Thanks to everyone for keeping this bulletin board such an interesting place. It constantly amazes me see what people are up to.

While we are here dreaming of getting our boats out in the surf, take a little time to think about the people for who surf no longer sounds like fun. As of today, the tsunami death toll is up to 120,000. To give an idea on the magnitude of this number, that is 7 dead for every message we have posted here in the past year. A little bit of help from each of us can provide a lot of assistance.

If anyone else has recommendations for organizations to help the tsunami victims, please let us know.

American Red Cross https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation-form.asp International Response Fund

AmeriCares https://www.americaresfoundation.net/donate/default.aspx South Asia Earthquake Relief Fund

Direct Relief International https://www.directrelief.org/sections/support_us/d_donate_now.html International Assistance Fund

Médecins Sans Frontières International http://www.msf.org/donations/index.cfm Tsunami Emergency Appeal

Oxfam https://secure.ga3.org/02/asia_earthquake04 Asian Earthquake & Tsunami Fund

Sarvodaya http://www.sarvodaya.org/ Relief Fund for Tsunami Tragedy

Save the Children http://savethechildren.org/radio_asia_earthquake.asp Asia Earthquake/Tsunami Relief Fund

UNICEF http://www.unicefusa.org/tsunami South Asia Tsunami Relief Efforts