Tsunami hits South East Asia

[picklemonkey]

325,000 and growing

[asdf_admin]

strange thing ... all elephants made it. they can not find bodies of any large animals. makes you ponder.

[Steve Graham]

this whole bloody situation makes you ponder.. what the fuck is going on?
1st the massive hurricane season on this side of the globe. of course no where the scale of this event.
now they are saying this earthquake made the earth spin faster, and tilt more on its axis.
its the end of the world as we know it...

[picklemonkey]

now they are saying this earthquake made the earth spin faster, and tilt more on its axis.

I'm calling [bs] on that one.

[asdf_admin]

^^^ nope it is true ... stopped the rotation for about 3 microseconds.

[picklemonkey]

I just received an email from my company saying they're donating a total of $1.1M to the Red Cross & UNICEF for this, and they're going to match 100% of all (300K+) employee donations. That's fucking crazy.

[PsynceFiction[MS]]

and they're going to match 100% of all (300K+) employee donations. That's fucking crazy.

What does that mean Pickle? :?

-Psynce-

[Steve Graham]

now they are saying this earthquake made the earth spin faster, and tilt more on its axis.

I'm calling [bs] on that one.

SEE FOR YOURSELF

[DreamGirlie]

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and they're going to match 100% of all (300K+) employee donations. That's fucking crazy.

What does that mean Pickle? :?

-Psynce-

out of 300,000 employees whatever they donate his company will match (give exact same amount) as the employee.

[drthundr]

I agree with picklemonkey. thats very comendable that she did what she did, and very sad she lost her bf, and that jet li may have died or is missing. BUT.. if she wasnt a model, would it have been on the news? i bet there are LOTS of amazing stories of survival and tragic loss, but we wont hear about them if they are not famous. I am not taking away from what these people endured, but like "they" always say, they are just people like me and you...

it's somewhat like the Pat Tillman story.. I mean yes, what he did was incredible, and unthinkable for the majority of us.. BUT.. 1000's of others have made similar sacrifices. just because he was an NFL player, doesnt make what he did any different than a man that leaves his family behind to serve his country.

Very true but high-profile people always get the press and attention. It's just the way it is. I think what they're trying to show is that the tsunami didn't have any mercy on anyone whether rich or poor, young or old. A lot of people know who Petra Nemcova and Pat Tillman are. They don't know who I am. I think helps some people put it into perspective.

[runningman]

what are u guys talking about??325,000 and who is matching it..

[Miguel_303]

Re: Tsunami hits South East Asia

a minute of silence fot the victims

:cry:

[Steve Graham]

I agree with picklemonkey. thats very comendable that she did what she did, and very sad she lost her bf, and that jet li may have died or is missing. BUT.. if she wasnt a model, would it have been on the news? i bet there are LOTS of amazing stories of survival and tragic loss, but we wont hear about them if they are not famous. I am not taking away from what these people endured, but like "they" always say, they are just people like me and you...

it's somewhat like the Pat Tillman story.. I mean yes, what he did was incredible, and unthinkable for the majority of us.. BUT.. 1000's of others have made similar sacrifices. just because he was an NFL player, doesnt make what he did any different than a man that leaves his family behind to serve his country.

Very true but high-profile people always get the press and attention. It's just the way it is. I think what they're trying to show is that the tsunami didn't have any mercy on anyone whether rich or poor, young or old. A lot of people know who Petra Nemcova and Pat Tillman are. They don't know who I am. I think helps some people put it into perspective.

I understand that, and I also understand it is the media that has a lot to do with it.. but it some what has a tendancy to diminish the loss of other "regular" people.
I am sure pat tillman, actually i am positive, he wouldnt have wanted all the publicity over what he did.. i also dont want to come accross disrespectful. It is unfathomable what these people sacrificed.

[picklemonkey]

now they are saying this earthquake made the earth spin faster, and tilt more on its axis.

I'm calling [bs] on that one.

SEE FOR YOURSELF

theory... but it's interesting

[Kobe]

this whole bloody situation makes you ponder.. what the fuck is going on?
1st the massive hurricane season on this side of the globe. of course no where the scale of this event.
now they are saying this earthquake made the earth spin faster, and tilt more on its axis.
its the end of the world as we know it...

or just business as usual for mother nature, with us in the way

How many years of records do we have for weather and geological occurances? Just a nanosecond's worth in geological time. When it starts raining fire, then you can worry.