Photo from http://www.ifrc.org/
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well, at this time where i am sitting down infront of my computer, getting comfortable and all, my air-conditioner running, ceiling light shining and TV making the most cheerful of sounds......
there are people in Myanmar hurting, evacuating, starving and wandering about on the streets trying the best to recall what their own houses used to look like from a pile of cyclone-hit debris....
Photos from http://www.ifrc.org/
and 10 days after Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar, demolishing 95% of homes in the largely populated city of Yangon and affecting an estimated 1 million people.....an earthquake that registered 7.8 on the Richter scale shook Szechuan, China...... 
Photo from http://www.channelnewsasia.com/
Photos from http://www.mercycorps.org/
the cruel tremor, killing an estimated 14,800 people already, with that death toll expected to rise further as rescuers are trying their best to move deeper into more affected areas of the around the epicentre, where 80% of the buildings collasped......this hugely demoralising statistic also comes with the fact 26,000 people are still buried under rubble of collasped structures......
i would normally take you guys to the informative part on how earthquakes and cyclone come about, but this time, i wouldn't want to waste the time of yours and hope that everyone of you can help whenever you can, whatever you can to both disasters' victims...time is of essence, the less time we take to help, the higher chances of survival for the victims......
here's how you and rest of the world can help....
For aiding the disaster victims of Myanmar:
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/cyclone/
For giving a hand to the victims in Szechuan you may like to try the following links:
http://www.mercycorps.org/chinaearthquake/?source=1062
or
http://www.ifrc.org/what/disasters/response/sichuan-earthquake/index.asp
Thank You....
awakening the memories...like never before...
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