Updates from Phuket, Thailand

Chat excerpts - Dec 29, 2004

2004-12-28T20:46:00.000-05:00

These are excerpts from a web chat I had with my sister Peggy (here in Maine), my brother-in-law David (in Phuket), and my sister Katie (in Phuket). It took place at about 8:00pm on Dec 28th here in Maine ... 8:00am on Dec 29th in Phuket: Peggy says: David! how RU? David says: shell shocked - in the end did not get to bed until after 2am - was talking to Sam and Max about what we had

Email #6 - Dec 28, 2004

2004-12-28T20:42:00.000-05:00

From David - Dec 28, 2004: It is midnight on Tuesday and we are just winding down after a very sad day Katie and I went to Dulwich school first thing in the morning to check on who had arrived during the night and see what help we could provide. Katie took over the registration desk (keeping track of who was arriving, leaving and which family members they had lost). The school is being used

Email #5 - Dec 28, 2004

2004-12-28T20:40:00.000-05:00

From David - Dec 28, 2004 - including a link to a BBC article: David saw this story on BBC News Online and thought youshould see it. ** Message **Sam, Max and I were here today, we went to help put coffins together for the dead ** Hundreds dead in Thai resort **Thai officials say more than 700 people have died at Khao Lak resort in the south of the country near Phuket.< http://news.bbc.co.uk

Email #4 - Dec 27, 2004

2004-12-27T20:39:00.000-05:00

From Katie - Dec 27, 2004: Just spent the day at school – Dulwich -- manning the registration desk for people needing shelter for a night (or until they can find a next staging ground – whether a flight home or whatever). Very sobering. Adults catatonically distraught at the loss of a spouse (with me not knowing whether they already knew it was hopeless or whether the spouse was just ‘missing’

Email #3 - Dec 27, 2004

2004-12-27T20:37:00.000-05:00

From Katie - Dec 27, 2004 - an expanded version of Email #1: Just to let you know – though I know you would have checked with Westbrook if you were worried. Yes, we’re all safe. We definitely felt the quake. Yesterday morning David and I were each sitting at computers downstairs at 8 AM and suddenly began to feel sick to our stomachs as things in front of our eyes began to move – it was the

Email #2 - Dec 26, 2004

2004-12-26T20:36:00.000-05:00

From Katie - Dec 26, 2004: 10:30 PM We all just went over to Boat Lagoon, but the ship’s captain said too many boats were coming in the channel, so we couldn’t get out tonight. I’m NOT terribly disappointed. We’ll wait 24 hours and see how Mother Nature is doing… So you don’t need to worry about us on the open sea….. Love, Katie

Email #1 - Dec 26, 2004

2004-12-26T20:35:00.000-05:00

From Katie - Dec 26, 2004: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/index.html David and I were each sitting at computers downstairs this morning at 8 AM and suddenly began to feel sick to our stomachs as things in front of our eyes began to move – it was the house starting to shake. And it kept on shaking slowly but surely. After several long minutes, we decided to get the boys up and out of

Phuket Connection

2004-12-26T20:31:00.000-05:00

My sister Katie lives on Phuket, Thailand, and she was there with her husband David and teenaged sons Sam & Max during the tsunami on December 26th. (Her daughter Maggie is here in Maine with us for a few months.) Many people have called or written asking how Katie & her family are, so I thought this would be a good way to keep people informed. Katie and David have written several emails, and