Asia Quake

[cpt_azad]

Please stop.

[Strangelove]

Ahhh.... so this thread has turned to kiddies paradise, eh? Well done.

You know, a little bit of sensitivity won't go amiss here guys

[cpt_azad]

What the hell are you talking about strangey?

[Snee]

Ahhh.... so this thread has turned to kiddies paradise, eh? Well done.

You know, a little bit of sensitivity won't go amiss here guys

1) It was harmlesss, no one was inulted. And no disrespect was meant.
2) In the future, don't go digging the day after. It's just unnecessary.

[cpt_azad]

agreed, nowhere in this thread was anyone insulted, and to do what you've done strangelove, just plain wrong.

[cpt_azad]

Aid is finally arriving, a week later too. Looks like aid is in the billions now.

Aid pledges top $2 billion

Pledges of international financial support for countries -- from Asia to Africa -- devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunamis have reached $2 billion.

The amount, which includes contributions from many countries and the World Bank, is larger than what was pledged following all of the other humanitarian emergencies worldwide in 2004, said U.N. emergency relief coordinator Jan Egeland.

Egeland said the United Nations needs cargo airplanes, 100 boats, several hundred trucks, 10 fully equipped base camps with staff support for the aid personnel and water treatment units.

Japan's prime minister said Saturday his country had increased its funding pledge to $500 million from $30 million.

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan will attend a donor conference Thursday in Jakarta, Indonesia, the United Nations said Saturday. Afterward, he will visit stricken areas in the region, said U.N. spokesman Brendan Varma.

Annan will press for pledges then visit some of the tsunami-stricken areas in south Asia, Varma said.

Hat's off to Japan.

[Chewie]

Hat's off to Japan.

Can't argue with that.

Now, are we talking Imperial billions (a million millions) or US billions (a thousand millions)?

[cpt_azad]

hmmm, I think it's USD.

[Biggles]

Can't argue with that.

Now, are we talking Imperial billions (a million millions) or US billions (a thousand millions)?

I grew up having it drummed into me that a billion was a million million. I still struggle a little with this 1000 million thing.

[Chewie]

I grew up having it drummed into me that a billion was a million million. I still struggle a little with this 1000 million thing.

Yeah it irks me somewhat when our own politicians talk of billions in the 'new age' US definition; it sounds so much better when talking of NHS and education spending, eh?