a minor bit of serious talk.
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gfrancieSenor Onion is still a sick bunny. He was a weepy mess who needed me to hold him most of the day. I briefly left the house sans Senor Onion so I could pick up a few things we were out of and some baby tylenol. (yay fevers!)
While driving there I was listening to NPR (because I live in Seattle and it is required by law that all people listen to it) and they were talking to an American woman who lives in China as a foreign language teacher. She lives about 30 miles from the epicenter of the earthquake. She was very calmly explaining what had happened and what had been going on since the event. She was rather calm and the interviewer remarked on that just as another aftershock happened. She started to yell and they were running from a building and she went from calm to freaked (naturally) in about two seconds. She quickly calmed and continued the interview. It was a fascinating bit of live radio.
Everyone in the city she lives in is living outside. A million people! It kind of makes the mind boggle a bit.
There is no way to really segue after that topic of conversation. All a person can do for the moment is feel incredibly helpless and sympathetic to millions of people. I also feel lucky. Very very very lucky. The best and fastest way to get people help is to donate to International Red Cross/Crescent. They are the one group that can get into a country like Myanmar and get help to people. So hey, why not take that some of that economic stimulus check and provide some clean water, rice, tarps and medical attention.
While driving there I was listening to NPR (because I live in Seattle and it is required by law that all people listen to it) and they were talking to an American woman who lives in China as a foreign language teacher. She lives about 30 miles from the epicenter of the earthquake. She was very calmly explaining what had happened and what had been going on since the event. She was rather calm and the interviewer remarked on that just as another aftershock happened. She started to yell and they were running from a building and she went from calm to freaked (naturally) in about two seconds. She quickly calmed and continued the interview. It was a fascinating bit of live radio.
Everyone in the city she lives in is living outside. A million people! It kind of makes the mind boggle a bit.
There is no way to really segue after that topic of conversation. All a person can do for the moment is feel incredibly helpless and sympathetic to millions of people. I also feel lucky. Very very very lucky. The best and fastest way to get people help is to donate to International Red Cross/Crescent. They are the one group that can get into a country like Myanmar and get help to people. So hey, why not take that some of that economic stimulus check and provide some clean water, rice, tarps and medical attention.
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Date: 2008-05-14 11:13 pm (UTC)Oh, the books you sent have arrived! Thank you so much. I am keeping about half of them. (there were some real finds!) The other half I found a home for through freecycle. Senor Onion appreciates the books.
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