Posted 1-6-2005 at 01:50 AM

First of all, I would like thank all those who have donated money to the relief effort. And to all those that haven't please donate to your charities. The people of southeast asia needs your help!

Source: AVweb.com

In the aftermath of the devastating tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean coastline last week, military and civilian aircraft from around the world are providing critical relief. Desperately needed helicopters arrived over the weekend in Indonesia, finally bringing help into remote areas where airplanes could do no more than drop supplies. The U.S. aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln arrived off the island of Sumatra over the weekend, and helicopters based on the ship are ferrying supplies in and flying casualties out to hospitals. Villagers mobbed the helicopters as they touched down, desperate for food and water, sometimes preventing them from landing. "They came from all directions, crawling under the craft, knocking on the pilot's door, pushing to get into the cabin," Petty Officer First Class Brennan Zwack told the BBC News. "But when they saw we had no more food inside, they backed away, saying 'Thank you, thank you.'" The Dec. 26 tsunami killed at least 150,000 people in the region, and hundreds of thousands are in urgent need of medical care, clean water and food.

The tsunami is quite a large widespread disaster, never seen anything like it. Dude, a 9 magnitude earthquake?? Imagine it being on land! Although the damage wouldn't be as widespread, the epicenter would be completely levelled. There will probably be more dead in that area than ever.

Imagine that happens in a major urban centre? Millions would have died, that would be a huge disaster. Not that this one is small, but it could have been worse.

Right now everyone needs to stand up and donate their money to help all the survivors of this disaster and help them rebuild.