[Rolo]

The damage have been done - to both the people who needed help, but also to the public image of how the goverment works. Not one million soldiers will change that.

Given the heat in the area then an adult will die within 3-4 days without water, but can live weeks without food... however children, sick people and elderly people have much much lower resistance. Also we are constant surrounded by bacteria and vira, and once the sanitary system breaks down, then cities becomes death traps.

Then you got the human factor of thugs who will use the chaos to do their evil, which not only hurt and possibly kill innocent people, but also adds more stress to those who are trying to survive, which will hurt their immune system and their survival focus.

Bottomline the chances of surviving will lower every hour without help, and once the crises have been going on for more than 2 days, then people will die from the after effects. That is why this incompetent mismanagement will not be solved by even one million soldiers arriving days later - they should have been there within hours!