US Navy arrives to help Typhoon victims

[rightwinger]

Mammoth U.S. Navy ships arrive in the Philippines for typhoon relief - CNN.com

The U.S. Navy arrived with a mammoth aircraft carrier Thursday to bring much-needed aid to hundreds of thousands of Filipinos who have gone without food and clean water for nearly a week.

The Navy cut short the shore leave of the crew of 5,500 to send it on the relief mission to the area ripped apart last week by Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest cyclones on record.

Its winds, 3.5 times as strong as those of Hurricane Katrina, pushed in a wall of water 15 feet high, washing away towns on many islands in the south of the country.

Seven more ships accompanied the carrier USS George Washington. All total, they have about 80 aircraft on board that could participate in search, surveillance and distribution missions, said Paul Macapagal, a Navy spokesman.

But for now, they will lean the most on their 21 helicopters to carry supplies to hard-to-reach areas destroyed in the storm.

One of the ships, a nearly 700-foot supply vessel, made its first delivery of food and water to the devastated city of Tacloban in the Philippines.

 

[rightwinger]

Great to see our military doing good deeds

 

[TheOldSchool]

That's one thing that's great about our military is the aide they provide to the places that need it

 

[Unkotare]

Great that we have a military capable of doing what the nation calls upon it to do in any and all circumstances.

 

[Moonglow]

The Chinese navy, where is it!?

 

[Moonglow]

I thank you members of the military for those in desperate need.

 

[Unkotare]

The Chinese navy, where is it!?

Their navy is not close to being able to do in their own backyard what ours can do at a moment's notice half a world away from our mainland.

 

[rightwinger]

China has announced that it is increasing its humanitarian assistance to typhoon victims in the Philippines, after international groups and a Chinese newspaper criticized an initial government donation of $100,000 as too meager.

On Wednesday, Mr. Qin had remained firm on China’s first offer and said that one consideration in China’s initial announcement was that Chinese people had also suffered during Typhoon Haiyan. Chinese state media reported that eight people died in China when the tail end of the storm hit southern China.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/15/world/asia/chinese-aid-to-philippines.html?_r=0

 

[rightwinger]

Why is China so stingy with its aid money? - The Week

When images of the destruction in the Philippines wreaked by Super Typhoon Haiyan were broadcast across the world last week, the international community rushed forward with generous offers of aid. The U.S. pledged $20 million and mobilized an aircraft carrier for the relief effort. Britain promised $16 million and sent a warship. The Vatican dispatched $4 million, Japan $10 million, and Ireland $1.4 million.

As for China, the neighborhood's superpower and the world's second-largest economy? It initially offered a measly $100,000. Following a storm of bad publicity — TIME's Hanna Beech called the donation mean-spirited, and even China's nationalist Global Times newspaper said in an editorial that the offer was too small — Beijing upped its donation to $1.6 million. That's still less than the $2.7 million pledged by the charitable wing of Swedish furniture giant Ikea.

 

[High_Gravity]

Mammoth U.S. Navy ships arrive in the Philippines for typhoon relief - CNN.com

The U.S. Navy arrived with a mammoth aircraft carrier Thursday to bring much-needed aid to hundreds of thousands of Filipinos who have gone without food and clean water for nearly a week.

The Navy cut short the shore leave of the crew of 5,500 to send it on the relief mission to the area ripped apart last week by Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest cyclones on record.

Its winds, 3.5 times as strong as those of Hurricane Katrina, pushed in a wall of water 15 feet high, washing away towns on many islands in the south of the country.

Seven more ships accompanied the carrier USS George Washington. All total, they have about 80 aircraft on board that could participate in search, surveillance and distribution missions, said Paul Macapagal, a Navy spokesman.

But for now, they will lean the most on their 21 helicopters to carry supplies to hard-to-reach areas destroyed in the storm.

One of the ships, a nearly 700-foot supply vessel, made its first delivery of food and water to the devastated city of Tacloban in the Philippines.

The evil Americans to the rescue again.