More Blogs on Tsunami Disaster

A powerful earthquake sent a two-meter (yard) high tsunami crashinginto a beach resort on Indonesia’s Java island Monday, killing at leastfive people and damaging hotels and houses. Indonesian President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono confirmed the casualties in a radio broadcast. [Link]

‘We are offering prayers and gifts to our baby. We lost her to the Tsunami.’ Arivu said. I had a lump in my throat. I wanted to ask so many things but I could not. ‘Where is your home?’ Nanda asked. Arivu flashed a wry smile and said, ‘We are standing on it.’ [Read more] I hope Arivu and More...

Jai Arjun Singh writes about the Mumbai Tsunami Bloggers in his piece titled Riding a great wave. FYI Arjun, there were bloggers from other cities too that chipped in during the tragedy. You should have googled for it; it appears that you did not.

I received a mail from the World Bank, seeking my contribution to the discussion on ‘World Bank discussion on private sector and tsunami recovery’. I am copy/pasting the mail as is. Read it and please contribute. Also, forward this message to friends who might be interested in contributing. Communists please excuse. Dear Colleagues:The World Bank would like to invite More...

I am not sure about this conspiracy theory. In fact, right after the tsunami struck, I was debating with one of my friends about the possibility of blowing up a nuclear device in the ocean-bed to create such a devastating tsunami. It was trashed. However, Cathy Johnson points us to this article here, which suggests that USA was planning More...