Death toll could reach 10,000 in Myanmar
 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080505/...yanmar_cyclone

Fucking sucks. :(

I wanted to put this in here. Just thinking about shit after reading that yahoo story.

'The Dash':

I read of a man who stood to speak
At the funeral of a friend
He referred to the dates on her tombstone
From the beginning to the end

He noted that first came the date of her birth
And spoke the following date with tears,
But he said what mattered most of all
Was the dash between those years

For that dash represents all the time
That she spent alive on earth.
And now only those who loved her
Know what that little line is worth.

For it matters not how much we own;
The cars, the house, the cash,
What matters is how we live and love
And how we spend our dash.

So think about this long and hard.
Are there things you?d like to change?
For you never know how much time is left,
That can still be rearranged.

If we could just slow down enough
To consider what?s true and real
And always try to understand
The way other people feel.

And be less quick to anger,
And show appreciation more
And love the people in our lives
Like we?ve never loved before.

If we treat each other with respect,
And more often wear a smile
Remembering that this special dash
Might only last a little while.

So, when your eulogy is being read
With your life?s actions to rehash
Would you be proud of the things they say
About how you spent your dash?

©1996 Linda Ellis

Thats so horrible!

It's terrible, the news report I read, said something to the effect that they had been taken back to stone age. That their simply isn't anything left.

thats insane. the storms are getting larger it seems every year

Global warming?

ouch! that's sad! hope they could recover as fast as possible....

puts economic effect on sales lately into perspective doesn't it.

Poor people. Myanmar was already a fucked up country with a fucked up president, it seems like that was not enough for some insane god, now thay algo got a huge storm. "Why this luck?" those people must be asking..