....s how I spent New Year's Eve, and today. Due to the tsunami. Living in Sweden, you might guess that I would be immune to it. But in fact, after Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand, the coutry hardest hit in the world was in fact Sweden. The number of lives lost is probably over 3000 - out of a population of only 9 million. Everyone here knows someone (or many) who was lost. So one of the discussions here on TV this evening is how people are going to handle going back to work or to school or kindergarten tomorrow, and see all the empty chairs. Of course, the Asian countries that were hit directly are the ones that suffer the most, Indonesia and Sri Lanka have an incredible battle ahead of them the next few years.... :] Sad Fish