Canada and Katrina

It is nice to see that Canada is doing something to help in the wake of Katrina.

Sending out the 4 ships, 1000 personel and supplies, (the three Sea King helicopters? Not sure how much help they will be. Maybe for once they will stay in the air.)is a good start.

Making available more fuel to send across the border, is a good start.

Canadian Red Cross sending over 100 highly trained disaster response volunteers is a good start.

Sending the specialized 45 member Heavy Urban Search and Rescue (HUSAR) team from Vancouver, is a good start. They are currently working an area known as St. Bernard Parish. A satelite image of the area can be seen here.

Offering the people of the area's affected a place to stay while thier home towns are rebuilt, is a good start.

The donations that Canadians have made to the various charities to help the victims of Katrina, is a good start.(over $200 million in donations have been raised to date from all sources around the world.)

Why do I keep saying "is a good start"? The answer is simple... this is just the tip of the iceberg of what we as Canadians can and will do for our nieghbours. As the days, weeks and months go by I have no doubt that Canadians will do more and more to help out in any way possible. Thats just the way we are despite all the American retoric that seems to flow in the MSM here. For once Priminister Paul Martin has spoken the truth. Canada and Canadians will do whatever we can to help!

My thoughts go out to our nieghbours and friends, the people of the United States of America.