Joe Gandelman gathers blogger accounts of the tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean coastlines:

2004 decided not to go quietly today when the biggest earthquake in 40 years struck deep in the Indian Ocean, triggering massive tsunamis -- wiping out Asian coastal areas and instantly drowning and killing more than 12,000 people.

In a grim reminder that the well-laid plans of holiday goers, governments and politicians hinge on a higher power, the earthquake -- an estimated 9 point magnitude -- struck quickly and without mercy, decimating coastal areas some 1,000 miles away in a record-setting catastrophe. Far away, yet even with newspaper accounts the Internet made it seem MUCH closer...because some local weblogs instantaneously started telling bits of the horrific story...

...via blogdex