from the gang's partial reunion

a, n & y @ kensington gardens, london

I'm ok...

Thank you so much for your concern.

I'm sorry it took me so long to get in touch with people but everything was offline and we didn't have any power all over the nation for 24 hours. The power is back on but not fully functional, comes and goes.

For us living in the concrete jungle of Dhaka city the extent of damage is primarily uprooted trees and broken lamposts and some injured pedestrians. The casualties primarily occurred around the coastal areas. The death toll is well into the thousands and still rising.

If anyone is interested in helping,
Here's a list of organizations that are accepting donations for Cyclone Sidr victims:

Bangladesh Red Crescent Society
http://www.bdrcs.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=5

Save the Children – US
https://secure.ga4.org/01/bangladesh_cyclone_1107

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
http://donate.ifrc.org/?navid=02_02
http://www.ifrc.org/Docs/News/07/07111602/index.asp

Naira

As you heard on the news a massive cyclone hit Bangladesh and some of you asked me if I had heard anything from Naira. Sadly, I must admit that i haven't had any contact with her since the cyclone hit BD (I didn't realize until yesterday that it was such a disaster).

From what I saw in the news the cyclone's main effect was in South-East BD, but it did pass through Dhaka before dying out. There are supposed to be many communication and electricity shut downs throughout the country so let's all pray all is well and only the com is down.

I promise to update as soon as I hear something.

Postcard from London

O amor não faz girar o mundo. O amor é o que faz que o trajeto valha a pena.