Have you heard about the natural disaster taking place in Russia? Perhaps 350 people a day are dying from it in Moscow, alone.
All deaths told -- normal deaths and those from the disaster together -- about 700 people a day are dying in Moscow, which is twice the normal amount, as the city is taken by a sweltering heat wave and heavy air pollution from smoke drifting in from fires.
A heat wave the likes of which it is said the land hasn't seen in 1,000 years has swept across Russia. A state of emergency has been called due to crop failures from the drought.
And, fires? There were 612 of them as of earlier today. The amount of acreage under fire, though, was only half what it has been, leading to the air of Moscow actually looking normal this August 11 day.
It is perhaps the first clear day in weeks. The fires started July 29.
The heat wave has killed as many an estimated 15,000 so far.
How do I stand on government aid in time of disaster? Such giving is primarily done on the federal level. We should stop most all our federal aid, including not extending federal aid to Russia. Our national deficit is such a problem that even humanitarian aid, from the federal government, must end. This can be done, however, in concert with a more exerted effort to raise private donations for humanitarian causes worldwide.
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