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EARTHQUAKE AND TIDAL WAVES IN S.E.ASIA WHERE IS LOU33??

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KangaSantaMummy · 26/12/2004 07:51

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE LOU33 IS?

IS SHE BY THE COAST?

THIALAND,

MALDIVES under water we loved them when we were there 3 years ago.

EARTHQUAKE AND VERY FAST TIDAL WAVES REALLY AWFUL

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Gwenick · 01/01/2005 18:37

Twiglett - he's not making that comment about THIS disaster. He's asking if we'd stop ALL of these natural phenonmens (ok I can't spell it LOL) He's asking if we would stop volcanoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, cyclones, - basically all of the natural things which cause us to have a quiet respect for this planet because we KNOW it can unleash terror.

That's what paragraphs are for.

And actually I DO think it's a useful piece of journalism - how many people are sitting at home talking about natural disasters, how they happen, why do they happen etc etc. Are people not allowed to look at things from different angles?

You seem to miss the fact that many survivors of the Tsunami have also expressed their amazement, even excitement when they first saw the Tsunami - so rare a thing to witness - it's only afterwards when they've witnessed the destruction that they've felt differently.

KateandtheElves · 01/01/2005 18:39

I think his first line says it all. "IMAGINE, those of you who have lost nobody in this tsunami..."

Maybe he should think about the effect his words might have on someone who did lose somebody in this disaster (or other disasters).

Twiglett · 01/01/2005 18:41

Gwenick .. with the greatest respect, and without meaning to sound like my mother .. I just don't want to discuss that article .. I suppose I shouldn't have posted my viewpoint and if I could I would take it back (not the opinion, just the posting) .. but I really really don't want to discuss it or spend any more time considering (I also really don't think this is the right thread)

Gwenick · 01/01/2005 18:42

I amazed by these people that feel that the only things which it's ok to say at the moment is how awful it was. Since when did the world dictate that we all had to think the same, feel the same and act the same??

Like it or not - beneath the terror and desctruction that's happened in the last week - lies an incredible natural phenonemen - man couldn't create something like that - although I guess some probably try too - but that's whole new thread.

On a more positive note - DEC fund now up to £60 million

Twiglett · 01/01/2005 18:42

{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} Kate .. I have been thinking about you and your girls a lot lately

happymerryberries · 01/01/2005 18:44

Kate, agree 100%.

I only hope that he salved his concience by donating the money he made to the appeal. Bad enough that people do sometimes 'wallow' in the grief of others. Worse again to dress that up as some form cod intelectual clap trap. And the exhileration that people felt when they survived is quite another thing, it is called an adrenaline rush; part of the survival mechanism.

This article wasn't needed, especially at this time. Human beings have a base side, but that doesn't mean we have to wallow in it for money.

Gwenick · 01/01/2005 18:50

The exhileration that I've read about is what people felt (and it's even been recorded on video cameras) when it was happening - not when they'd survived.

One minute this thread is showing the genorisity of the British public - the next we're being typical Brits who are scared to say the wrong thing.

Hands up those of you who have NEVER watched a programme on TV about hurricanes, avalanches, earthquakes, Volcanoes etc (including those that have killed people) and been utterly amazed at the sheer power of nature?

Twiglett · 01/01/2005 18:51

Gwenick .. please can you move this discussion to another thread .

happymerryberries · 01/01/2005 18:52

Yes, that is because their systems would be flooded with adrenaline to help them to Survive*. Agree with others this thread has become tasteless. I think it would be 'better' somewhere else. Actuially no-where else, so I'm finishing now.

Twiglett · 01/01/2005 19:41

DEC has raised £60MILLION so far

DEC or 0800 60 60 900

JulieF · 01/01/2005 21:47

I just looked at Sarahu's link. The picture of the baby reminds me sp much of my son, sleeping safely upstairs. Why? Why? Why?

jofeb04 · 01/01/2005 21:53

Hi all,
Ive just found out that my hubby knows two ppl who are over there.

Nobodys heard anything, and as they're ex work colleagues (dh left, but keeps in touch with them all), and we wont find out until everyones back in work

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kangasantamummy · 02/01/2005 01:11

jofeb04

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sarahu · 02/01/2005 03:15

Gwenick
DUring the last week or so I have been helping people who survived - many of whom lost loved ones. I have sat and held their hands whilst they broke down and described what happened. Not one has described a feeling of exhileration - all I have heard about is sheer terror.

If you insist on persuing this then please take it somewhere else. It has been an horrific week in Phuket and I don't feel that it is appropriate to discuss this crap journalism here, so with all due respect, go somewhere else to discuss whether or not people felt exhilerated.

SuzyWongMerrilyOnHigh · 02/01/2005 06:03

I think I may be able to shed a small amount of light on the exhileration issue, hopefully without dispresecting anyone's experiences;

10 years ago Dh an I were on a ferry which capsized off the east coast of Malaysia. We tipped over and fell in to the churning waves. The experience could have been described as exhilerating for the first 2 seconds when we realised we had bobbed up from the wave and were alive but the adrenalin and survival mechanisms took over almost instatnly.

Maybe that can clarify things.

Hope no one has been offended

Merlin · 02/01/2005 08:56

Sarahu - well said, I agree entirely. And well done for helping those poor people - it must have been completely terrifying - we can only imagine ....

tigermoth · 02/01/2005 09:17

suzyw and sarahu, I think both your messages are spot on. In each case you have experienced nature's force at first hand, so to me, your words ring very true, even though you are each talking about different emotions.

SPARKLER1 · 02/01/2005 09:26

jofe - my dh also works with a guy who is over in Thailand on his honeymoon. No-one has heard from him either. . Like you say until everyone is back at work on Tuesday we won't know.

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kangasantamummy · 02/01/2005 11:00

I think the waiting not knowing must be so difficult so sending you all cyberhugs {{{{{{{{{}}}}}}}}}

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Twiglett · 02/01/2005 11:44

To combat the feeling of impotence, some of us felt we could do something within our communities to help ... we were thinking of a coffee morning / cake sale (or similar) in January / early feb

PLEASE SIGN UP HERE

Remember if you don't organise something, then who will?

SPARKLER1 · 02/01/2005 23:12

Haven't had much chance to watch the news on the tv but have tried to watch as much as possible today. The amount of people who have died is hard to imagine but looking at the damage it is amazing that anyone survived at all. It is so terribly, terribly sad. Have made a small donation in my local shop today but will give more when pay day comes next week. It's nice to know that although small I can help somehow.

SPARKLER1 · 02/01/2005 23:18

Sad Sad Sad Sad Sad

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SPARKLER1 · 02/01/2005 23:24

There was a 2 year old girl on the news early that had survived and her parents had not. She was in hospital and her grandfather came in and found her!! Terribly sad but at the same (in a funny sort of way) really wonderful.

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