Tsunami hit and it took approx 2 days to get relief from Canada to Sri Lanka.
Hurricane Katarina hits, 5 days pass and still no relief is transported to the disaster victims.

And they live in the same continent.

What gives?

My heart breaks as I watch the news this morning, mothers with arms wrapped around their children plea for help while starving children cry. It's a scene all to familiar to rural areas of 3 world nations, but, so foreign to see coming from mere miles away.

5 days without food, clean water, shelter, generators. The vast majority are underprivileged, underserved and overwhelmed.

Their own government deploys reams of troups armed as if it was a war to "protect" against looting.

So I ask... Is a human life worth less than a stereo?

I read in the paper today that one of the largest casinos in the area (Harrahs) bolted its door. This venue could have provided space and shelter to the hundreds of thousands clammering for some form of roof over their head!

A surprisingly lack of compassion is sweeping across not only the united states, but, the international community who seem to be reluctant to send relief.

If you want to help take matters into your own hands and send assistance I suggest logging into The Red Cross. They are reliable, experienced and are not a scam.

http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=000178&tid=015

You can even Shop n' Donate via Amazon.ca. 7% of your purchase will go to the red cross. You can get there via this link. http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=011274&tid=015

I'm going to stop preaching now, you don't need me to tell you that the United States has serious problems... that is beyond the hurricane.