I heard the radio reporting on a person from Sweden or somewhere, who was exporting their furniture to South Africa (I think). It was their parents furniture, irriplacible for sentimental reasons and they were intending to furnish their family home there with the furniture and paintings in the containers.

They were watching the news about the tanker and noticed during the film of the looters on the beach, their furniture and paintings etc being taken from one of the containers. They are gutted, there's nothing they can do, their memories gone.

It was another side to the story, that stuff DOES belong to someone, I think it should be reunited with the owners as much as is possible. It's a shame - but is probably and unfortunately, human nature this is happening.

As for the environmental issues, they seem to be not being talked about in as big a way as the looting issues. What about the impact it's having on the environment - I think they are playing it down.

EWIS