On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 13:46:56 GMT, Jay Honeck wrote:

Don't feel badly -- this is happening all over the country, as well as the
world.

Basically, the problem is twofold:

1. Too much stuff trying to be delivered all at once. There, quite simply,
is no way to distribute everyone's generosity.
2. The need for this kind of stuff is fading fast.

well, the same report said that for the flood in Asia last Xmas they hven't
had those hassles with bureaucracy etc. - btw: the organisations here
responded within a day and not 4 days.

#m
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