Anyone interested in reading accounts and status reports of the situation in the Indian Ocean without all the political baggage and finger-pointing will find these websites of interest.

http://tsunamihelp.blogspot.com/
This one is the "everything you wanted to know but didn't know where to ask" blogger page. Information on just about every aspect of the tsunami recovery effort and resources can be found here.

http://desimediabitch.blogspot.com/
Another blogger in the area with first hand accounts of survival and loss and how the people are coping.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/4125619.stm
BBC filtered recounts of tsunami experience as well as people searching for info on relatives.


It will be interesting to see what happens in the Pacific's ring of fire area when the plates adjust themselves to compensate for the enormous movement of the SE Asia area. The southern edge of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands have been very active in the past few weeks. It also looks as if activity along the San Andreas fault is increasing. It's an interesting science with many mysteries still for us to unlock.