Traveller beware
The tragedy in Asia almost unfathomable.
So far, the number of dead is estimated to be well over one hundred thousand, hundreds of which are British, among other nationals on holiday in the region.
However, there are inevitable financial complications that will resound well after the final street has been cleared from the remaining towns & cities hit by the disaster.
Quick to capitalize on this tragedy will be the holiday insurance companies who will no doubt increase the premiums of those traveling into 'the ring of fire'
Most travel insurance policies will cover situations where the traveller is moving through regions beset by war and the like, so this will be yet another extra consideration.
What is most upsetting is that the network for the detection of such events already exists. However, those nations caught worst by the tsunami were the ones who could not afford to make use of such a vital infrastructure.
It's further saddening that in some cases, a man in a boat with a two-way radio would have sufficed.
posted by Wayne Smallman at Friday, January 07, 2005
2 Comments:
Thanks for posting!
I hope I didn't come over as being too intrusive?
Eating just raw food is new to me. Well, not really. I was spoiled as a child. My father had an allotment, so we grew all of our own vegetables.
I've eaten just about every common-or-garden variety vegetable there is!
Anyway, enough with my sniveling back-sliding, it's a crying shame what happened out their in Asia.
But that's not to forget what's happening up in Cumbria right now. There has been torrential flooding, many people have died so far. Yesterday, a family of five driving along a coastal road were caught by a ferocious wave and swept out to see. So far, three bodies have been found.
Be sure to call back!
Be seeing you!
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