Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans
 

We couldn't even help ourselves...

It's already been posted in another thread. After Katrina the Mexican and Canadian armed forces helped out with the refugees.

How much aid is Venezuela or Cuba sending to Haiti?

Or for that matter up above, China or Russia?

i'd say our deficit is a major disaster, and China bails us out of that everyday

probably not what you were asking about though....

I didn't know that (about the firefighters). Seriously, thanks!

What am I saying? We should let Kalifornia burn! ;)

Please let California burn. Please do not send any federal dollars our way. Sacramento needs to crash and burn - there are no incremental fixes.

They do help:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_response_to_Hurricane_Katrina

Wow, that was an interesting read. Even Iran jumped on board..it's nice to think politics can be set aside in such a situation. I guess Syria didn't get the memo..

This is a very American question. I think Americans—more than others—tend to see themselves on one side, and the rest of the world on the other. The "us and them" thing.

Once you begin to think of this planet as "spaceship earth"—the notion of another country coming to your aid in time of need is not particularly radical.

Yeah, pretty much

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Haiti sent aid after Katrina.

For what it's worth I once heard an appeal such as this - maybe after Katrina - and the answer then was that the relief agencies such as the Red Cross can stretch our dollars further than we can when buying supplies.

May be a bunch of hooey, but that's what I heard. :confused:

Isn't this what Birmingham, Ala. native, the late Sonny Blount, better known as intergallactic musician "Sun Ra" said all along? :D

I've read there's a logistical reason. You can imagine that, in the immediate crisis, it is a lot easier to move, allocate, distribute relief supplies that are selected and packaged a certain way - pallets of high-density nutrition bars, rather than heavy boxes of random canned food, let's say. Since transportation is such a bottleneck in Haiti, with the airport tower destroyed and roads blocked with rubble, little stuff like that probably matters. And maybe in the first critical days or weeks they need to prioritize stuff like plasma, medicine, surgical supplies, body bags, water - not so much the blankets and toys and clothes.

Wow! First off, the ignorance in this thread is boggling. Asking the question doesn't mean I believe the question proposes a fact that other countries would not help us. Some of you guys need to stop jumping to conclusions. Clearly others who answered "barring" certain issues, then "no," understood me.

Secondly, Tobra, just so you know, the Canadians don't offer up the planes free. We are known to pay a hefty lease for them during fire season. So, no, not really is that assistance.

Carry on with your own advice. SmileWavy

Typical projection. As expected. :rolleyes:

Finally, someone got it. And it takes a UK man to understand. Alright. Now the keyword was "rely."

Can you imagine, as an American, "relying" on another country after a disaster? Not being assisted, but relying.

dd74, you now say the "key word" in your OP was "rely" but the first sentence of that post doesn't say anything about "rely"ing. If you were trying to ask a very narrow question, you certainly could have written more clearly.

Yeah. I suppose. Rely on another country.

Personally, I can't see us relying on another country if there was a major catastrophe here. We are far too large. Los Angeles alone would need several countries to assist it. 3 million + w/o food, water, utilities...that's a tall order.

The U.S. government surely wouldn't be able to help (for very long).