Ugh, first I'm hearing of this. Some of that is my fault; I'm using Marl's* news aggregator which craps up the default feed with celebs and sportsball. I've had it set to National to avoid drowning in fluff-poo.
> I wish the West was set up where we could volunteer family members
This sounds insane so I surely must be misreading. Do you not mean "where we could volunteer [ourselves]"? I'm imagining a scene in the style of "The Death of Stalin" where I am woken up in the middle of the night and told "your brother has nominated you for relief efforts in Morocco, you have 10 minutes to gather your things."
All good, appreciate the explanation. I was goofing around imagining an intersection of the Baker Act and Red Cross volunteering, but on rereading my language was too strong. I don't ever want to come across like the language police, please don't change your verbiage on my account.
I need to invest in a better news supplier.
*ref: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37509507
Response to the disaster is slow, partially due to disaster response being sucked into the massive need of Morocco earthquake zone.
I wish the West was set up where we could volunteer family members to relief efforts (without loss of income > homelessness).