Padang Earthquake Update from Chris Scurrah of Sumatran Surfariis

I just got this email from Chris, aka Scuzz sent around 7:15AM the morning of October 2 Padang local time:

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Gday ian, thanks for your always kind thoughts, herees what I've been emailing the boys
Gday guys, biggest quake I've felt and really hard to stand, earth opened up, massive damage to town. I'm ok, as is our mutt leeroy, all our office girls(who made it out with about 2 seconds to spare) our 3 boats are all at sea and all fine. Christina is on the way from the states, horrible site to come back to, but atleast she's safe.
Our office is flattened, our house is ok but roof is open to all rain and its raining and mossies everywhere. Nealry all big hotels down or fatally damaged. Going to be western deaths there. Its clean up time now, going to be a long long time, very smashed up, excavators needed, fuel too.
Boats will keep running hopefully, some shops and restaurants opened tonight,everyone jumpy on the aftershocks.
Pretty wild scene with people just driving around dazed.
Thanks for the good wishes, we live to see another day, carpe diem, scuzz

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I was gratified to hear my friends at Sumatran Surfariis came through OK, and thought I would put the word out as best I can.

If you would like to make a donation, here are two very reputable charities that are probably already on the ground helping people:

http://crs.org/indonesia/earthquakes-typhoons/

https://payment.csfm.com/events/msf_usa/donate.php