Maldives and the earthquake

I've got rellies out there at the mo - if anyone finds any news about the
state of the islands can you let me know.

Cheers

CAS
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"CAS" <calumscottREMOVETHISBIT@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I've got rellies out there at the mo - if anyone finds any news about the
> state of the islands can you let me know.

Maldives local news resources:-
http://www.dhivehiobserver.com/ (Heavily politicized site) Indicates that
the airport received flooding and foreign object damage, but is returning to
operational state.
http://www.haveeru.com.mv/?page=engdetails&id=4200 Indicate losses of life
have been mostly small children, and one British visitor from a heart
attack.

International news resources:-
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/041226/325/f97uo.html Yahoo! general coverage
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2...ia-blast_x.htm USA
Today
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4125481.stm BBC Online
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/sou...125481.stm#map Chart of
affected areas.

"Graham Skelly" <graham@websitenamePalehorizon.com> wrote in message
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>
> "CAS" <calumscottREMOVETHISBIT@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:337mdtF3shal4U1@individual.net...
> > I've got rellies out there at the mo - if anyone finds any news about
the
> > state of the islands can you let me know.
>
> Maldives local news resources:-
> http://www.dhivehiobserver.com/ (Heavily politicized site) Indicates that
> the airport received flooding and foreign object damage, but is returning
to
> operational state.
> http://www.haveeru.com.mv/?page=engdetails&id=4200 Indicate losses of life
> have been mostly small children, and one British visitor from a heart
> attack.
>
> International news resources:-
> http://uk.news.yahoo.com/041226/325/f97uo.html Yahoo! general coverage
> http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2...ia-blast_x.htm USA
> Today
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4125481.stm BBC Online
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/sou...125481.stm#map Chart of
> affected areas.

Thanks Graham, I'll pass those on.

CAS

Everything OK at Kuredu.



"CAS" <calumscottREMOVETHISBIT@yahoo.com> kirjoitti
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> I've got rellies out there at the mo - if anyone finds any news about the
> state of the islands can you let me know.
>
> Cheers
>
> CAS
> --
> http://divesite.calumscott.me.uk
>
>

As of this morning, although there has been many, many deaths
there is only one reported death of a Briton. He died of a heart
attack whilst the storm was in progress.

taz.

They got to Male today and managed to get a phone call home.

CAS

"CAS" <calumscottREMOVETHISBIT@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> They got to Male today and managed to get a phone call home.
>
> CAS


Good to hear.

taz.

"CAS" <calumscottREMOVETHISBIT@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> They got to Male today and managed to get a phone call home.

And the final update, they made it home last night. Apparently they were
underwater when the wave came past, got back on the boat and made for what
they beleived to be an island - it was, and a local fed and watered them
before being swept away by a subsequent wave (presumed dead).

They were then taken back to their resort to salvage what they could (they
only got their passports etc which were in a top shelf cupboard in their
water bungalow) then to another resort (guessing the main island in Meemu)
and spent the night in a gym-hall before being picked up by the Pakistani
warship that went to the outer Atolls and brought to Male.

They flew home still in their swimmies and flip-flops and were given clothes
by Oxfam at London.

Sounds pretty horrific, even though it seems that the Maldives were the
luckier ones...

Again thanks for the websites, they were invaluable.

CAS
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http://divesite.calumscott.me.uk

Anyone heard from PeteS?

I know he was doing NZ then the Maldives.

Just no idea of the time frame.

Ta

DaveA



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Dave Appleby wrote:

> Anyone heard from PeteS?
>
> I know he was doing NZ then the Maldives.

I *think* (well, hope) that he's still in NZ, and was coming
back to the UK before going off to the Maldives.

Funny that, I nearly booked a week there to get away
over xmas, but never got a round tuit. There's something
to be said for a shortage of tuits.

- Keith