silber..good and truthfull post.Aid is desperately needed but once again, it's the people affected by this disaster that lose out..again..they lose their homes and loved ones and then lose out on not getting aid. ALL VFR traffic, including my request to use an appropriate heavy lifting short field aero plane, together with a British Doctor with full med aid..has been refused!!..and yes, even when kids are starving, obese Philippino senators wait like vultures for the carving up of aid packages. It's no surprise that China has diminished the dollar hand out..maybe the yanks and the UK should do the same....?