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Old December 29th 04, 07:57 PM
Mike Terry
 
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Default Amateur Radio "Saved Lives" in South Asia

Dec 29, 2004

As governments and relief organizations attempt to gauge the scale of death
and devastation from the December 26 South Asia earthquake and tsunami and
to aid the victims, Amateur Radio operators throughout the stricken region
are offering their services as emergency communicators. The death toll from
the disaster now is being estimated at upward of 60,000. Thousand remain
unaccounted for, millions have been left homeless and many are without food
or water.

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