From: Dave 

On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 14:22:03 +1200, black.hole.4.spam{at}gmail.com (Don Hills)
wrote in message :

| That's about the size of it. I think that if your Government asks for |
something, they'll get it. But there isn't much in the way of basic
disaster | relief supplies that you can't supply more quickly and easily
from within | the North American continent. You have huge resources and a
highly developed | transport infrastructure. Do you really need shiploads
of blankets, | clothing, drinking water, canned food and time-expired
pharmaceutical | supplies that, with the best will in the world, won't
arrive for weeks?

How about some cash?

| Looking to the future, you are going to need tradespeople. Lots of |
tradespeople. Construction workers of all types. Builders, masons, |
electricians, plumbers etc. Shiploads of building materials. | That's where
the rest of the world will come in handy.

Before that, they'll need a lot of hands to help pick up debris and clean
up the mess.

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