Amber Listserv / Hurricane Olga

[JOHN FUDALA]

Well Tammi, it happens that amber producing regions are in politically
difficult regions. At least Dominican is not a repressive government.
Gem trade from Burma is prohibited by USA, somehow Canada does not see it
the same way. Why? They are usually on the forefront of human rights....
But we love the burmite dispate the knowledge of what their people suffer.

John

On 12/14/07, tamber12 at aol.com <tamber12 at aol.com> wrote:
>
> John, it's horrific.  I can't imagine, nor would I want to try.  But we do
> need to appreciate.  Who needs presents?  I'm perfectly content with a roof
> over my head and feeling safe.  I hope we all are.
>
> Tammi
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JOHN FUDALA <ambersafari at gmail.com>
> To: amber at ambericawest <Amber at ambericawest.com>
> Sent: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 7:53 pm
> Subject: Amber Listserv / Hurricane Olga
>
>  Just went over the Dominican, 30 out of 32 provinces were affected. 25
> deaths so far, but more bodies are exposed by receiding waters of Rio Yaque
> del Norte, the main river. Santiago has no power, no water. Mud slides and
> avalanches are the main danger.
> I thought this info might make us more appreciative of how hard life is
> for the folks that dig for amber- when they can.
> And this was a late storm, after the season for cyclones ended.
>
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