[Viking2002]

Damn. Just......damn.

[samiam1972]

Tears in my eyes bump.

[Bahbah]

Unbelievable.

[TXBSAFH]

My God Have Mercy.

[grb]

ping

[Aggie Mama]

The one with the toddlers broke me. It's hard to find God in all of this. =(

[Old Grumpy]

Tears my heart out to see all the death and misery.

[ariamne]

A quick, heartfelt prayer, here in my office, for the victims; especially the children who had no chance.

[Lijahsbubbe]

And to think that the people grieving while setting their loved ones in trenches and coffins are the 'lucky' ones.

Many will never find their missing loved ones, who are being burned and bulldozed into mass graves. Horrific.

[MineralMan]

A horrible tragedy! So many children dead or orphaned in that part of the world! It's difficult to take it in.

[GW and Twins Pawpaw]

Bad...

[cwiz24]

Here are two amazing pictures I found for the first time today on the BBC website. Unbelievable devastation. This really brings it home for me. First picture was taken in 2003, the second was taken three days after the tsunami hit.

[Tarpaulin]

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/indonesia/aceh-andaman-tsunami-imagery.htm

[WV Mountain Mama]

These pictures haunt me. Prayers for all the victims, so sad.

[crushelits]

A satellite image taken Dec. 29, 2004, shows an overview of Aceh province in the western Indonesian island of Sumatra. The area absorbed the double shock of the world's worst earthquake in 40 years coupled with the resulting catastrophic tsunami
BEFORE: This detailed view of the northern tip of the island was taken on Jan 10, 2003	AFTER: A photo taken of the same area on Jan. 29, 2004, shows the extreme destruction caused by the earthquake and tsunami. On Thursday, Indonesian officials issued a new death toll of nearly 80,000 for that country alone.
BEFORE: This detailed view of northern Banda Aceh was taken on Jan. 10, 2003	AFTER: News services on Thursday reported that pilots in Sumatra had discovered about 28,000 more dead in Banda Aceh while dropping food to remote villages still unreachable by rescue workers.
BEFORE: This detailed view of the island was taken by the IKONOS satellite on Jan. 10, 2003	AFTER: Some officials said there was dismal coordination among the Indonesian military, civilians and foreign governments. "We haven't gotten any help at all, nothing, said a resident who was camped out five miles from the airport in Banda Aceh.
BEFORE: This detailed view of the west of the island was taken on Jan. 10, 2003	AFTER: As of Thursday, several governments had pledged $500 million in emergency aid for stricken areas.
BEFORE: This detailed view of the west of the island was taken on Jan. 10, 2003	AFTER: On Wednesday, the Indonesian military finally reached the Sumatra town of Meulaboh, closest to the epicenter on the massive earthquake. A bulldozer dug a mass grave the size of a swimming pool in which to pile corpses covered only by plastic sheets.

[Born Conservative]

Bump for later.

[Travis McGee]

bttt

[Gal.5:1]

So unreal, so sad, so devastating and heartbreaking.

[Smedley]

Having recently lost two children I so empathize with this man. God takes his own, but the rest of us must stay and grieve.

My prayers (and contributions soon) to the victims of this tragedy.

[PigRigger]

So many children; I cannot begin to imagine the pain of those parents pictured....