Monthly Archives: December 2004

Message boards have been set up like this one in Phuket for those of you looking for missing relatives and friends. Here is a list of message boards set up by the BBC for families and friends. CNN has also … Continue reading →

Watching Bill Graham, the federal minister of Defense squirm on CBC’s The National tonight was, er, interesting. Brian Stewart is subbing at the anchor desk and his beat is politics. Usually his questions are way too long and he talks … Continue reading →

An interesting and informative real time interactive Seismic Monitor map.

80,000 and counting… 500,000 injured… Relief agencies have finally been able to reach areas that were inaccessible. In the midst of despair and devestation there is hope. I’m not going to link to this blogger in Sinapore, he has enough … Continue reading →

Many people are unaware that Amateur Radio (or ham radio operators) aren’t hampered by many of the communication infrastructure breakdowns – phone lines, cell towers etc. Every licenced Amateur Radio operator follows a code of ethics – and do not … Continue reading →

The Canadian government has decided not to send out the DART team, a group of 200 military that are equipped to provide emergency response for about 40 days. DART members provide basic medical care, water purification systems, communications and rebuilding … Continue reading →

55 thousand dead and counting…. I went through a god-blog aggregator today. 127 god-blogs – 9 have posted on the immense human tragedy in Southeast Asia. In the face of such enormous human loss, we fall silent. Our brains are … Continue reading →