December 7, 2006

Sau con mua, troi lai sang...

Hom T2, da co mot tran bao bien that du ton da dap vao vung Ba Ria - Vung Tau. 4 nguoi da chet va hon 200+ nguoi da bi ton thuong. Hang ngan nguoi da bi nha cua pha sap, phai song o duoi anh mat troi. Dieu ma lam toi buon nhat la mac du co mot "natural disaster" du ton nhu la cuoc bao nay, minh chang co thay su giup do cuu the nao tu chinh phu.

TD co noi rang o VN, nhung hoi tu thien nhu la Red Cross hoac la nhung HT cung kg co co hoi de giup do nhung nan nhan cua bao. Khi muon tro giup bang tien, thi ho phai xuyen qua 4 ban nghanh, va ho cung kg co the quyet dinh tro giup nhung nguoi nao hoac noi nao. Ho kg co the tu quyet dinh nhung phai cho doi su quyet dinh cua cac ban nghanh. Con nua, chua chac la khi ho nhan duoc tien quyen gop thi ho se dua tron het so tien cho nhung nan nhan.

Nhung, neu noi cho cung, thi chi co 4 nguoi chet ma thoi. Nha cua bi sap. Cua tiem thi bi lat lup nha. Tai san bi mat het. Co hai me con o Ben Tre chi con lai 1 bo do quan ao de ban qua ngay thoi. Khong con gi nua...

On Monday, southern Vietnam was hit by tropical storm Durian, destroying thousands of homes and killing almost 50 people in the southern provinces, Bia Ria - Vung Tau. The sad thing about this situation is that I read on Vietnamese news website that the U.S. have contributed $100,000 USD in the cleanup efforts. I cannot imagine that we are only able to contribute that little. God forbid that we are only "willing" to contribute this much. Flashes of Katrina. Flashes of the tsunami. Flashes, flashes, flashes...

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