# After Katrina **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 30, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-katrina/319201 "2005-08-30T03:03:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MaryEFoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MaryEFoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaryEFoo)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-katrina/319201/41 "2005-09-03T00:32:25Z")
This came out of today’s paper and it’s not at all complete. It’s summary from the Associated Press of the offers of aid from other countries. **Venezuela** , humanitarian aid and fuel; their Citgo Petroleum Corp has pledge $1million **United Nations** , the services of their disaster assistance and coordination teams **Israel** , hundreds of doctors, nurses, techs and other experts in trauma, natural disasters & public health, as well as field hospitals, medical kits, and equipment for temporary housing, and reinforcement for hospitals **Russia** , on Tuesday Putin said they will help if asked, but on Thursday a Russian official said FEMA had rejected its offer of rescue teams and other aid **Singapore** , sending three Chinook helicopters with personnel from military exercises in Texas to LA in support of the Texas Natl Guard **Sri Lanka** , sympathy and $25,000 via the American Red Cross **Germany** , “all that is humanly possible” in a phone call to Condoleezza Rice **Others** , More than 20 other countries and internation organizations have offered boats, aircraft, tents, blankets, generators, cash, and medical teams. See above in this thread for some more. So, **lk1932** , anything to say? I don’t see whether the US has accepted any of these offers. Does anyone know? ---
**Author:** ![Scruloose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-katrina/319201/42 "2005-09-03T00:37:24Z")
CNN was just reporting that Fidel Castro has offered up an impressive amount of medicine and an equally impressive number of doctors; I don’t recall the numbers. I’m not surprised, as Cuba knows all too well the devastation that hurricanes can bring. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-katrina/319201/43 "2005-09-03T01:17:16Z")
Just an observation. **lk1932** posted this and has posted anywhere else since. I think this was a nasty piece of Drive By Hate. It is nice to see **many nations** beyond the nations we can always count on offering help. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-katrina/319201.md?page=2)