Thread: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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Old 01-01-2005, 04:53 AM   #2
Molly
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Hopefully most of us have had a good year.

But I cannot get my mind off the disaster in Southeast Asia.

Over 150 000 dead. Almost a week after the tsunamis there are still over 4500 Swedish tourists missing in that area, many of them probably dead. And we are a comparatively small nation.

But worse than anything is the situation for the locals. Those people had very little before, now they have nothing. The infrastructure, their homes, their fishing boats, their families - all is gone. The tourist industry, which used to be their biggest source of income, will be devastated for years to come.

So even if I am grateful that my neighbours just came home from Phuket safe and sound, there are so many others who will never come home.

So, during the New Year to come, spare a thought - and if possible some money too - for the victims of that disaster.
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