To David and all,
We're back up and running again. With the swamped phone lines here our
Thailand domain host / server had problems, which, I understand have now
ben solved as I suddenly got more than 80 emails that had been sent ove th
past 5 days. Our website: ww.ofseaandshore.com is also again accessible and
if yougo to the "News" section I have posted photos of Rawai Beach during
and after the tidal waves. Not certain about the other areas you mention,
although I know those in the Gulf of Thailand, as you state, were not affected
at all by the tsunamis. We learn, as I am certai kost of you do, about others
areas on CNN-ASIA or BBC-WORLD.
Regards to all,
Tom Rice
> I guess no one's heard further from Tom Rice since his first email
> after the tsunami.
>
> I've been trying to glean news about the places I've shelled in Asia
> that were likely affected. My fond memories are now clouded by concern
> for the kind people I met.
>
> Varkala, Kerala in India may have been spared serious damage, although
> the hotel I stayed at was located in a rice paddy possibly even below
> sea level.
>
> Kamala Beach on Phuket was seriously hit.
>
> Ko Yao Noi, northeast of Phuket, may have been protected enough by its
> location in the Phuket Sea. But the stilt houses didn't look like they
> could withstand much surge if it occurred.
>
> Dodanduwa and Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka, were totally inundated according to
> accounts I've read. Hikkaduwa was a terrific place for shelling (in my
> experience) right where the tourists were thickest.
>
> Ko Tao and Ko Samui in the Gulf of Thailand were apparently unaffected
> owing to the Malay peninsula; I haven't seen any mention of problems in
> that direction.
>
>
> If anyone knows more about these locations, I'd appreciate hearing
> about it.
>
> Happy New Year -- and I hope listfolks will make a point of
> contributing to material/medical aid efforts, sorely needed long after
> the TV cameras depart from the region.
>
> David Kirsh
> Durham, NC
>
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