Aceh dive centre destroyed

I was diving in Aceh's only dive center, Lumba Lumba, 3 days before the quake occured. It has taken two very long and desperate days of calling up friends and embassies and looking for family. Finally I received news of survivors, and when I finally caught up with them, learnt that by some miracle everyone but 10 on Pulau Weh, an island north of Bandar Aceh and just a few hundred kilometers from the epicentre of the quake, had survived.

However, homes and the dive centre which are located along Gapang Beach have been completely destroyed. The resorts in the nearby Iboih Beach have also been devastated.

Help has yet to get to Pulau Weh. Communication remains down and the situation in further south Bandar Aceh demands serious attention. I heard that the villagers have put up in a mosque and can only depend on each other for help now.

The follwing sites provide information about the situation in Aceh:
Earthquake in Sumatra (English & German)
Help for Pulau Weh
The Southeast Asia Earthquake and Tsunami Blog
Agam's Gecko (Blog)
Lonely Planet Online: Thorn Tree [Cache 1] [Cache 2]
Divers Survive Tsunamis at Pulau Weh by AFP
Sabang City Gets Back to Normal by The Independent Voice (Indonesian)
Help Needed for Pulau Weh (FinsOnline Forum)

Online Translators for German and Indonesian