On Friday when the the Tsunami hit Japan we were at the FED office in Khaolak, Phang Nga Province, Thailand, one of the areas hardest hit by the 2004 Tsunami. The staff was glued to the images on BBC news all afternoon, understandably remembering their own history. They were all very sad and horrified by what they saw, but nonetheless could not tear themselves away from the images. The same sentiments were heard all weekend from hotel workers and locals. Many of the folks here personally went through the Tsunami years ago and everyone here knows of someone who either died or were affected by that event.
It gave me goose bumps; we experienced our own personal reaction as well to the visions of flooding and rescues, feeling more empathy than sympathy?
We emailed the Japanese students who visited here some weeks ago with the Burmese students, who made a very distinct and positive ipression on us all We wanted to make sure that they and there families are safe. They assured us that they are, but so sad for the thousands who are not.
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