One year ago, a surprise tsunami crossed the Indian Ocean following a 9.2-richter Earthquake at day break.
An estimated 225,000 lost their lives.
The tragedy of the greatest natural disaster of my lifetime did change the world; or at least exposed how the world has shrunk.
The best is yet to come, no doubt — there will never be another 2005.
Stormtrack has an archive of the footage that changed our perception of the world and human vulnerability here.
The Malkin Cartel links to a Flickr gallery of the missing….
Appreciated in light of the disrespectful strategy of her hard-right-blogging comrades in trashing the UN for not saving the world according to this UPI release. All I can say is: ask John Bolton to name three catastrophic humanitarian disasters that have occurred in 2005.
Let us celebrate the end of another year…. and hold the faux glamorization.
