Weyauwega is a microcosm of how to handle a disaster. This was an example of an emergency situation that would have been a disaster save for the fact we moved quickly and, I believe, correctly.
Whether this looming humanitarian disaster will be averted, will ultimately be determined in major world capitals.
Whether they are patients needing access to affordable health care or survivors of a disaster, we do our best to ensure that people in need are not forgotten. Our founders established these values nearly 130 years ago, and we live by them today.
Whether it will go very much further, I don't know. Diana ... is in this lonely situation and it's a rebound, too .... from all the various disasters she's had.
When I was little I used to see Godzilla all the time on TV, ... I just remember him knocking things over, which was fine with me. I loved monster movies and disaster movies, and this was a good combination.
We remember the victims of the tsunami in Southeast Asia. But millions of vulnerable people in Africa are exposed to natural disasters like droughts, floods and insect infestations as well as armed conflicts. These are silent tsunamis.
We have just had a massive disaster, ... This is not a time to be cutting services to the most needy among us.
Nobody has ever dealt with these numbers before. When (disaster) hits, it hits in such a massive way because of the concentration of people.
The point is, we're moving in that direction and many of the constituents and mechanisms involved are the same. Even a few degrees change in temperature can be a disaster on Earth.
Until a one billion-dollar fund exists, the chaotic passing of the begging bowl will go on and people who survived disaster will continue to die while they wait for aid.