Why are relief efforts slow to react

Jan 10

Why are relief efforts slow to react

Here's a deep thought provoking question my wife asked me yesterday: why are relief efforts slow to react to disasters?

This a deep thought provoking question with many answers that are debated by societies, charities, and governments around the world. Here's my take:

- disasters prove how limited we, as humans living in the early 21st century, are to dealing with the force of nature. We are powerless in the face of volcanoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, and other disasters to prevent them from happening, build structures that survive 100% of the time, or save 100% of the people afterwards.

We simply lack the terra-forming technology (tapping into an Arthur C. Clark idea here) to prevent disasters or save people instantly after being buried under rubble.

Disasters like this show us how far we have to go … disasters are humbling, because we see the images of crumbled buildings with people trapped inside, and our powerless to reach them … the scale of the disaster in Haiti is too big for humanity to save everyone trapped within 72 hours.

I suppose this is one element of the Dream Seeker — he knows he can't save everyone from themselves, so he works individual by individual, much like the aid workers in Haiti work to save lives and heal.

Other Icons like the Realtor or Gambler claim they can control the masses … the truth is, they have to constantly reinvent their strategy in order to continually influence and direct the world to their liking … and even then they can't predict everything.

They are not as all-powerful as they claim to be.

Anyway — if you have anything to add to this deep thought provoking question discussion, feel free to leave a comment.

Also, please donate today to Yele Haiti. Wyclef Jean, like the Dream Seeker, is one man trying to make a difference, one person at a time.

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One Response to “Why are relief efforts slow to react”

Damian Hospital says:

January 18, 2010 at 4:34 pm

You're right. I've accepted much since Katrina.

I've been humbled so much with disasters (both natural and man-made). I now how hard it is for relief efforts.

If we went down there even we'd see how hard it is- to organize, to find, to rebuild, to put equipment, to take what we need different countries and our military, etc.

There's no conspiracy – it's simply logistics and technology.

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