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Post by Dory on Jan 7, 2005 14:18:38 GMT
it doesnt have to be right away...theyre hoping people will continue to contribute after the media hype has died down too...so that means years...*sighs*
yeah there were quite a few foreign people affected, it was quite a popular holiday resort...did you hear that about David Dickinson getting caught in it but escaping?
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Post by retro399 on Jan 7, 2005 16:53:34 GMT
yes i did,also charlie dimmocks mother and stepfather are missing,and the woman who plays dirty dens wife in eastenders also had a narrow escape,as did carol mcgiffin who used to be married to chris evans.she had to escape through the roof.it must have been terrifying for them.......
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Post by Dory on Jan 7, 2005 18:40:21 GMT
i cant imagine how this whole scenario must affect those involved...or how they felt/feel...i seriously cant.
i mean my mum was saying something about a few years ago that some people warned that something identical to this would happen, they even made cartoons and the like about it...but the majority thought of it as a joke and impossible to happen. i honestly hope they have swallowed their words and helped how they can.
all i can say is, mother nature can never be controlled and i wish people would realise and accept this...no matter wha technology is invented etc...it is impossible to control it.
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Post by retro399 on Jan 7, 2005 19:05:22 GMT
i know,i remember when the september the 11th disaster happened,my daughter emma was away for the week with the school,she was only just turned 11 at the time,and when she came back home she was absolutely terrified as she heard the teachers talking about it but they were not allowed to watch tv or anything and she thought it was the end of the world happening.
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Post by Dory on Jan 7, 2005 23:45:18 GMT
god i remember that day, i was sat in college...in the staff room of all places, with no shoes on...dont know why i remember that...but then i just hear the teachers panic and look around for a tv...and then i see it unfold on tv....
i dont know which is worse, natural disasters or the need of humans to be destructive and the need to destroy themselves...
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Post by retro399 on Jan 8, 2005 12:59:22 GMT
i know,that was a really terrible day,wasnt it?the first thing i knew about it was when i was at my mums and my hubby burst in and told me to put the tv on,then you could see it all unfolding before your eyes,it was just horrendous.....
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Post by littlecaty on Jan 8, 2005 15:36:11 GMT
my best friend was down there when it happend and whrn i heard about it i culd not think about any thing else but to hear her voice again. so that was a cuple of terible hours for me but she is ok thank good so im lucky. i feel verry sorry for the ones who were told that there reletive,friends ore whatever were dead i think i would have gone crazy if they told me my angel was dead. my mum is thinking of going down there to volentere she is a nurse. and i think its a good idea from my mum. and we have also donated money .
so now i can only sitt here and pray for the poor peapole that lost everything. i wanna help them so dam much but i can't
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Post by retro399 on Jan 8, 2005 18:12:25 GMT
i know,i feel so sorry for the poor orphaned children who have had everything taken away from them,it is going to take forever to rebuild their lives.how good of your mum to volunteer,they need all the help they can get,dont they?it makes you feel so helpless when it comes on the news and shows you all the suffering that is going on.
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Post by saartje on Jan 8, 2005 22:20:07 GMT
one of our friends wife comes from there. She lost her brother ( he had 2 little children) and her younger brother is still missing ( he also had a child) She went over there to help her fam
11th september i was in school and nobody informed us. I had lessons that afternoon. Some teacher gave their classes free so the kids could go home. When i came home I didn't want to believe it. I still have trouble to believe that people do that stuff.
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Post by retro399 on Jan 9, 2005 11:33:17 GMT
you never know whats round the corner,do you?the best thing to do is to enjoy your life and try to take it one day at a time.
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Post by Dory on Jan 9, 2005 16:01:11 GMT
i wish i could go out there and volunteer, but there is nothing that i can do...other than stand around and clutter the place....rather than help.
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Post by retro399 on Jan 9, 2005 16:27:58 GMT
i know,it makes you feel so helpless,doesnt it?
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Post by Dory on Jan 10, 2005 18:02:29 GMT
very.
i really admire those who can go out there and do something, like nursing, healthwork, reconstruction, clearing, searching etc....
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Post by retro399 on Jan 10, 2005 19:04:09 GMT
i know,if i did not have commitments i would have loved to go over there as a volunteer,it would be heartbreaking to see so many orphaned children,with me having kids myself,i would want to take them all home with me!!!i used to say to my husband that if we had a bigger house i would like to adopt a chinese baby as the baby girls are largely unwanted over there,and it is so heartbreaking,isnt it?
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Post by Dory on Jan 11, 2005 19:27:16 GMT
yeah...id wanna bring them all home too. i aint got kids yet, but hey, i'd still feel the need to help them...who wouldnt?
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