I’m not really sure how to start out a post on such depressing a subject as this, but it needs to be said. As most of you probably know by now, two days ago, a massive earthquake struck the Indian Ocean, causing a tsunami that hit Sri Lanka, S. India and Thailand to name a few. The death toll has more than doubled every day, now reaching over 50,000 (or more than the entire population of Charlottesville). Of course, millions more have been affected by this, and many more will most likely die from increased body count and disease. At least maybe this will alert people to the fact that terrorists aren’t the only thing that can kill people.

for a few hours i thought one of my best friends was dead because she was staying near there… apparently they left the day before it hit

Meri? Wow she is lucky. This whole thing is really scary. Esspecially becuase they had no warning. They don’t have a warning system set up for the Indian Ocean, Imagine if that happend in the Atlantic or Pacific. It is all quite amazing though.

amazing, yet terrifying. yes, meri