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From: Auric Hellman <adhellman1@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: tsunami that killed over 200,000
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 23:13:23 -0500
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On 12/26/2024 9:17 PM, JAB wrote:
> Prayers, tears mark 20 years since Indian Ocean tsunami that killed
> over 200,000
> 
> People are gathering in prayer and visiting mass graves in Indonesia's
> Aceh province to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami,
> one of modern history's worst natural disasters
> ...
> ...
> The powerful earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of
> Sumatra on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami that killed around
> 230,000 people across a dozen countries, reaching as far as East
> Africa. Some 1.7 million people were displaced, mostly in the four
> worst-affected countries: Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand.
> 
> More than 170,000 people died in Indonesia alone.
> 
> https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/prayers-tears-mark-20-years-indian-ocean-tsunami-117109586


It's both sad and ironic that the worst natural disasters always seem to 
occur in the poorest countries with the most wretched people.



-- 
Dr. Auric D. Hellman
adhellman1@gmail.com