The sumatran tsunami disaster is bringing out the altruistic best and demonic worst in people. That's the nature of our species, it seems.

Current estimated death toll: "approaching 150,000," though some adjustments are inevitably occurring.

A number of surrealistically catastrophic videos of the disaster have emerged; an excellent, though sometimes impossible to download from, compendium can be found here.

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