So Much For ‘No News’
Just before the break I remarked that I wasn't talking much about the news at the moment, but today it's difficult not to. I spent most of the journey back into town listening to coverage of the Indian Ocean earthquake/tsunami, and it's extremely sobering stuff. It sounds like at least nine or ten different countries, including several which are entirely comprised of islands which may not even be there any more, are directly affected. The reported figure for likely deaths is 13,000 at the moment, but I don't see how it can possibly be that low - the impact is so wide I'd expect that figure to grow by four or five times at least.
The largest earthquake for 40 years, and it's hard to imagine, from the point of view of simply the scale and complexity of the relief that will be needed, how it could possibly have happened in a worse location.