Earthquake in Indonesia Likely Killed Thousands
From the BBC:
The 7.6-magnitude quake struck close to the city of Padang, the capital of West Sumatra province. The earthquake brought down hospitals, schools and shopping malls, cut power lines and triggered landslides. The social affairs ministry gave the latest confirmed death toll of 529, but Rustam Pakaya, head of the health ministry's disaster centre in Jakarta, said: "Our prediction is that thousands have died."
Our hearts, of course, go out to the people of Pandang and we hope that relief efforts will be comprehensive, quick, culturally-attuned, and egalitarian.
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Oh my God. :(
RIP. I pray not many more people have died...
Times are tough, but here is a donation page I found for the Red Cross/Red Crescent. There is a pull-down menu which includes where you'd like your donation to go, which is depressing in itself given the recent Vietnamese typhoon, Samoan tsunami, etc. It's very unsettled.