The early "offers" from Venezuela and Castro were simply rhetoric to embarass the USA...
However, we are getting concrete help from some countries already.
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CHina is packing up blankets, tents and generators.
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Mexican Army is already on it's way...with water treatment plants and food service capabilities to help feed those in Houston...
LINK Germany, whose government officials blamed Hurricane Katrina (and probably the Galveston hurricane and Hurricane Camille) on Bush, have finally made an offer to help but they are still "thinking about it"...but unlike China, nothing concrete yet...
But the USA is asking for their high speed pumps...(see main link)
LINK The Irish are sending aid: a million euros and then blankets etc with the EU aid package (now remember: a month to ship such items)
FINEST KIND CLINIC AND FISHMARKET.... Discussing medicine, culture, and the joys of cooking Pansit.
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