Blogs and Tsunami

Firsthand Reporting on Asian Tsunami Catastrophes

This week, their influence has become readily apparent. Dozens of bloggers have been filing firsthand reports from the areas devastated by southern Asia's deadly tsunamis.

"There is kind of an immediacy that people can relate to — can't help but relate to that in a very intimate way," said Jardin.

"Day three," one blogger writes from the scene, "this may be an unexpected challenge and responsibility, and it hurts to see people in pain. But it's also a remarkable experience to be on hand to do something modest, but useful, in the aftermath of a disaster."

Bloggers around the world have made themselves useful, encouraging donations to relief groups, posting the names of the missing and expressing sympathy for the victims.

(From ABC News: People of the Year: Bloggers)

See it for yourself:

IANS[ MONDAY, JANUARY 03, 2005 08:08:11 PM ]

NEW DELHI: As the survivors of the Dec 26 tsunamis in southern India try to piece their lives together, many have been deprived of vital relief supplies pouring in from various parts of the country and the world.

Stacks of food are lying kilometres away from affected villages full of hungry people in some regions while used clothes are lying in piles outside fishing villages where people are rejecting old, torn textiles.

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