Dear XMCA-ites,
Received this recently, and it seems like a good cause. Forwarding
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Tane Akamatsu
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PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO READ - THOUSANDS OF LIVES CAN BE SAVED
Dear Friends,
I have just finished watching Ted Koppel's first NIGHTLINE broadcast
from Honduras. The situation there is beyond horrific. Tipper Gore
called it "a catastrophe of Biblical proportion". At last count over
11,000 people have been confirmed dead. It is possible that the final
death toll could even double this number. Catastrophic winds and
flooding have left over one million people without homes. There is
little food and almost no water to drink. The president of Honduras
described the region as a "panorama of death, desolation, and ruin."
The sick and injured have overwhelmed the region's already
struggling hospitals. Hundreds of thousands have no electricity, no
telephones, and are completely cut off from the outside world. The
regions cash crops were almost entirely devastated.
Government officials say it will be decades before the region
recovers from the storm.
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