Disaster Fatigue?

Aside from the fact that I cannot help but note that while the rest of the world seems to be focused on the earthquake in Pakistan & the Hurricane which struck Guatemala and El Salvador, CNN remains resoundingly focused on the hurricanes which struck the U.S. as if nothing else mattered. Now, I am beginning to wonder if Canada has disaster fatigue, too. CAD300,000 & 2 plane loads of blankets? In Louisiana the US is putting up "camps" made out of mobile homes. And all we can muster for Pakistan is a few blankets? I worked there for nearly 4 years. I'm passionate about Pakistan the way some women are passionate about shoes. And either way, the poor in New Orleans are not as poor as the poor in rural Pakistan. They were *already* surviving on USD1/day... and I'm not exaggerating. And yet, all my government can come up with is blankets?

Edit Sure enough, I open my paper this morning (Oct. 11th) to see that Canada has significantly increased it's donation to CAD 20 million. Canada always plays this game -- the How little will our population let us get away with giving game -- and it is just sooo unnecessary.