Better late than never? No, not really!

The Americans have an expression "Monday morning quarterback" for those who come up with wise-after-the-event ideas.  I don't want to be seen as such, but I can't help feeling that there is something worrying about the response to the typhoon which struck the Philippines last week.  This was not an earthquake or a volcanic eruption which came out of the blue and caught people by surprise - the existence of this weather system and what was likely to happen to it and its probable track had been known days in advance, so surely we should have been far more ready for it and prepared to move in with assistance at the earliest possible moment.  I find it scandalous that it has taken virtually a week for us to even begin to get our act together.