Yes, it is extremely sad.  Dennis couldn't sleep so he went and
watched BBC at 5am.  When he came back to bed he said the death toll
was up to 11,000.  It was the biggest earthquake in 40 years.  But
it's not only the deaths, it's also the destruction of so many
beautiful coastal areas.  Picturesque beaches that we have been to
many times will not be so nice for a long time.  Also, I'm worried
about what a tsunami does to the coral reefs underwater.  It can't be
good.
I haven't heard back from the dive operator that we went on our trip
with last week.  I can only hope everyone there's ok.  We met many
nice people and I'd hate for anyone to be hurt.  There are many divers
supposedly missing.  It is so scary to think about that we were just
there a week ago.
We are also worried about this oil rig that was being towed from
Singapore to Myanmar waters.  They can't have swells greater than 1
meter or it could topple over.  We wrote emails to Yangon but haven't
heard either.  I guess Dennis will see how this affected Myanmar when
he goes back to work on Tuesday.  Very scary.
Thanks for thinking of us, you guys.  But we are fine and didn't feel
a thing here.  We are very lucky.
--
Britta
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