Samoan tsunami

My thoughts are with the Samoans trying to cope with the aftermath of the tsunami.


Here is my photo of a beach wedding on the beach at Lalomanu on the south coast of Western Samoa, taken in 2005. Behind my left shoulder are a row of fales with an uninterupted view of the beach and water.


Now the 'after' shot taken by Associated Press almost the same position, but from up on the road.

Listening to one of the survivors on the radio this morning, he related how the wave had come up to within inches of the ceiling of his room at Coconuts. Below is my photo from our room at Coconuts, so the water would have inundated this view and reached to the lattice roof at the top of the photo.


Below is a photo from the SMH of Sinalei the neighbouring resort looking towards Coconuts halfway down the beach.