[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by happyland

Morning Pyramid.. it certainly does! I don't even know where people start to rebuild their lives after something like this, I mean there must be millions who have literally lost everything!

good morning to you Happy!

In the tsunami in 2004, I had friends holidaying who lost some of their relatives in Thailand. 3 years later, I visited on of the areas in Phuket, place called Kamala Beach - tiny little place - and 3 years on, they were still recovering - and were just finishing rebuilding the local primary school - which was literally 300 mtrs away from the beachfront.

There were still heaps of debris lying around - as well as the strange mixture of buildings not affected - it really was a weird experience. Little place called the Papa Crab hotel that I stayed in had just managed to get itself fully rebuilt and operational again ...... as I say, that was a few years later.

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Originally Posted by Pyramid*

good morning to you Happy!

In the tsunami in 2004, I had friends holidaying who lost some of their relatives in Thailand. 3 years later, I visited on of the areas in Phuket, place called Kamala Beach - tiny little place - and 3 years on, they were still recovering - and were just finishing rebuilding the local primary school - which was literally 300 mtrs away from the beachfront.

There were still heaps of debris lying around - as well as the strange mixture of buildings not affected - it really was a weird experience. Little place called the Papa Crab hotel that I stayed in had just managed to get itself fully rebuilt and operational again ...... as I say, that was a few years later.

Yeah, it must take a while to clear that sort of devastation. I really feel for all these people