Things of Interest after the Tsunami Disaster.

In Bando Aceh Indonesia wardens released inmates at the main jail minutes before it was flooded in the tsunami disaster, but their fate remains unknown. If they lived, I think they just got a get out of jail free card.

Tourists were sunbathing next to Patong Beach, Thailand just 4 days after the tsunmani hit the area. I read an interview by a man flying there on a pre-booked vacation and he said the plane was near empty. He said that the hotel had called him and told him they were up and running and the damage was not bad there so please come, so he did. I know they need the tourist dollars, but something is just wrong with that picture.

I heard a couple of reporters say that very few dead animals have been found. They say that it could be an animal's 6th sense about these things and they went to higher ground early on. My ever practical son says that is ridiculous and that the animals were just able to outrun it. Sorry son, I go with the 6th sense thing.

On a related note, in Sri Lanka, the Elephant orphanage (one of the tourist spots in the country) stays open because it received no damage and the elephants are fine. Hmmm......

This will be the World's largest relief effort ever. Nonwithstanding the governments across the globe's relief money, the generosity of private donations is staggering. It warms the heart to see us reach out across these many lands and give to help those we will never meet. Amid the chaos of the war and the many conflicts across the world, we still are able to care without asking to who the money and help goes to as long as it reaches the victims. No matter their religion, their race, their country, we give unconditionally revealing the best of mankind, revealing the heart of kindness that still beats in the world today.