> Hi Doug, > > I can't post direct to Paddlewise from my web account, you can forward if > you want, but yesterday I was in Banda Aceh, Sumartra, Indonesia, where > over 94,000 people were killed by the earthquake just off the coast, which > was followed within an hour by a massive tsunami. > > The closest I can come to describing it is the photo of Hiroshima after > the dropping of an atomic bomb. There are hundreds and hundreds of metres > of demolished buildings, most scrapped off their foundations into rubble. > Fishing trawlers are crushed several deep against a concrete bridge, steel > girders are bent at ground level. Locals wander amongst it, most with > stories to tell of their loss of whole families, they were spared by being > away at work inland. > > I was walking along the bank of the main river when called over by an > Indonesian soldier, to show me the 110 bodies they were pulling from the > debris. That was in an area of 50 metres. The whole river bank is the > same, and this is ten days after the tsunami. > > The flight from Jakarta showed a beautiful land, with a stunning > coastline. Now parts have a new high water line. > > John > Kirk-Anderson *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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