Tsunami

Disaster
I keep thinking of these people and how wretched and awful this is.  The death toll neared 77,000 today as bodies continued to float ashore.  I am aghast at the horrible tragedy.
I watched a video yesterday, and saw a wall of water rise up taller than the palm trees on the beach. I had that same terrified feeling, just watching the video, that I had when we were trapped during Hurricane Ivan. Yet the destruction and death from this combined natural disaster outstrips even that which was wrought by Ivan.
You can watch videos of the tsunami here, although they are at times both frightening and heartwrenching.
(You can learn more about tsunamis, earthquakes, relief efforts and this disaster in particular from the always fabulous Wikipedia.)

How You Can Help (and you really should)
You can contribute to the relief effort at these sites.  You can donate as little as $5 if you want.  Even that $5.00 makes a difference:
American Red Cross Disaster Relief (via Amazon.com) This method, using your Amazon account information, is the quickest and easiest way to donate. There's a great post over at Instapundit on the sheer amount of donations Amazon is gathering for this specifc cause. Makes me feel a little better about the human race in general and the U.S. in particular.
Also:
Oxfam International SE Asia Relief Fund
Mercy Corps, and the Tsunami Relief Blog has information as well.
The Network for Good has a page listing organizations accepting disaster relief donations, including a personal favorite of mine (and quite important as disease will spread like wildfire in the affected regions), Doctors without Borders.
Music for Relief (an effort spearheaded by Linkin Park and the Red Cross)