Another little story from the New York Times, this time this morning
at http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/25/us/25give.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin
reports a clearly apparent regret in the absence of major disasters
in 2006 which is blamed for a reported shortfall in giving to the charities.
Is it just the mood I'm in or am I being just my cynical / realist
self when I wonder what hope there is for disaster reduction when, on
the other side of the coin so to speak, a massive lobby exists that
is almost praying for the next big one. Or, a little more rationally,
what hope is there after the big ones happen of the colossal sums
collected being spent at all on vulnerability reduction ?
Can there not be some kind of follow-up to this kind of reporting ?
James
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