Euhm, you want handouts yourself mate.... thats one great example of irony.
And you are one misinformed person amongst millions, due to the lack of media attention, wich was more focussed on the US then on the rest of countries hit:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012...urricane-sandy
69 people dead in 6 countries. In Haiti alone 52 people dead, and hundreds of thousands are left homeless.
Now I do feel for those hit in the US, but I never forget the fact that those people hit in the US even now have it better then the people living on the Caribbean islands wich get hit by hurricanes more often.
The severity of the impact on the people in the two regions isn't comparable at all. Its like comparing a drought in Africa to a drought in western countries. The fomer costs thousands of lives, the latter increases the local food prices at most.
And with the US as an economy being so big, that economy makes relief efforts cheap and might even lead to an increase in spendings wich in terms causes more jobs. On Haiti the people who didn't already live in tents, (still after the 2010 quake) will have to do so now, and might have to do so for the coming year(s).
However to keep things on topic, I do like the idea, and will buy the pet. Its atleast something I can do to help.