disaster
Doctors without Borders is sending medical help to Aceh on the island of Sumatra to help with the aftermath of the horrible disaster there. I urge you to help in whatever way you can to this relief effort. The Red Cross is also a good place to donate to, of course.
It is scary that things really only hit home sometimes when you have been in a particular place yourself and realize how easily it could have been you. It seems so self-centered to think that way, but I think it is just how people are wired. Hearing about a kayaker washed ashore near Railay Beach in Thailand, missing all of her teeth, missing her husband. Remembering kayaking along the beautiful shore there. The failure of imagination to think about how huge a disaster this really is.
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