On his website, author and inventor Sir Arthur C. Clarke — who lives in Sri Lanka — says:
Thank you for your concern about my safety in the wake of Sunday's devastating tidal wave. I am enormously relieved that my family and household have escaped the ravages of the sea that suddenly invaded most parts of coastal Sri Lanka, leaving a trail of destruction.
But many others were not so fortunate. For hundreds of thousands of Sri Lankans and an unknown number of foreign tourists, the day after Christmas turned out to be a living nightmare reminiscent of The Day After Tomorrow.
Link to complete text of message (thanks, Brian), and link to Wikipedia entry on Sir Arthur Clarke.
