Edited on Wed Dec-29-04 07:23 PM by HEyHEY
THE DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND OCEANS SAYS SMALL TSUNAMI WAVES HAVE MADE THEIR WAY FROM SOUTH ASIA TO THE B-C COAST. SCIENTIST ALEXANDER RABINOVITCH SAYS THE WAVES WERE ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN CENTIMETRES IN HEIGHT-- AND NOTES THEY TRAVELLED ABOUT 35-THOUSAND KILOMETRES TO GET HERE, WHICH IS EXTREMELY UNUSUAL. THE B.C. GOVERNMENT IS MAKING A CONTRIBUTION TO THE AID EFFORT IN SOUTH ASIA, FOLLOWING THE DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI WAVES THAT KILLED THOUSANDS. PREMIER GORDON CAMPBELL CALLS IT A TRAGEDY SO PROFOUND, IT TOUCHES ALL OF US-- ESPECIALLY THOSE BRITISH COLUMBIANS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN THE AFFECTED COUNTRIES. THAT'S WHY THE PROVINCE IS LENDING AID TO THE VICTIMS ABROAD.
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