Monday, 3rd of January, 2005

I haven't written about the tsunami disaster in Asia yet, because, well, what can my blogging about it do? I was at Woodford from just after it happened anyway (playing some great gigs with the "all-new" (well partly-new) FourPlay).
But just a quick note to mention that Google have a link on their front page to a tsunami relief page they're hosting, with various places you can go to find more information and help in any way you can. It's pleasing to see the American Jewish World Service there… Well, I don't know what else to say, so leave it at that for now.

Except… this page is a pretty incredible resource too.
And how cool is Wikipedia? I didn't know they had pages on current events. This is the one on the tsunami, with some info on how to help, and continuing documentation. It says:

Sydney City council decided to continue with the fireworks shows at 9pm (Family show) and midnight and asked the Oxfam charity to collect donations at various points around the harbour. As a result of this decision, over AUD 1.1 million was raised in just a few hours, far exceeding the amount which could have been donated had the shows been cancelled

I know there are some sites out there that are pledging to match one's donation dollar-for-dollar up to a certain amount, so I will have to find one of them soon and donate. I have hardly any money at the moment, but everyone needs to contribute what they can – and soon! As we waste time, people are dying.

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