fgalkin wrote:
The money that IS spent, is being spent on things like luxury hotels and brand new iPads for relief workers.
Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
Oh...god. Yeah, that's...well...dunno. Hard to find an excuse.
How many MREs could you procure for 181k?
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I have totally changed my mind. I should join Red Cross and stay in luxury hotels for free, take two minutes to serve a single meal, evacuate at the first sign of danger, never walk up a flight of stairs (much less 30) to deliver food, etc. As far as relief efforts go, this is like the best thing ever.
Ghetto Edit: There would have been no need to get any hotels at all and use all local volunteers, had it not been for the fact that it takes almost a month to go through all the necessary steps to volunteer with the Red Cross. Most of that time is just waiting- for them to read your application, for a scheduled orientation session that only happens once a month, etc.
Not to mention that volunteering requires internet access, which not everyone had in the aftermath of a disaster (I didn't). The Red Cross was literally the first organization that I tried to volunteer with, and had to go elsewhere because there was literally no way I could join their relief effort.
True Story: Back when my mom was in the Army in Germany (in the 70's during Vietnam) injured soldiers would be given donuts and coffee by the Red Cross. And by given I mean sold. Yeap, they had to pay.
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