The tsunamis are still taking up most of my thoughts. I have always had an interest in earth science, which easily leads to natural disasters. I hoped we would never see something as devestating as the eruption of Tambora in 1815. It is estimated that 92,000 people were killed and the global climate was affected for years.
While this earthquake won't change the global climate as it did so stunningly with Tambora, it will have a global impact. We have never seen anything like this.
I hope that there are less than 100,000 people dead. I can't even imagine that many people dying. That is about the size of the town where I grew up. It is 4 times the size of the place we live now. And it could have been even worse. Larger tsunamis have occured.
I still wish there were more we could do. I don't even think that flying to Indonesia would help, which is something we've thought about. We'll have to figure out something.
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I too am consumed with the Tsunami disaster. I have made a donation to the Red Cross but I wish that there was more that I could do. i keep wishing i could fly an orphaned child over here to the USA so that i could provide him or her with a home and assistance during this horrible time. it's hard to go about the business of my life when i know the extent of suffering that is going on over in SE Asia. What can I do? i want to help so much more. kldliam@yahoo.com
My first thought was taking in an orphaned child as well. CNN has a list of places you can donate (and do so online). Through the lds.org site, you can donate online to the humanitarian fund, or add a donation to the fund on a tithing slip. They also recommend generous fast offerings. As more and more pictures are now being shown, well, the gravity is beginning to sink in. I admire you for wanting to travel over and give of your talents to help.
We do donate monthly to LDS Humanitarian Services, in addition to other donations because we have spent a lot of time in third world countries. But that is something we always do. Donating the little more money we can just doesn't seem to help much. We've had some ideas that we'll have to try to see if there something worthwhile we can do.
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