Personally, I feel pretty bad about it. My parents are from one of the cities that was hit hard (Madras) in Tamil Nadu in India. Fortunately, I didn't lose any relatives or family friends. However, my best friend's home town in Sri Lanka was completely wiped out in the tsunami along with his fiance (arranged marriage) and many of his relatives and close family friends. I think that's roughly the most horrible thing that can happen to anyone. Knowing someone personally who's lost so much, the tsunami just had a much greater impact on me than did anybody who's never even been to that side of the world.