Quakes
Posted on April 26, 2006 by Tito
Round these parts, there has been a lot of attention given to the 100 year anniversary of the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco. As it should be. However, in not a single documentary, “Are we ready?” piece or event coverage did I hear any mention of the earthquake disaster last fall, though it seemed to be an obvious tie-in. New Scientist reports:
IT WAS the world’s third-deadliest natural disaster in the past 25 years. Yet the quake that struck Pakistan and India on 8 October 2005 has already dropped off the public radar, leaving Pakistan, especially, in dire need of aid.
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Only 66 per cent of the money requested by the United Nations for emergency needs has been donated, say the authors, and funding for recovery is likely to be even more limited.
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