THE DEATH TOLL THING

Why is it that during katrina and after we could never get a death count? Seemed like nobody knew how many perished...but like 5 minutes after this earthquake in pakistan hit we had a fucking blow by blow? That's all I've heard about...how many dead...now it's up to 18000. Funny how these third world countries know how to count bodies and we don't.
You got to wonder about shit like that.