Just a small post to keep this disaster in our thoughts and to never forget.

Thoughts of some Asian and English Children

Time at Cas's Place: Tue 11 January 2005, 18:53:36 (GMT Standard Time)

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More important things in this world at the moment. Bump!

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AT LAST!!!!

The Paris Club of rich creditor nations have agreed to freeze the debts owed
to them by the nations hit by the Tsunami.

For more news on it read about it here.

It's a start I suppose but the debt needs to be written off. Permanently.

Time at Cas's Place: Thu 13 January 2005, 12:40:00 (GMT Standard Time)

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I hope people have given to the charity for this.I have.

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......In Space No One Can Hear You Scream......

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......In Space No One Can Hear You Scream......

I will bump all posts back to front page now so we can continue enjoying the forum.Thanks seti for deleting him.

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......In Space No One Can Hear You Scream......

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands that were hit by the Tsunami, are having extreme difficulties with their authorities allowing NGOs to distribute aid to those that desperately need it, because of their strategic importance to India.


Aid to Indian islands 'hijacked'
Relief supplies unloaded on Andaman and Nicobar Islands
The Indian military has played a key role in getting aid to the islands
Red Cross officials have accused the authorities in India's tsunami-struck Andaman and Nicobar Islands of "hijacking" aid supplies.

For the rest of the BBC report click here.

Time at Cas's Place: Sat 15 January 2005, 00:28:22 (GMT Standard Time)

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The earthquake in Asia caused the water level to drop 1 meter (2.5 feet) in New Jersey. So i hear anyway.

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I may have missed it but I didn't see mention of one of the best aid orgs I know about.

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has sent more than 160 international aid workers and 400 tons of relief materials to provide assistance to people affected by the earthquake and resulting tsunami in South Asia. MSF is focusing aid operations on the hardest-hit areas of Indonesia and Sri Lanka.

More about MSF:

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/

Donations:

http://www.msf.org/donations/index.cfm

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UN chief warns of 'megadisaster'

The UN's disaster chief has outlined a 10-year plan of investment to avert a natural disaster that could be 100 times worse than the Asian tsunami.

Jan Egeland proposed diverting 10% of what is currently spent on emergency relief to tackle disaster prevention.

He told a conference in Kobe, Japan, that action needed to be taken to prevent a "megadisaster in a megacity".

If that happened, the casualty rate could be 100 times worse than that of December's tsunami, he warned.

Mr Egeland, the UN 's director of disaster relief, described as "perhaps the most frightening prospect" a natural disaster in a city with a population of 10 million or more.

He said many cities, including Tokyo, were extremely vulnerable to natural disasters. Poorer cities were most at risk because of a lack of investment and planning.

"Then we could have not only a tsunami-style casualty rate as we have seen late last year, but we could see 100 times that in a worst case," he told the international conference on natural disasters.

'Momentum of understanding'

He said December's tsunami, which has claimed more than 160,000 lives in 12 countries, had been a "global eye opener to the devastating impact of natural disasters".

He added: "We have a momentum of understanding, and we have to use that as much as we can to get institutions going and get funds, not only for relief but also for early warning, for prevention and development."

In 2002, 300 million people were affected by drought in India, and millions more by similar problems in Ethiopia and Zimbabwe. Flooding in China affected 190 million.

Mr Egeland urged the 3,000 delegates to adopt a "proposed framework of action".

"I would propose that over the next 10 years, a minimum of 10% of the large sums now spent on emergency relief by all nations should be earmarked for disaster reduction," he said.

He said there needed to be better city planning, more development and investment in poorer areas.

The five-day conference was originally organised as a meeting of scientists before December's earthquake off Indonesia and the devastating waves it triggered.

It coincides with the 10th anniversary of the earthquake that ravaged Kobi and killed more than 6,500 people.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4184707.stm

Published: 2005/01/18 17:05:52 GMT

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WORLD URGED TO LEARN FROM TSUNAMI
An international conference on natural disasters has opened with calls on the world to heed the lessons of last month's Indian Ocean tsunami.
The meeting held in Kobe in Japan, coincides with the 10th anniversary of the earthquake that ravaged the city.
But delegates are expected to focus on the recent tsunami, which killed more than 160,000 people in 12 countries.
UN humanitarian affairs chief Jan Egeland called for better protection for poor, vulnerable communities.
The five-day meeting had been scheduled to take place before December's earthquake off Indonesia and the devastating waves it triggered.

The best way we can honour the dead is to protect the living.
Jan Egeland

The 3,000 delegates in Kobe are expected to discuss ways to set up a tsunami warning system for the Indian Ocean, similar to the one that exists in the Pacific.
Experts say countless lives could have been saved had such a system been in place.
"The best way we can honour the dead is to protect the living," Mr Egeland said at the start of the meeting.


Prevention

The BBC's Charles Scanlon in Kobe says that delegates recognise that technology alone will not be enough to mitigate the impact of future disasters.
UN officials say the emphasis needs to be put on communities themselves so warnings can be effective at the local level.

In 2002, 300 million people were affected by drought in India, and millions more by similar problems in Ethiopia and Zimbabwe. Flooding in China affected 190 million.

Children need to be taught safety drills and hospitals, schools and health centres should be robust enough to withstand earthquakes and floods, the meeting heard.
In a report issued ahead of the conference, the UN said that least 2.5 billion people had been affected by natural disasters over the past 10 years - an increase of 60% over the previous decade.
Floods and earthquakes are the deadliest natural disasters, accounting for more than half of the total casualties, the report says.
Asia is named as the continent most affected during the period, accounting for more than half the casualties and more than 90% of those injured, left homeless or needing emergency assistance.
Numbers worldwide peaked in 2002, with millions affected by floods in Asia, and drought in India, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe.
In India alone, 300 million people were affected across 16 states by the country's worst drought since 1987. In China, floods affected more than 190 million people.
The UK's international development minister has called on government officials at the conference to boost spending on risk reduction.

"Poorer countries have fewer resources to cope with disasters and so are more vulnerable," Gareth Thomas said, "yet measures are available now such as early warning systems that could save lives."

The Kobe earthquake killed more than 6,400 of the city's residents.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4183181.stm

Published: 2005/01/18 08:40:49 GMT

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Indonesia has just revised its death-toll to 225,000
[Just head it over WINS-AM]

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<p align="center">[url=http://tsunami.geo.ed.ac.uk/local-bin/quakes/mapscript/demo_run.pl]SIESMIC SHOCK![/url]<BR>Another earthquake just hit Indonesia - 6.5 Richter this time.</p>

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Here you go, http://www.iris.edu/seismon/zoom/events/?lon=122.029&lat=-5.5501

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