tidal wave has hit india

Helgz · Member

RE: tidal wave has hit india

Will · Member

i know, think bob gildof will do another band aid?

hope i spelt his name right, think helena berg is ok about wot happened to her country?

jenna · Member

i cant imagine shes happy about it

Helgz · Member

I think she will be devastated, i sent her an email through her website wishing her family was ok and wishing that both Brian and herself were safe

venusvenus · Member

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Originally posted by: Bloodline_Blue
"Personally the welfare of Brian falls a little into the shadow, I've family out there on holiday. Thailand, 3000 dead from the last count there and 800 Britons. We've not heard back from them yet but they'll probably be fine."

I've got family that actually live in Thailand, the capital of Bangkok, they holiday in Pukhet where it got hit badly.

For three days we hadn't heard form them, no one could get hold of them either, it was plain awful. They're fine though. It's damn fustrating though not being able to reach them though.

I hope your family are safe Franz x

Will · Member

it must be,

i'm sending her an e-mail seeing if she's ok, well. wishing that she is anyway

jenna · Member

does she ever reply?

Helgz · Member

Don't think so, she probably has the contact option there if you want to comment on her work and she probably only answers if you want her to do some work.

Will · Member

probably, or she's just mad busy.

but i did get a reply once but it had a fax and a contact number, because i said he work was really good, but that was a while back

Bloodline_Blue · Member

Hmm, that deat toll. Up to 140,000 last check.

That is a massive number.

Quite, worrying.

Helgz · Member

And still so many more who will never be found

Will · Member

its gone up, 150,000.

still loads missing, its devestating.

jenna · Member

it doesn't seem real.

Hannah_Molko · Moderator

i can't belive how many have died... its just surreal, that a wave could do that - kill thousands of people. it's so... it's undescribable. i sat there for about 2 hours the other night. and i just felt like crying, you know?- have you guys ever got that. you know no one that has died but you still feel so awful as if you knew them all. i just feel so sorry for the familys

jenna · Member

yeah I totally get that

Bloodline_Blue · Member

Ok, maybe I'm a heartless git. Indeed, I probably am.

...but i'm bored of the damn tsunami. They have more than enough money so why on earth people don't pay attention to the more pressing problems I do not know. Argh, so frustrating.

Will · Member

quote:
Originally posted by: Hannah_Molko
"i can't belive how many have died... its just surreal, that a wave could do that - kill thousands of people. it's so... it's undescribable. i sat there for about 2 hours the other night. and i just felt like crying, you know?- have you guys ever got that. you know no one that has died but you still feel so awful as if you knew them all. i just feel so sorry for the familys "

i nearly did cry

jenna · Member

I understand where Franz is coming from. Yes, the tsunami has affected alot of people but theres something bugging me! There are thousands of homeless people on our streets and apparently we have NO money to build them houses and give them aid and shelter, yet, we are able to donate £200,000,000 to the tsunami! it doesnt add up.

Helgz · Member

Yeah i know what you mean, it's a wierd situation, yeah you know these people need all the help and money they can get and when you stop and think about it, our government does very little to help homeless people here.

I will continue to donate money, but i will make sure to put some money into our own charities.

I think it was about a week after the wave hit that i saw on the news how the people of India refused help and had already got there power working again and started to rebuild their houses, i thought this was amazing.

But yeah we do need to look after our own too, half of Britain was under water this week, i know it's not nearly on the same scale but devastating for the people involved all the same

And to be honest i think the world is just a bit of a **** up at the moment

Bloodline_Blue · Member

quote:
Originally posted by: Helgz
"...yeah you know these people need all the help and money they can get and when you stop and think about it, our government does very little to help homeless people here.

...I think it was about a week after the wave hit that i saw on the news how the people of India refused help and had already got there power working again and started to rebuild their houses, i thought this was amazing.

...And to be honest i think the world is just a bit of a **** up at the moment "

That's just it, some countries are politely refusing adi because they are actually industrialised and advanced nations now. Indonesia is diplomatically quite annoyed that the USA dropped troops and aid on their country without asking permission, and I know what they mean. If your country has over the last few years become regionally powerful, technologically advanced and perfectly able to cope with a disaster. Then I suppose they could easily see it as a bit patronising to be treated like a third-world country.

It's good going that they did so well so fast. India is quite rich and has lost and lots of workmen to help but it is also very large, they did well to tend to the whole coastline as fast as they did.

Yes, it always has been and, I would bet, always will be.

Bloodline_Blue · Member

In the charity's favour, the local-radio thing they've done for it today has been quite funny..

..other than that, I'm bored of the bandwagon. I want to start another.

Hannah_Molko · Moderator

cardiff just held a concert and raised more than £1,000,000