Stop Catastrophizing Relief Efforts in the PhilippinesThe scaremongering is undermining delivery of suppliesBy John Crowley Nov. 14, 2013
Time Magazine
In the Philippines, reports make it seem like it is déjà vu all over again. We hear that aid is not being shipped or distributed fast enough, that organizations are having trouble coordinating, and that looting is rampant and turning deadly.
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People wait in line for flights out of the devastated area at Tacloban airport on Nov. 14, 2013 in Leyte, Philippines.
If these memes seem familiar, it because they each appeared after Hurricane Katrina and the earthquake response in Haiti. It makes us ask: Why have domestic disaster responders and international humanitarians not fixed the system yet? What’s broken? Who’s to blame for the delays in aid delivery?
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