Now we're getting somewhere! Propulike is spot on. Read what little information there is about DG, and it becomes clear that the Chagos trench saved the area from any major destruction (thank God for that!). Would that the Maldives and Sri Lanka had the same protection. As for the America-bashing. How long has it taken the British President (sorry Prime Minister) to issue a statement about this catastrophe? A lot longer than his counterpart in the USA. People who live in glass houses don't throw stones...