More news from the edges of the limelight

In the department of tourists who were in the midst of the tsunami zone:

1. There are apparently some 5000 Americans still unaccounted for. I imagine that their families and friends must be frantic, but they could be milling in the midst of millions of displaced natives in rescue centers with bigger concerns than cell phone chargers... Only time will tell.
   
   
2. A young British girl who had done a school project on tsunamis recognized the warning signs when the tide went out suddenly and was able to save the 100 or so people on the beach with her. Let's hear it for science education!

(via Medley)