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Friday, September 1, 2017
Dozens of countries offered help after Hurricane Katrina. After Harvey, not so much.
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, more than 150 countries offered volunteers, supplies and cash to the United States. Impoverished Bangladesh, suffering a not-so-slow-motion climate catastrophe, promised $1 million and rescuers. Thailand offered 60 doctors and rice as a “gesture from the heart.” Germany sent high-speed pumps; the Dutch offered levee reconstruction experts. “Very large cash” […]
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/09/01/dozens-of-countries-offered-help-after-hurricane-katrina-after-harvey-not-so-much/
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