I get updates from 'World Vision' online. This is the latest:
A monster cyclone pummeled the southeast coast of Bangladesh late Thursday. Winds reaching 150 mph drove high waves across lowland areas, flattening houses and forcing half a million people to flee for their lives.
And the news report says this:
Cyclone Sidr smashed into Bangladesh's southern coastline late on Thursday night with 250-kph (155 mph) winds that whipped up a 5-metre tidal surge. It was the strongest cyclone since a 1991 storm killed some 143,000 people in this country. Navy ships scoured coastal areas for hundreds of people reported missing and to clear river channels clogged with sunken vessels to restore normal navigation, officials said. The official death toll from the cyclone was more than 900 but some newspapers on Saturday gave figures between 1,100 and 2,000, quoting their reporters in the devastated areas.
And while these sorts-of-things are going on in the world, I sit here comfortably with a roof over my head, well fed and typing away on a $1350 laptop.
Something about my comfort level just doesn't make sense right now, given the loss and heartache that people are facing in this world....
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