I will note in passing...

[catnhatnh]

..that over 4000 Nepalese and 4 American citizens are known dead in the earthquake and that each group receives equal media coverage...

[FSogol]

1. The outpouring of aid from our country is going to the Nepal, not the couple of Americans that were

killed. Our search and rescue experts (Fairfax County Fire Department - Urban S&R) left immediately for Katmandu.

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/nepal-earthquake/u-s-team-lands-nepal-search-quake-survivors-n349541

U.S. disaster zone experts touched down in Kathmandu on Tuesday to help relief efforts following Nepal's catastrophic earthquake.

The team of around 60 men and women from Virginia's Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue — along with specialist sniffer dogs — were greeted on the runway of Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport by U.S. ambassador Peter W. Bodde upon arrival at around 11:30 a.m. local time (1:45a.m. ET).

Bodde told NBC News they were "very fortunate because they had been working with the government of Nepal for the last two years on disaster preparedness.

The Fairfax team — which will be searching for survivors and assisting in the massive humanitarian effort in Nepal — are equipped with enough gear for 14 days.

[catnhatnh]

2. Yep-a whole one million dollars!

http://time.com/3835687/nepal-earthquake-disaster-aid-us/

[FSogol]

3. You'd prefer sending nothing? Plus I was talking about individual contributions.

Which thru the Red Cross is already $300,000.

How much did you donate or are you just here to scold?

https://www.redcross.org/m/donate/donate.jsp?productId=prod9150029&donateStep=1&parentCanonical=/m/charitable-donations&thePageTitleSet=Nepal%20Earthquake%20Relief%20|%20Donate%20|%20Red%20Cross#arcmobile

[catnhatnh]

4. Not that it has a thing to do with the point I was making...

...when I can donate my choice is the Friends Committee.
My comment was to point out how self-centered the media coverage was.

[FSogol]

5. You OP would have served the people of Nepal much better than a lame criticism of

US media if you had included a link to Friends Committee, but I'm not sure what you think a lobbyist group will do to help.

[catnhatnh]

6. I'll try once more...

I was commenting on media coverage only.
I donate to the American Friends Service Committee (Quakers).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Friends_Service_Committee

[FSogol]

7. I am familiar with the group, but they are not raising money to help Nepal.