You’d think there is no silver lining, watching Nightline and the ABC special. Viran Constantine writes this from Colombo:

A village which was not accessible until last evening and over 3000 people feared dead was reached this morning to find that all had survived. This is good for the moral of the rescue workers.

Definitely good for everyone. Here too in Arizona, with so many people dropping off things at our doorstep. People we hardly know. Colleagues, neighbours, friends are pledging money and food items, clothes and one family even says they can give us their truck to transport goods to California, to the port.