In case you missed it...

A cyclone hit Burma yesterday, the death toll is currently at 10,000 and rising.

The total loss from Hurricane Katrina was 1,836 people.

The only reason I even know about Burma is because I receive news updates from the BBC in my email. There is nothing on my MSN "today" homepage, the top story on the CNN homepage is the race between Clinton and Obama.

When Katrina happened, the entire world watched, American was at a stand-still for days, news agencies did nothing but report from New Orleans. Katrina was a tragedy, a horrible loss of Human life. But it was not more important than what happens in the rest of the world, and yet somehow it received 10 times the coverage.

Today 10,000 people have died, thousands more are without power, water, food and shelter. Children have been orphaned and parents have lost children. An entire region is suffering a devastating loss of life, of resources, of land.

Yet we as a nation cannot be bothered to even mention it as a top story in our news.

Why is a Burmese life less important than an American life?

It is not, and yet that is how one might perceive it from the American media.

There are difficult political issues in the region that cause frustrating complications in getting relief aid to the area on top of the already mounting complications caused from the cyclone.

This is going to be a slow and difficult clean-up and a very complicated dance in trying to get aid to the area. Meanwhile, thousands of people remain suffering in the aftermath of a horrible natural disaster.

If you are so inclined, please pray for the people of Burma as they struggle to recover from this horrific tragedy.