holy cow, 22,000 dead and count rising.
millions of homeless and stranded.

international red cross/crescent accepting donations here:

http://www.ifrc.org/helpnow/donate/donate_response.asp

The underwater earthquake which created this was 8.9 on the richter scale.

The count is now up to 44K.

CNN says 60,000 suspected, 33,000 confirmed.

Lots of places to donate money, listed here on the National Public Radio website.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4248155

116,000 now. very sad.

http://www.digitalglobe.com/tsunami_gallery.html

Pictures of before and after.