January 02, 2005

INDIAN BLOGGER AMIT VARMA has thoughts on successful and unsuccessful approaches to disaster relief.

UPDATE: Ann Althouse rounds up information on the logistical difficulties facing the relief effort.

ANOTHER UPDATE: More on the relief effort here:

In this part of the tsunami-wrecked Far Abroad, the UN is still nowhere to be seen where it counts, i.e., feeding and helping victims. The relief effort continues to be a US-Australia effort, with Singapore now in and coordinating closely with the US and Australia. Other countries are also signing up to be part of the US-Australia effort. Nobody wants to be "coordinated" by the UN. The local UN reps are getting desperate.

I'm glad that someone is getting it right, but I'm sorry to hear that the U.N. is getting it wrong.

MORE: Interesting observations on how the media failed on the aid story.