From: "Michael Leuty" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 7:04 PM
As you may know, her indoors comes from the island of Réunion in the Indian
Ocean, several thousand miles from the epicentre and not far from Mauritius.
There was some warning. A fleet of helicopters were scrambled to warn
everyone to leave the beaches. In the event a few fishing boats were lost
but
no-one was killed.
My father meanwhile is now resident in Western Australia, closer to the
epicentre but with a coast sideways-on to the tsunami. It was experienced as
a very high tide, but nothing worse.
Commiserations to those of you with family or friends more seriously
affected.
(And send some dosh if you haven't done so already.)
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Good news Mike.
Send money now via www.dec.org.uk
easier to phone 0870 6060 900
Docs at BADGER tonight have asked me to send out a fax round robin asking
every member to "donate a day" and send the equivalent of the pay for 8
hours work at the standard co-op rate. With tax relief this comes to £512. I
hope it will catch on.
Fay
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