My thoughts and condolences to those caught in the latest devastating earthquake to hit the Pacific Rim ( Read more... )

Thankfully the tsunami turned into a tsunami on the way over to NZ and slightly dampened the beaches.

My thoughts still go out though to the people in American Samoa who lost their family members and homes.

And of course to those in Vietnam caught by the typhoon, and in the Phillipines devastated by the floods.

Bad week for natural disasters.

Brace yourselves New Zealand, surfs up.

Vilakins please tell me you don't live on the beach.

Seriously, thinking of everyone back home right now.