Another one... can you believe it?

When I heard the news that Indonesia has been greatly affected by another earthquake which resulted in another tsunami on July 17, 2006. I started to worry about what it meant for the people in these countries and for the people in Thailand. I hope that something like this will not become an everyday routine.From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_2006_Java_earthquake.

The earthquake caused a three-metre-high tsunami which destroyed houses on the south coast of Java, killing at least 550 people and leaving at least 229 missing.
The tsunami smashed into a 110-mile stretch of Java’s coastline that was unaffected by the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Waves more than 6 feet high reached 200 yards inland in some places, destroying scores of houses, restaurants and hotels. Cars, motorbikes and boats were left mangled amid fishing nets, furniture and other debris.
The tsunami struck the southern Indonesian coastal villages of Cipatujah and Pangandaran on the coast southeast of Bandung and Garut. There is reportedly extensive damage at the West Java beach resort of Pangandaran. Thousands of people at the resort fled to higher ground.

Following the earthquake, the Indonesian Meteorological and Geophysics Agency stated that “There is the possibility of a local tsunami that could affect coasts located usually no more than 100 kilometres from the earthquake epicentre”, indicating the improbability of a large-scale tsunami, like the one that struck the same region on December 26, 2004. Despite this, India still issued a tsunami warning for the Andaman Islands archipelago region, which is located in the Bay of Bengal. This archipelago suffered severe damage in the December 26, 2004 tsunami. A warning was also issued for Christmas Island, however police reports from the island say that no damage was caused. A mere 60 cm tsunami was recorded at the Bureau of Meteorology’s tide gauge on the island. A warning was also issued for the Kimberley region of Western Australia.


I see things like this and I worry about these countries that are continuously losing their people. 550 dead and 229 missing and I am sure that their I so many more people that are not accounted for. I definitely want to go back to help if I can. I'm sure they will accept any help they can get to rebuild their country.