What are the effects of this tsunami on orchids? Has any information been gathered on the ecological effects? I am sure there must be many endangered species that are probably now on the extinction list with this massive habitat loss and the pollution of fresh water by salt water. Also, were there orchid nurseries hit?
Thanks, Marianne (This is in no way trying to ignore the greater tragedy of the tsunami's human victims... I was just concerned that the ecological and orchidaceou aspects of this catastrophe will be also great. I was relievd when I looked on the map and saw that the Flores Isles were spared, or else the pulpy "fosiles" of our newly discovered cousins would have been swept to sea. Of course, perhaps all this is too early to bring up as long as the human tragedy has not been fully dealt with... but the cultural, ethnological, and scientific ramifications would also be great... not to mention the tabooed political.) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter O'Byrne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "OrchidGuideDigest" <orchids@orchidguide.com> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 1:49 PM Subject: [OGD] Re: Tsunami pics > >"I was sent this by my daughter. Her comment was, "These are > >unbelievable." She is accurate." > > http://homepage.mac.com/demark/tsunami/2.html > > Yes, those photos of Banda Aceh are unbelievable, but even that is not > the worst-hit part of Sumatra. You ought to see the the north-west > coast from Banda Aceh to Singkilbaru. It is so bad they haven't had > the nerve to show it on BBC, CNA or CNN. It doesn't look like a > disaster zone for the simple reason that there is nothing left to see. > Video footage transmitted on Indonesian TV shows a mud slick that > extends from the sea to the first trees where forested mountains begin > about 3 km away. > > There used to be a single-lane road with a ribbon-development of > fishing villages and small towns, stretching without a break all the > way down the coastline. This has all been swept clean by the tsunami. > Road, bridges, houses, mosques, schools, medical centres, everything > has been swept away. There isn't even any debris left ... just fresh > clean mud. Apart from the occasional concrete slab (foundations of one > of the more solidly-built houses) there is nothing to show that 60,000 > people used to live along this stretch of coast. So far they've found > fewer than 200 survivors from this area. > > Peter O'Byrne > Singapore > > _______________________________________________ > the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) > orchids@orchidguide.com > http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com > _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
