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# The Samoa Tsunami: Photos and a personal account. Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea / Samoa
miketelemark 04:49 UTC 22 Nov 2009 | I was in American Samoa on Ofu Island when the Tsunami hit. It was one of the most humbling and terrifying things I've ever witnessed. Fortunately, Ofu received minimal damage. Four days after the disaster we were able to make our way over to Lalomanu beach in Independent Samoa where we had stayed previously. The destruction was overwhelming. The survivor stories even more so. Here are photographs from Lalomanu Beach and the stories of some of the survivors. http://www.michaelandersongallery.com/gallery.php?gallery=samoatsunami To help the survivors, you can go directly to the websites of the families involved: http://www.samoabeachfales.com/ or http://tinadesuza.blogspot.com/2009_10_01_archive.html |
inelegy 16:20 UTC 03 Dec 2009 | Wow, Mike. Amazing and devastating stuff. --Terry Vaoto Lodge | 1