I think all of us really need to wait until the very end of the year to be able to form an opinion about the most important and sensational story of 2004. One never knows what may happen on the very last week of the year, proof of which occurred this past Sunday. -NP

This story differed from the divisive national elections, Iraq and the unfortunate Florida hurricanes. The disastrous Asian earthquake and tsunami, which, at this writing on Dec. 29, has an expected death toll of 100,000 lives and untold billions of damage in property to the beaches in southern Thailand and other nearby countries. -RS

The story of the year is unfolding right now. The terrible death and destruction caused by the tsunami in Asia has probably affected the entire world like never before. I believe that everyone sending aid should not stop when things are returned to stable. They should also install a tsunami warning system for all of the countries that do not have one, not just the victims of this disaster but all countries that are without them. The safety of the people of our world should be their primary concern. If they would focus on tsunami, tornado, hurricane, cyclone and earthquake warning systems for the parts of the world that cannot afford them, they would be taking part in the preservation of lives. —BS Source.

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