According to the veritable fountain of knowledge that is my Dad with BBC News alerts the US Military Base in Diego Garcia (in the Indian Ocean) where forewarned about the the Tsunami by the Pacific Earthquake Watching Thingy the Americans have in place to protect Hawaii and the West coast of the US from this sort of thing in the Pacific. They didn't seem to tell anyone else though. Stayed tuned to Google for angry left wing websites complaining and angry right wing websites rebuking it all.
Or if you'd like to give some money to the disaster relief fund...
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Actually, as of the last time I checked (here), the US donations are behind the UK, Sweden, China, The EU, France (pesky French eh?) and the Netherlands are all giving more than the US.
I'm not trying to slate the US here, I'm just saying facts as.
I thought Japan had donated most of the money ?
What I posted was correct at time of posting.
OK now I think USA should donate more. I suspect they will... in fact I suspect all the countries will give more... this is an almost unpararelled disaster of such huge proportions...
According to the paper this morning the US has increased its donation, overtaking everyone else.
Seems there are some political issues behind governments donating & increasing their donations, countries trying to outdo each other... but to quote the BBC website, "In the end, it does not matter where aid comes from or why. What matters is what arrives."
I really wish they didn't keep track of who donated what. Or at least they shouldn't announce it. They should just say how much has been contributed.
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I read (also from BBC news website) that yes, some people knew it was coming, but they didn't actually know who to call, as there wasn't any kind of agency or system or whatever to deal with this kind of thing.
I am also give a wry grin at the news that currently the 2 countires to pledge the most money towards the aid effort are the imperialist empire who apaprently want to conquer half the world, the USA, and their greatest allies, the UK. lol