And The World Looks Away.

Exactly one month ago an earthquake struck Pakistan - a poor third world country bordering India, China and Afghanistan. The Google results (link above) show one CNN report ranking 4th (Oct. 10th) and that's about it, more or less, one BBC and some sites along with Al Jazeera and Islamic Relief. No headline news, I guess. Death toll varies, but considering the inaccessible area the numbers probably exceed 100,000 (if not much more - UNO stated 87,000 yesterday plus 75,000 injured). That's not the end of the story, as these days winter hits Pakistan, meaning temperatures of -20°C (-4 F) and up to ten ft of snow. As you might imagine, housing there is not anywhere near as stable as we are used to, so most of the "houses" in that area are destroyed - reports say three million people became homeless. Four weeks later, many of the victims still have no food, no tents, no warm clothes, not enough water, no medical supplies, no hope. They're facing death, either by starving, freezing, dehydration or injury. These next days may increase the number of deaths to over two million if those people won't get support miraculously. The quake crisis overwhelms Pakistan, writes BBC, but somehow the world isn't interested. The industrial countries are very hesitant with their support, much different to the Tsunami, as are western relief organisations as they fear the financial risks. We're complaining about gas prices to fuel our SUVs, and those people don't even have a tent to die in. If that's humanity - crap on it! We don't deserve to get away with it.