Assessing the Damage

This photo was taken on September 30, 2004. It shows an island area to the west the Jaffna Peninsula in Sri Lanka's north. We headed this way to visit the Buddhist temple of Nagadeepa. It was a low lying area but sheltered somewhat by the top of the country. We wonder what the situation is there.


This area is not controlled by the government in the capital city. A great deal of destruction in the north and east will have occurred in areas controlled by the Tamil-rebels. Hopefully, in the face of tragedy, all people will put aside politics. The statistics of death and damage will be hard to ascertain as these areas are separated politically and physically.