On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 08:41:47PM +0300, Vasile Surducan wrote:
>  There is no much difference between a thirld word country and a
> powerfull one when a tragety is happening. Grown disperation and
> imprevisible people's reaction is almost the same. Maybe some of you
> could help them somehow.

I say there is a great amount of difference between the U.S. and a thrid
world country. We (the U.S.) have the materials and capability to ease the
suffering, but it seems that there has been a failure somewhere and actions
that should have been taken earlier were not.

What can an individual do? There have been a lot of suggestions. One of the
best I've seen is that households in the gulf states, which sustained little
damage, offer to take in folks if they are able. The population of New
Orleans alone is about 1/2 million; these people will have to live somewhere
for the next few months. While donating money won't meet immediate needs,
there are plenty of places to send donations: the Red Cross, and even the
Publix food stores on the east coast accept donations at the checkout
counter.

The folks along the gulf will be grateful for help of any type.

Matthew. 

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