The Digital Dad

It’s Christmas Day for Eastern Orthodox Christians, and thousands of them may die tonight.

I’m linking below to a story from USA Today that you may not be aware of. Because of a pricing dispute between Russia and Ukraine, Russia today ceased all heating fuel deliveries to Ukraine and, by proxy, all additional countries Ukraine supplies. Countries such as Bosnia and Serbia have no additional pipelines to other fuel providers and as a result 4 million people are without heat today. With temperatures already below freezing during the daytime, there is no way to know how many will survive the night. In a frenzy, many affected peoples drove upwards of 100 miles today in hopes of buying an electric heater, but store supplies were rapidly exhausted. A Bosnian woman perhaps put it best when she asked, “Is this the 21st century? How can someone leave me without heating in minus 10 degrees (Celsius) because of a dispute I have nothing to do with?”

So say an extra prayer for those poor souls with no heat, and for a swift end to this deadly dispute.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-01-07-russia-gas-europe_N.htm?csp=34