Yes indeed, you convey the sadness of the situation that I tried to express in this post. I know the boring machine would not have worked - it was a children´s tv show - but the point was that the wealth in the world could easily have hired genius designers, engineers to create specialised machines for times of disasters. If there is a will there is always a way. The problem is, and this was the main point I was trying to make, we just do not have the will or desire to help others because we have become ever more selfish instead of altruistic.
Always appreciate your input my good fellow @builderof castles