Wednesday, May 07, 2008

100,000 and counting...


New numbers reported by CNN state that 100,000 have been killed in Burma. The aid situation is not looking good either. Both the government of Burma and the U.S. government are not making it any easier.

The government of Myanmar does not want to let outsiders from the west into their country and Bush says that he wants to send in U.S. Navy ships. Maybe we should delver our food supplies to Thailand and let the Burma government pick them up there.

With 1 million people homeless and the country's rice crop wiped out, leading to critical food shortages, this is no time to further the Bush Doctrine.

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

22,500-40,000 and counting...

The New York Times has updated its numbers on the Burma disaster. At the present time 22,500 are reported dead with another 40,000 still missing. It is hard to imagine the magnitude of this situation. Apparently the majority of the deaths have come from a 12 foot storm surge.

12 feet... That is how much the sea level will rise when the greenland ice sheet melts.

Warmer seas lead to stronger hurricanes and cyclones.

How many people will have to die before we see that the way we are living is killing us?

100,000...

500,000...

1,000,000...

1,000,000,000...

We will either be the greatest generation or the worst...

Monday, May 05, 2008

Up to 10,000 dead...

The New York Times is reporting that anywhere from 4,000 to 10,000 people have been killed in the wake of the catastrophic cyclone that swept Burma over the weekend. I guess not even Rambo can save us from the global climate crisis.

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Blair is a graduate of Mercer University in Macon, GA. Where he earned a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Communication and Theatre Arts and a minor in Christianity. Blair earned his M. Div. from the McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta. Blair is currently pursuing the Blairology Global Project. Blair is an Eagle Scout.