Asia Tsunami

Posted byYan Sham-ShackletonPosted inBackpacking Addict

Massive rescue efforts as Asian quake and tsunami toll soars near 23,000

Some Thoughts:

1) Ritcher 9. The Northridge quake that knocked down a building in my college was 7.5 or something like that.

2) The environmental impact of this will not be told for a long time. We have lost some of the world’s most beautiful reefs.

3) All the guest houses where the tide comes right up to, the dive shops, little villages I visited in Sri Lanka are gone. So are some of the people I am sure.

So heart broken.

4) Why don’t the news have a map? I can’t work out exactly where the tidal wave hit. I can’t work out exactly whether the places in Sri Lanka, India, and Malaysia I have visited are destroyed. I would like to know for sure.

(I found a map. The whole coastal area of Sri lanka that I went though was hit… I always stayed right on the beach.. the people I met, the friends I made….)

Published by Yan Sham-Shackleton

Yan Sham-Shackleton is a Hong Kong writer who lives in Los Angeles. This is her old blog Glutter written mostly in Hong Kong from 2003 to 2007. Although it was a personal blog, Yan focused a lot on free speech issues and democratic movement in Hong Kong. She moved to the US in 2007.

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  3. Man, I just realized that you are not too far from the carnage. I hope your loved ones are safe and sound, and I’m glad to see that you weren’t caught up in any tidal destruction. I shudder to think of life without the Glutter Blog to read…

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  4. THanks guys. I am in Aussie land visiting the folks at the moment, but even if I was in HK, I live on the 18th floor, so I would be okay. The whole thing is kinda scary, I really am not too far away.. Although I know all my close friends are safe, I worry about some of the people I know, as I think it’s possible they are on holiday in those areas. As well, as I feel very sad about some of the places I visited, because I am sure they are gone. I just hope the people I met is okay. Sri Lanka was one of the most beautiful places I ever visted, and I was very happy there. Sigh.
    yan

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