Survivors of the Storm #1 (From Carol Chapman)

!cid_1_2389666945@web36205_mail_mud_yahoo, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. In a congratulary manner, I thought I would send out some "feel good" pictures to my many Democratic friends! Buckles NAIROBI (AFP) - A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise in an animal facility in the port city of Mombassa , officials said The hippopotamus, nicknamed Owen and weighing about 300 kilograms (650 pounds), was swept down Sabaki River into the Indian Ocean , then forced back to shore when tsunami waves struck the Kenyan coast on December 26, before wildlife rangers rescued him.