Tsunami [OT]

[Combat Wombat]

Still 2000 Americans missing

[Ruatha]

It seems that the tsunami day was the day when most swedes died at once since the battle at poltava 1709, the child mortality figures will also be affected...

[David E. Gervais]

The Earthquake and Tsunami are not 'Acts of God' they are 'Natural Disasters' The phrase "Act of God" was coined by Insurance companies in order to avoid paying for 'natural disasters'

It is very tragic, but nature has always been a force to recon with. What make this even more tragic, is that it happened without any warning. We can see a hurricane comming and know when to 'batten down the hatches' for tornados, but massive earthquakes like this catch everyone offguard.

I hope that relief gets to these people as fast as possible. 2005 will surely be a year of rebuilding for the people in that region.

[Atrocities]

I hate Insurance Companies. To me there otta be a law that regulates them and insures that they DO NOT rip off people or scam them as they currently do.

What really angers me is that now, with all this aid going to the effected countries, corruption is going to run rampantly out of control and the the people who would benefit the most from the aid are going to suffor the most because of it.

This natural disaster is view as only a "money making" oppurtunity by many with the power to manipulate the process.

One only has to look to the little reported on Oil For Food scandle of the UN to know what will go on here.

I think the worst of this natural disaster is yet to come, and that is the real tradgedy.