Coffee makers are "Essential" items

Couple of days ago, I was watching the news which reported -"relief items arrive at last". This was for the 2005 Katrina hurricane which washed out New Orleans. Three trucks arrived arrived last week in New Orleans with coffee makers, pillows, blankets and other essentials!

After seeing this, I was puzzled - 1) It took almost 3 years for relief items to arrive! 2) How is "coffee maker" termed as "essential" or "most essential" which needs to be distributed to relief victims?

Just compare this with a cyclone in a developing country.

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