the italian branch of Doctors Without Borders you can do on-line donations with Credit Card, I just did it. Edited December 29, 2004 by porcy62 Quote
Johnny E Posted December 29, 2004 Report Posted December 29, 2004 Tsunami Kills Few Animals in Sri Lanka By GEMUNU AMARASINGHE, Associated Press Writer YALA NATIONAL PARK, Sri Lanka - Wildlife officials in Sri Lanka expressed surprise Wednesday that they found no evidence of large-scale animal deaths from the tsunamis — indicating that animals may have sensed the wave coming and fled to higher ground. An Associated Press photographer who flew over Sri Lanka's Yala National Park in an air force helicopter saw abundant wildlife, including elephants, buffalo, deer, and not a single animal corpse. Floodwaters from Sunday's tsunami swept into the park, uprooting trees and toppling cars onto their roofs — one red car even ended up on top of a huge tree — but the animals apparently were not harmed and may have sought out high ground, said Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne, whose Jetwing Eco Holidays ran a hotel in the park. "This is very interesting. I am finding bodies of humans, but I have yet to see a dead animal," said Wijeyeratne, whose hotel in the park was destroyed. "Maybe what we think is true, that animals have a sixth sense," Wijeyeratne said. Yala, Sri Lanka's largest wildlife reserve, is home to 200 Asian Elephants, crocodile, wild boar, water buffalo and gray langur monkeys. The park also has Asia's highest concentration of leopards. The Yala reserve covers 391 square miles, but only 56 square miles are open to tourists. The human death toll in Sri Lanka surpassed 21,000. Forty foreigners were among 200 people in Yala who were killed. We're just out of tune folks. Quote
BruceH Posted December 30, 2004 Report Posted December 30, 2004 Animals are smarter than people about some things. (Death toll now at 114,000.) Quote
Guy Berger Posted December 31, 2004 Report Posted December 31, 2004 Good news: US boosts tsunami aid to $350M Quote
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