I was reading comments about aid to Haiti here and there on the interwebs, and was stunned by the number of commentors who assumed that MAIL would be delivered even if AID is unable to to reach Haiti due to the airport being damaged and out of jet fuel and the shipping port being damaged and unusable.

Why, yes, the postmen are parachuting onto the island and floating over in inner tubes! Mail can magically go to Haiti without airplanes or boats! As one person said "we are a microwave society" and expect things to work and work instantly.

The concept that infrastructure can be broken just can't squeeze itself our societal mindset.