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that gave me chills! Well done.
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PastorB
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January 7, 2005
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Truely meaningful
posted by
the-loanlady
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January 7, 2005
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Hyperbole Beachbelle, hyperbole.
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cmoe
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January 7, 2005
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beachbelle
I saw a clip last night I hadn't seen before. A child playing on the beach with the wave roaring up behind her/him. There are screams of 'Run! Run!' and then the wave engulfs the child. My wife and I burst into tears.
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johnmacnab
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January 7, 2005
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Thankyou..I think "Forever Swimming" might be a good thing to put on my headstone. (Not to sound grim, but really, it fits!). It almost sounds like a poem. As does this post. Very nice!
posted by
Kelli
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January 6, 2005
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Kelli,
Hope you are going swimmingly. Nice to see you again
posted by
beachbelle
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January 6, 2005
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Anything that says "swimming" catches my eye. You've had a few with "swim
ming"!
posted by
Kelli
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January 6, 2005
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My reaction if I didn't know would be curiosity to go see what it was about
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beachbelle
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January 6, 2005
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I honestly
don't know what my reaction would be (prior to the Asian Tsunami) if I was at the beach and the water just ran away....
posted by
MerryAnne
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January 6, 2005
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MerryAnne. I know some find it boring to post more than once a day. Not me
I want to post when something is on my mind.
You know I believe the story you refer to is just what happened to some people last week. Very eerie
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beachbelle
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January 6, 2005
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Beach!
You are posting too fast for me... I read your story - then the tiny tyrants took over my world and when I came back two more posts!
This story really touched me. My husband is From Newfoundland and they tell the story of a "tidal wave" that "hove in Long Habour" and how all the towns folk ran out of thier homes to the beach because the sea had disappeared.
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MerryAnne
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January 6, 2005
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Jemmie
Yesterday a women was picked up after floating in the sea on a tree since December 26.
What I wondered about her was the shock to discover how big and far-ranging this was. For her it would have been as if she were the only one in the world this was happening too. And to think of how many others are out there waiting to be found but to have no one specifically searching for them.
The trouble is when there are so many stories - we will only know a fraction of them.
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beachbelle
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January 6, 2005
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Tsunamis are scary!
I have read that people did just what the little one in your story did. They ran TO the water because they were amazed that the water suddenly started to recede. I don't know about them, but in Hawai`i we were always taught that if you saw that happening you'd better run away as fast as you possibly could.
I did read one story (on Snopes.com) about a little boy--estimated at around 2 years of age--who was found alive but separated from his family. He was taken to a hospital, and the doctor who treated him took a couple of photographs of him and sent them 'round the internet to find the boy's family and/or his identity.
His search was fruitful! The boy was later reunited with his family. Yay! A touching tale amidst all the tragedy.
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Jemmie211
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January 6, 2005
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Talion
Thanks for reminding me.
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beachbelle
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January 6, 2005
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beachbelle
Yes, the great imbalance. It's the way things go on Blogit, the church of the self-absorbed.
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Talion
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January 6, 2005
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Talion
I know what you mean and I should chill out more and just put it out there. It is just the imbalance of this place that throws me
posted by
beachbelle
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January 6, 2005
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I read it when it was originally posted, but didn't comment. Sometimes nothing else needs to be said.
posted by
Talion
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January 6, 2005
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Gheeghee. Thanks. It is so hard to know what sucks and what doesn't
especially when people go mad commenting on blogging (non)-issues. And so then you feel like I do now that you have to solicit comments to anything else
posted by
beachbelle
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January 6, 2005
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Beachy: You mean this? This is a great piece of writing here!
posted by
Gheeghee
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January 6, 2005
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Gheeghee, That's good. I was concerned it was mawkish. Thanks
posted by
beachbelle
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January 6, 2005
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I am not so sure it is a picnic there Abe
posted by
beachbelle
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January 6, 2005
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Makes Iraq seem like queen's tea...
posted by
cmoe
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January 6, 2005
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Thanks Justsouno
posted by
beachbelle
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January 6, 2005
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great piece here, and great concept! thanks for this!
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Gheeghee
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January 5, 2005
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Beachbelle
Yes, it is tragically beautiful it is honoring not disparaging
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Justi
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January 5, 2005
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Thanks GypsyRedhead and Ginnie
I wasn't sure if I should do this but it was in my head for two days
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beachbelle
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January 5, 2005
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RachelAnna
Thankfully my earnings have been rising
posted by
beachbelle
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January 5, 2005
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Very sad...so much sadness right now.
posted by
ginnieb
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January 5, 2005
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Awesome!!
Sending the money to the victims is a great thing to do!
posted by
RachelAnna
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January 5, 2005
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BB...
Very nicely done and tragic indeed.
posted by
RedHeadedGypsy
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January 5, 2005
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