[Hillarys Gate Cult]

That worries me also. It looks like it's going to take days to find out the human cost of all of this. I don't think I'll laugh much anymore whenever someone mentions Phi Phi. I always hear it pronounced as pee pee. Is that correct?

I was wondering if this earthquake would cause any geological changes in that area. Thanks to satellites, we can know in moments if any major changes happened. I just learned a few years ago that undersea land formations show their presence on the surface. An undersea mountain causes higher sea levels on the surface than areas without them. An undersea depression also shows up on the surface with lower water levels. Satellite mapping can tell what's down there just by measuring the surface.

[Central Scrutiniser]

Yeah, its prounounced Pee Pee, I've dived off the coast several times, including the beach in the famous film "The Beach", spent a night there last year, its a great place.

What bothers me so much is that the Thai are the most genuine nice people I've encountered in all my travels, smart, worldly, easy going, peaceful and happy people.

I gotta go to bed, this is a bad situation.

[Mercat]

In Peru there's Lake Titicaca. The Peruvians think the name is hysterical. A great love of word play, especially if it involves bodily functions. My sister in law who lived there for 17 years, got a pedometer for Christmas - ped is slang for fart. :-D