When Google's making an important announcement, posts will sometimes appear on more than one corporate blog. Posts relating to Myanmar have been put on at least three, and the Google homepage has been altered, as well.
As Josh Mendelsohn wrote on the Official Google Blog, here's what may matter most: "[W]e've created a Checkout Donations page so you can easily donate to UNICEF or Direct Relief International. Both organizations are working to directly assist the victims on the ground in Myanmar."
Five more well-intentioned entities are listed on the Google Grants Blog, and it's a "Support victims of the cyclone in Myanmar (Burma)" message that showed up on Google.com. "Donate" links are prominent on both pages.
Short of shipping over employees or money (both of which stockholders might miss), Google appears to be doing everything it can. With that in mind, then, it seems reasonable that the LatLong Blog is offering an animation of Cyclone Nargis's movement. Weather buffs are sure to find it interesting, and Google Earth fans almost always enjoy new things.
For the record, the BBC reports that aid is beginning to arrive in Myanmar, but CNN is running scary new death toll estimates.
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This is stupid.
Burma military is not accepting foreign aid. Why bother to send it? They're pocketing it and exploiting it to benefit from taxes.
I didn't even know Burma existed until now. We have plenty of our own problems to deal with. Why not donate to better schools or environmental research in your own country before you start handing out aid to people that'll never see it just so you can feel good about yourself and bask in everyone elses praise of you "sacrificing" for a better cause. .. Pathetic.
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Thank you so much Google and Caverly. I appreciate your help and kindness for our Myanmar people.
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