Hi,



Do you think a roll-tack would work in the narrow confines of Dresden's main street? Or would you have to get help from a passing half-submerged BMW?



Seriously, Wouter, sorry to hear you and your neighbors have such awfull disaster. There's already talk over here of supplies, food, tents, meds., etc.



Regardless of your honestly held views on geopolitics, it's never in question that you're all people we care about, and on the "American street" we get all sniffly over other's misfortunes rather easily. So little local charitable organizations and big ones like Red Cross will hold canned-food drives, and contributions will flow in for medical supplies etc.



Nothing can bring your dead neighbors back to life; nothing will undo damage to 500 yr old buildings.



But we do what we can, y'know...







Maybe the next "Kyoto treaty" shouldn't exempt the nations contributing to that 5km thick "brown cloud", eh?



Ed Norris