It may not be great on a per-capita basis but the Yanks have all told pledged more than half a billion dollars. Not to shabby.
Other "Not Just American" stuff... I heard today that Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontiers has actually asked people to stop donating to their Asia relief fund. They have enough money to cover their programs over there. One report said "stop sending money to them" but another said "donate to their general fund" so I think the message is "don't stop donating to Doctors Without Borders even though they have tsunami relief covered!"
I can't find the link now but earlier today BBC.com had a story about how a lot of $$ was pledged to Iran from everyone last year after the earthquake but not much of it ever showed up. Once the cameras leave and another story happens... you get the gist. Don't know how that will apply here as this story is getting, for whatever reasons, probably 100 times the coverage that earthquake got.
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