tsunami

i woke up this afternoon (i work overnights - so i sleep till about 2pm everyday) with a few messages on my cell phone... all of them were about the earthquake that hit s.e. asia. they were asking about my family if they were ok, and one of my friends has a sister who was visiting sri lanka (hardest hit) and wanted to know if i had any information or way to get through.... I ran to the t.v. to see what they were talking about.... and then i checked on line... it was scary for a while, until i got confirmation that my brother and the rest of the family had already left phukett and they were ok. whew....