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Article: Arthur Clarke weathers Sri Lanka tsunami tragedy.(Preview)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- January 6, 2005
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Byline: ROGER EBERT Universal Press Syndicate
The best-known Western resident of Sri Lanka is alive and well, but devastated, after the tsunami tragedy.
Sir Arthur C. Clarke, author of "2001: a Space Odyssey," says he is "enormously relieved" that his family and household in Colombo, the nation's capital, "have escaped the ravages of the sea."
But the waves caused heavy damage to his diving station in Hikkaduwa and his holiday bungalows in Kahawa and Thiranagama, he wrote in response to my e-mail. He has long sponsored and written about undersea exploration, especially among the coral reefs of Sri Lanka.
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