When Weather Strikes Back: Send Your Relief to Asia

Lately, severe weather conditions have devastated the other side of the globe. My heart goes out to the people. I can't imagine their loss and suffering.
When tragedies like these events occur, it puts Americans' difficulties in perspective. We must put down our $5 Starbucks and stop whining about how we have to pay $75 to fill up our $40,000 vehicle, and sympathize with those who, in a few seconds, lost everything and everyone in their lives.
It's time for a reality check.


A tremendous 7.9-magnitude earthquake shook China, killing roughly 80,000 people on May 12. It struck the very populated Sichuan providence. Aftershocks killed about an additional 4,800 people.

This has been the country's worst natural disaster since a 1976 earthquake killed at least 240,000 people.














(Pictures from Time Magazine)

If you want to help, you can donate money to the American Red Cross or donate to the Church World Service emergency response organization. Every penny counts.





And on May 3, massive hurricane Nargis ripped through Myanmar, including it's biggest city, Yangon, killing about 78,000 people. About 56,000 people are still missing and more than 1 million are homeless.

The country has been receiving aid from the U.S. and other individual countries. The U.N. has pulled in about 60 percent of its $200 million goal for relief funds.













(Most Pictures from Time Magazine and other news sources)

If you want to make a difference, you can donate to the American Red Cross, donate to the Church World Service emergency response organization or donate money to UNICEF.