Death Toll at 24,000

The earthquake/tsunami catastrophe has effected Africa, southeast Asia and the sub continent. Daniel Drezner has more info here and Drudge is all over it. If you can afford it, you can get info on that at Daniels site. Think about that number for a second 24,000 lives are now gone.

This quake was so strong that it shifted parts of Indonesia 100 feet to the southwest and disrupted the earths rotation.

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