Super Typhoon Reming

Everybody has seen the catastrophe in Bicol when the murderous wind and rains brought by super typhoon Reming (international code name: Durian) partnered with the abundant volcanic debris deposited in the slopes of Mount Mayon and wrecked havoc among the hapless Bicolanos.

Now, days and almost a week into the calamity, I wonder why there are still no large-scale relief operations. Have the Filipinos became so inured with our tragic lives that even a calamity of this magnitude cannot move us to help?