My parents are in Indonesia
"The International Tsunami Information Centre (ITIC) issued a tsunami watch after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 rumbled in the Indian Ocean 220 miles south of Jakarta."
-CNN
" At least five people were killed when a tsunami triggered by a major earthquake hit the southern coast of Indonesia's Java island Monday, the country's president said." -CNN
My mom and stepdad are vacationing in Bali, the small island just off the southern tip of Java island.
Mom sent me an email at 11:30 last night. According to CNN, the tsunami hit at 2:19 AM mountain time, nearly three hours after she sent her email. I have no doubt that communications in Bali are severely compromised at the moment, which means it could be days before I hear from them that they are ok. I suspect time will be moving very slowly until I hear that they are safe. Please pray for their safety.
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Update:
I know I could just add a comment to my post, but I wanted it to be clear and obvious.
I remembered I have Mom's itinerary. I called their hotel in Bali and the receptionist told me that Bali was safe. I tried to get her to put me through to their room, but after about 3 minutes trying to help her find their name, I gave up. I am content for now.
-CNN
" At least five people were killed when a tsunami triggered by a major earthquake hit the southern coast of Indonesia's Java island Monday, the country's president said." -CNN
My mom and stepdad are vacationing in Bali, the small island just off the southern tip of Java island.
Mom sent me an email at 11:30 last night. According to CNN, the tsunami hit at 2:19 AM mountain time, nearly three hours after she sent her email. I have no doubt that communications in Bali are severely compromised at the moment, which means it could be days before I hear from them that they are ok. I suspect time will be moving very slowly until I hear that they are safe. Please pray for their safety.
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Update:
I know I could just add a comment to my post, but I wanted it to be clear and obvious.
I remembered I have Mom's itinerary. I called their hotel in Bali and the receptionist told me that Bali was safe. I tried to get her to put me through to their room, but after about 3 minutes trying to help her find their name, I gave up. I am content for now.
posted by DenverSop @ 6:58 AM
5 Comments:
At 7/17/2006 11:36 AM,
Mellifluous said…
Praying for your mom...whether she was affected at all or not.
At 7/17/2006 11:58 AM,
Christianne said…
Sedning prayers. Hope you are able to hear from her soon.
At 7/17/2006 12:23 PM,
DenverSop said…
No word from Mom yet, but it is now after 1 AM there, so it's not likely I'll hear anything new today.
More recent reports say that the 6-ft-tsunami hit the southwestern parts of Java Island, and Bali is off the southeastern tip.
However, "a similar tiny tsunami was recorded on Indonesia's resort island of Bali." - CNN
Nonetheless, I called the resort in Bali this morning, and the receptionist assured me that all on Bali were safe.
At 7/19/2006 11:39 AM,
DenverSop said…
Finally heard from Mom. They weren't even aware of the tsunami until people started talking about it. They've had great weather. Go figure!
At 7/22/2006 10:48 PM,
Mellifluous said…
Glad to hear she's safe. Does it sound like she is doing well?
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