No where does Miriel say that she ignored the others. You do realize that someone who is there quite possibly may have a better view of it then someone miles away?
True it may be skewed, but the government has just been ineffecient about it. With our tech today we should have been down there in no time. We should have had martial law on the town in a day or two easy. Course with a good chunk of our military oversees that would slow it down somewhat... and who just happens to be the one who sent the military there?
Basically we should have been able to do more and do it faster then what we have managed. And I can tell you that is the common belief in my area(from what I have heard so far).
