My Thoughts and prayers go out to those in South East Asia

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,142566,00.html

 JAKARTA, Indonesia — Rescue and recovery operations are underway after a massive earthquake off the coast of Indonesia's island of Sumatra triggered tsunamis that slammed into resort towns and seaside villages throughout southern and southeast Asia.

As many as 10,000 are dead in seven countries, and the number of casualties continues to rise.

The 8.9-magnitude earthquake, the largest recorded in the world in 40 years, occurred at sea shortly after 8 a.m. local Sumatra time on Sunday, or around 8:00 p.m. EST Saturday evening. Experts can't say whether it was the initial temblor or the nine aftershocks, including one on Sumatra's northernmost tip that measured 7.3 on the Richter scale, that sparked the tsunamis, or ocean surface waves, which reached as high as 30 feet.