Heavy stuff...

Hey guys,

Just watched a documentary here in England on the tsunami that occurred almost 12 months ago. Heavy programme with real footage, videos of it as it happened. Interviews with a couple of guys, one lost his wife and daughter and 1 guy lost 7 sisters and 2 brothers plus both parents. As they both said, life can never be the same. There were scenes of destruction, floating bodies, blood stained children who were dead, total carnage. Beautiful places that within 30 minutes were from a horror film.

What an awful tragedy, really sad. Kinda puts all p**s stuff into perspective when you see someone with no home, no family, no money, no will to live, nothing. One guy said after the tsunami took his wife and daughter that he went down to the beach after the second wave and just wanted another 1 to come along to take him, he just didn't want to go on.

Makes you appreciate what you have. There are so many out there worse off than we are.

A saddened Adster.

Amen.

Yea, and here are we arguing when we will get our money....

A sad swede!

Amen

Sentiments exactly Raditz, reason for posting it. :0(

Thanks Adster,

It is always refreshing to see people reflect on the real horrors in the world, and this was one of them. I got my first hand view of destruction in Grenada after hurricane Ivan struck, and these images are with me forever. Total destrution, just like we saw with Tsunami.

The worst part about these disasters is that they are soon forgotten a couple months later as news coverage dies off. I was in Grenada a year after the hurricane and it is barely any better off than after the storm. Thousands of home still with no roof, schools still without roof, Churches still withour roofs, it is mindboggling, especially when there are millions donated and you still see mass confusion on how to rebuild.

To give you an idea how governments are the problems, all you have to do is look to the Katrina disaster in US, it was so badly handled it is a worldwide embarrassment, so you can imagine what it is like in Grenada. I built two hurricane proof model homes over the past year and there is still no decision on contract, and the government has the money, so go figure, the goverments are ill prepared for disaster worldwide, and this is more sad than all the lives lost to watch the living suffer with nothing.

Yes indeed, it is that time of year to reflect and give thanks for what we do have, but sadly, just like with the disasters, they are soon forgotten, just as the good will vanishes with the holiday season, and this is a sad fact. We are all part time sensitive to the hardships in the world, and for some of us, PIPS was in small part a way to help for all of us, so thanks Bryan, you made a difference, as I hope to do before my time comes. This is what life is really about, making a difference in the lives of the less fortunate.

Happy Holiday Season Everyone, Mike

I believe we all choose our life path and people who choose to die a tragic death do so to prompt all survivors to be more thankful for their life. I think this was very apparent during Katrina. It was survivors faith and belief in a Higher power which truly triumphed. I think when we are thankful to live every day, this makes our quality of life better. The ability to wake in the morning each day is a gift every day, not just when life hangs in the balance.Peace begins within each individual.