If you can watch CNN, you'll see that many of us here have some of the same questions, and hopefully when things have stabilized we'll begin to find out why, why, why. But for now, the situation is still a terrible emergency and there are still people stuck in their houses, dying all the time. People need to be rescued, and those who are rescued need to be moved somewhere safe. Most of us here can only watch our TVs in horror, wishing we could do something. Thanks to the average citizens here who will try to do what we can to help. . .people are sending money, and already many people around the country are offering to take people into their homes and give them a decent place to live until they can get their lives together again. (It's already being discussed here in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and people around the country have already advertized their open homes on the internet.)
Thank heavens the guards are finally getting in with the Red Cross and other help. It is difficult to pull away from the TV, because our minds are constantly with our fellow citizens who are suffering, in such terrible pain both physically and emotionally. I'm so glad they have arrived, and hope they can quickly minimize the suffering and hardships.
This will affect all of us here in many ways. We are a wealthy nation with lots and lots of resources, but they have to be used correctly. And while we are very fortunate, our resources are not limitless. We will have to pull together to put these peoples' lives back together.
So many of us felt for others around the world as they suffered with hardships. (And I don't want to go into it, but yes, many of us also feel helpless empathy for those in you-know-where.) I know of people who gave all of their Christmas money last year to the victims of the tsunami. And now, it is helpful just to hear that others are feeling empathy for our suffering citizens.