Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler OT: Katrina and World Support?

>> was hoping, as with what occured in the Tsunami thread from last January, that we would see an outpouring of generosity from other members in this forum. I was wrong.

Just a guess, but I think many of us have already made donations; I know I did as soon as I understood what was happening. The problem is that if the first post says "I donated $10" it's easy for someone else to come along and say "oh yeah, I donated $20" and on it goes.

When the first post is $10K the rest of us just gulp and figure we'll keep quiet about it

For the record, I have great confidence in our individual generosity (and motives), but I did feel that the organized relief effort (from the government agencies we *pay* to be prepared for this kind of thing) was too slow getting started, particularly when the primary problems were a shortage of water and an excess of violence. A couple of extra days can be a serious life/death issue under those conditions.