I had someone ask me point blank why I had not yet addressed this issue
in my journal, seeing as it is breaking news, a natural disaster on the
scale of the epic. I am swamped by images of 9/11 - even tho the cause
was different, the loss of life affects me the same...and underneath it
are images of Viet Nam. Horror is cumulative but grief makes me
ineffective and I mourn when time permits. The wailing and wringing of
hands has rarely been constructive but while I appear calm on the
outside - I've been swallowing tears since it has happened with images
of rescuers shot, children raped, the old and the weak dying in
unspeakable agony.

I
don't post my efforts, pitiful as they are when compared to the
destruction and the daunting task ahead. Many people who have
contributed and continue to do so don't trumpet their efforts - to do
so is to seek approval for their efforts and that is....unwanted. Many
donate anonymously for that very reason. They know what it is that they
have done and that is enough.