Please Donate to the Red Cross for Earthquake and Tsunami Relief in Japan

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Dear Forum Members,

The UNIX and Linux Forums are working directly with the Red Cross to provide ad banners on our site to support Earthquake and Tsunami Relief in Japan. Registered users do not see these banners. However, if you wish to contribute directly on behalf of yourself and the forums, please click the banner image below:

Thank you for helping the Japanese people during times of such unprecedented disaster.

Our hearts go out to all the people in Japan.

Edit: I just donated $200 on behalf of myself and the forums. If you decide to donate, please click the image above and mention your donation in this thread. Also, please join me and post some kind words and thoughts to our many friends and forum members in Japan. Thank you.

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Donated.

I can't think of a lot more to say than that. The whole situation still has me just stunned.

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Donated.

It really breaks my heart to watch as these events unfold.

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Donated.

I'm home now watching it on CNN. It's a nightmare and it seems worse every time I look.

Thanks for making that link available.

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It is amazing to see the calm and civilized nature of the Japanese people in such an unprecedented disaster. Everyone is so impressed, especially me. It is so impressive how the Japanese people remain calm even in such an emergency. Naturally, they are calm over all things in life and maintain a positive attitude and advanced sense of community, in all situations.

The Japanese people have set the highest standard for how to react to any emergency and show how and why they are among the most civilized nations in the world.

OBTW: Yesterday we served around 350K banners for the Red Cross. Many thanks to everyone who gives from their heart to help the Japanese people.

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Donated.
I saw a video on CNN taken at a community park. Earth was cracking, wobbling and oozing water thru cracks all over park. But people are not running around, but calm.. I couldn't believe my eyes. I don't know what was going thru their minds.

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Thanks for making this link available.

Our prayers for all of the Japanese.The scenes on TV are devestating.
They will rise again like they did after WW-2 and became one of the top economies of the world.

This is a real wakeup call from the nature to all of us.Lets stop destroying natures'balance.

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Donated.

Thankfully the Japanese have decades of experience with earthquakes, and the damages they can cause, or this would have played out much worse.

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I received this text today in an e-mail and I found worth posting this here.
In my views also, I think its definitely a truth.

10 things to learn from JAPAN

  1. THE CALM
    Not a single visual of chest-beating or wild grief. Sorrow itself has been elevated.

  2. THE DIGNITY
    Disciplined queues for water and groceries. Not a rough word or a crude gesture.

  3. THE ABILITY
    The incredible architects, for instance. Buildings swayed but didn�t fall.

  4. THE GRACE
    People bought only what they needed for the present, so everybody could get something.

  5. THE ORDER
    No looting in shops. No honking and no overtaking on the roads. Just understanding.

  6. THE SACRIFICE
    Fifty workers stayed back to pump sea water in the N-reactors. How will they ever be repaid?

  7. THE TENDERNESS
    Restaurants cut prices. An unguarded ATM is left alone. The strong cared for the weak.

  8. THE TRAINING
    The old and the children, everyone knew exactly what to do. And they did just that.

  9. THE MEDIA
    They showed magnificent restraint in the bulletins. No silly reporters. Only calm reportage.

  10. THE CONSCIENCE
    When the power went off in a store, people put things back on the shelves and left quietly.

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