so if katrina is americas tsunami,,,,????

you know hillie and dilli....
you both come off so stern and love to ruffle the feathers....
but you two probably have some of the biggest hearts on this site...you have my admiration....

 

they scare me

 

and i believe that is what they mean to do.......

 

heh... i was kidding anyways.

 

i know that...the wink said that.....but i do believe alot of people are frightened of them
and to be truthful....i sure as hell would not want to be on their bad side....eeek

 

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations on Thursday offered to help the United States provide disaster relief to the victims of Hurricane Katrina as the storm's devastation challenged the U.S. authorities' ability to cope.

While the United States is the country best prepared to deal with such a disaster, "the sheer size of this emergency makes it possible that we can supplement the American response with supplies from other countries, or with experience we have gained in other relief operations," U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said.

"I know we will not be alone. We will be happy to work with other parts of the international community to support the efforts of President Bush and his administration, the American Red Cross, and other U.S. relief organizations who have been our partners in the past," Annan said in a statement.

The United Nations has taken the lead in coordinating natural disaster relief around the world for the past five decades. But its focus has been mainly on poor nations.

U.N. assistance was first offered to Washington on Wednesday by Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland, who led the global aid effort after December's Indian Ocean tsunami.

But U.S. officials, while thanking the world body for its offer, did not request any assistance at that time.

More recently, however, U.S. officials have signaled they were open to all offers as dozens of foreign governments lined up to pledge assistance.

"Anything that can be of help to alleviate the tragic situation of the area affected by Hurricane Katrina will be accepted," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said in Washington.

"America should be heartened by the fact that the world is reaching out to America at a time of need."

Annan, in a statement, said the storm damage was turning out "far worse than any of us imagined at first."

"The American people, who have always been the most generous in responding to disasters in other parts of the world, have now themselves suffered a grievous blow," he said.

"I know that I speak for the whole world in offering them my heartfelt sympathy and any assistance that the United Nations can give," Annan said. "We will be happy to work with other parts of the international community to support the efforts of President Bush and his administration, the American Red Cross, and other U.S. relief organizations who have been our partners in the past."



nice to see.

 

Yes indeed, hopefully it will quell the rampant xenophobia sprouting up throughout the land

 

doubtful.

anti-americaness and xenophobia will continue to run rampant well after this.

 

I'm speaking of xenophobia coming from Americans, lord knows this won't slow it coming from the rest of the world

and I mean I hope it slows it even slightly, so many in this country are just looking for any excuse to hate everyone outside it.

 

well, yes. i can agree to that.

 

i agree with you gary...
and megara, thank you for the post...that gave me goosebumps...its so lovely to see the world come together, if only for a moment...

 

Now if this doesn't make you think...

Sri Lanka, still dealing with their own problems from the tsunami, has donated money to the Red Cross.


Thank you, Sri Lanka, thank you.

 

how very beautiful

 

im from the uk and i aint gonna give any money to the new orleans fund they should never have made the place under sea level i mean how stupid can you be...

 

you must really hate the netherlands then.

 

ZING!

 

Thats how I felt about London during world war 2, they shouldn't have built it so close to Germany

 

Well those darn iclelanders never pulled on the rope hard enough.

 

it's hard to get a good grip when your fingers are frozen and your ass is on fire from the lava....

 

Well once we finish with helping the ice caps melt .. They will be dismayed when we tell them to bugger off and not bother us with their imigration needs.