Massive quake & tsunamis hit Asia, Please pray

nechesh · 30th December 2004, 09:35 PM

My friends, there are MANY well established and reputable organization to which one can donate money to help out with this terrible disaster. I would be very wary of ANY private group or individual which claims to be collecting money for disaster relief in the area.

Rick · 30th December 2004, 11:12 PM

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ariel · 31st December 2004, 02:34 AM

That was a short note from the Israeli newspaper "Haaretz" of 12/30/04:

Briton in Sri Lanka: I surfed the tsunami

By Dudu Slameh

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - A British tourist in Sri Lanka claims that he actually surfed the weekend's tsunami.
Gary Wolf is one of a large group of British tourists that is currently sleeping on mattresses in the conference room of a Colombo hotel. He told Haaretz that he was out on a surfboard when the tsunami hit.
"Suddenly I saw that the rocks near the shore had simply disappeared," he recounted. "At first, I didn't understand what was happening and I concentrated on surfing. When I finished surfing, I discovered that I was on the highway, about half a mile from the beach where my room was. Fortunately, the waves pulled me and my surfboard into shore instead of out into the ocean."
Wolf is a professional surfer who regularly enters international competitions.
"Had I known what was going on, I might not have left the water," he said. "I might have tried to continue enjoying one of those moments that will never recur."

Can you imagine?????

30th December 2004, 09:35 PM	#1
nechesh Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 940	STICK WITH KNOWN ORGANIZATIONS! My friends, there are MANY well established and reputable organization to which one can donate money to help out with this terrible disaster. I would be very wary of ANY private group or individual which claims to be collecting money for disaster relief in the area.

30th December 2004, 11:12 PM	#2
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,339	Any charity auction announcements are to be posted in the Swap Forum only please .

31st December 2004, 02:34 AM	#3
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	That was a short note from the Israeli newspaper "Haaretz" of 12/30/04: Briton in Sri Lanka: I surfed the tsunami By Dudu Slameh COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - A British tourist in Sri Lanka claims that he actually surfed the weekend's tsunami. Gary Wolf is one of a large group of British tourists that is currently sleeping on mattresses in the conference room of a Colombo hotel. He told Haaretz that he was out on a surfboard when the tsunami hit. "Suddenly I saw that the rocks near the shore had simply disappeared," he recounted. "At first, I didn't understand what was happening and I concentrated on surfing. When I finished surfing, I discovered that I was on the highway, about half a mile from the beach where my room was. Fortunately, the waves pulled me and my surfboard into shore instead of out into the ocean." Wolf is a professional surfer who regularly enters international competitions. "Had I known what was going on, I might not have left the water," he said. "I might have tried to continue enjoying one of those moments that will never recur." Can you imagine?????