Thursday, December 26, 2024

The Great Sumatra Quake and Tsunami +20

About 228,000 people were killed in the tsunami and earthquake across 14 countries...(BBC)

It was the first major event I followed exclusively on my phone--no images or footage. The scope of the disaster unfolded for me exclusively in text and increased slowly account after account, refresh after refresh until I became transfixed and couldn't leave it.