Tsunami missing persons search LINKS
Jan 5, 2005 15: 21 EST
Previously published Dec 29, 2004 17: 35 EST
The death toll from this week's earthquake and tsunamis is now expected to top 100,000. Parts of Sumatra, Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, Maldives and other are still out of reach for rescue workers in this 4th day of the disaster.
Military teams reaching the coasts of those remote places for the first time reported scenes of total devastation.
Urgent need for blood
Spokesmen for the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies label the situation "a disaster of unprecedented proportion in nature. We're talking about a staggering death toll.'' There is an urgent need for Rh negative and O type blood in Thailand - find links below if you are in the area.
Missing people search
This time, the disaster hit not only the third world population, but thousands of western tourists. The survivors’ grief is made worse by the lack of information over the past days, which makes it hard to reconcile with the loss of their loved ones - often entire families. Mourning is interrupted by hope, however small.
A desperate search is now ongoing around the world for missing friends and family. ExplorersWeb compiled the main current cyber resources:
Lonely Planet | BBC message board | Thai hospital | Phuketitcity| PhuketPC| PhuketGazette| Phuket hospital| Red Cross Thailand| Red Cross India, Andaman, Nicobar>| Sneaknews.com
Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet has created a new forum for those trying to find missing people in every country hit by the waves. Although there is no real news on the people searched, there are more than 100 new threads in less than 24 hours.
BBC
Message board.
Thai hospital
Updates on treated and unidentified patients. This link replaced yesterday an earlier link (Phuket hospital) which later crashed. Both have been published on ExWeb earlier.
Phuket Hospital
Status of patients in Thai hospitals (slow, often down).
Phuketitcity.com
Victims list by Country/Nationality (slow).
Phuketpc.com
Board where patients can leave messages about their status (very slow, often down).
Phuket Gazette
Missing Person list (slow).
Red Cross
Give blood Thailand, South India, Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Sneaknews.com missing person board
Postings of missing persons.
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