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by LAVK-9 on 13 January 2010 - 20:01
Hope more people are found alive like in this story.It is a terrible thing and something that we really can't do anything about as it is mother nature that has the control. All we can do is say a prayer and give what we can.
by Sunsilver on 13 January 2010 - 20:01
Doctors Without Borders Loses all Three Hospitals in Quake Zone:
ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100113/national/earthquake_haiti_cda_aid
by Ibrahim on 13 January 2010 - 20:01
Ibrahim
by hodie on 13 January 2010 - 21:01
The tarmac at the airport is seemingly ok, but the tower control is not present as it has collapsed. The US military, including the Marines, are on their way and will fix a temporary solution ASAP to get aircraft landing and taking off. The pipeline for delivery of food, water, medical supplies, body bags, communications equipment etc., will be first priority to get open.
Looting has already begun and troops will be needed immediately to maintain order. That in itself is a huge challenge. The Montana Hotel collapsed with perhaps 200 people inside. A factory owner is saying already that his factory collapsed with perhaps as many as 900 people working inside.
Haiti possesses an educational level that is so low with less than a 55% literacy rate, and a poverty level of about 80% of the population.....count your blessings. The city population is approximately 2 MILLION....think of how one would approach that just to get these people food or water, let alone medical care.
So grim.....
by Ibrahim on 13 January 2010 - 21:01
Ibrahim
by steve1 on 13 January 2010 - 21:01
Steve1
by mobjack on 14 January 2010 - 00:01
And then they get this on top of it?
hamptonroads.tv/hrtv.php
Transcript of Pat Robertson's statement:
And you know, Christy, something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it, they were under the heel of the French, uh, you know, Napoleon the third and whatever, and they got together and swore a pact to the devil, they said, we will serve you, if you get us free from the Prince, true story. And so the devil said, 'OK, it's a deal.' And they kicked the French out, the Haitians revolted and got themselves free, and ever since they have been cursed by one thing after the other, desperately poor. . . the Island of Hispaniola is one island cut down the middle. On the one side is Haiti, on the other side is the Dominican Republic. Dominican Republic is, is, prosperous, healthy, full of resorts, etc. Haiti is in desperate poverty, same Islands, uh, they need to have, and we need to pray for them, a great turning to God. And out of this tragedy, I'm optimistic something good may come, but right now we're helping the suffering people, and the suffering is unimaginable.
Credit to the Associated Press
by hodie on 14 January 2010 - 01:01
Donate cash through an established agency. Do be careful about scams that will now spring up everywhere, soliciting money and saying it is designated for Haiti when, in fact, it is some scumbag trying to just get money for him/herself. That is why it is important to donate through an established and well-known agency.
by Kalibeck on 14 January 2010 - 01:01
Prayers to the people of Haiti, & to those who are there to aid them, & also to those en route to assist. The conditions they will face will be horrendous, & will test their strength & character. May they have courage, faith, hope, & support. At a time when many of us were despondant about our troubles & difficulties, situations like this truly put our lives into perspective. How blessed we are, I hope we can all find it in our hearts to reach out in whatever way we possibly can. Thanks Hodie for posting the list of established humanitarian organizations. jackie harris
by Micky D on 14 January 2010 - 02:01
http://hamptonroads.com/2010/01/hampton-roads-navy-and-coast-guard-ships-head-haiti
Navy, Coast Guard deploying forces to Haiti
Sailors and Coast Guardsmen from the Hampton Roads area will play a critical role in the U.S. effort to deliver humanitarian assistance to Haiti, with thousands of locals on standby to deploy to the impoverished country and some already there.
At least four Norfolk-based ships received orders Wednesday to prepare to help in the recovery effort, said Ted Brown, a spokesman for Norfolk’s Fleet Forces Command. The amphibious assault ship Bataan, the guided missile cruiser Normandy and the dock landing ships Fort McHenry and Carter Hall will likely leave by Friday.
Expeditionary forces based at the Little Creek campus of the Joint Expeditionary Base also are standing by to deploy, Brown said.
Several U.S. Coast Guard ships already have left for Haiti. The Portsmouth-based cutter Forward, which arrived in Port-au-Prince early Wednesday morning, was among the first American responders.
The Forward’s Cmdr. Diane Durham, speaking by phone Wednesday afternoon, described the damage her crew has witnessed as “catastrophic.” Piers, buildings and cranes at the capital’s main ports have collapsed. She said about half of a local, 80-man coast guard contingent in Port-au-Prince is dead.
“It’s just devastation everywhere,” she said.
So far the Forward’s 110-person crew has spent most of its time assessing damage, working with surviving local authorities and ferrying supplies and people by helicopter and with small boats, Durham said. Though most piers in the area have been destroyed, the bay appears clear to receive ships carrying aid, she said.
“All U.S. Coast Guard personnel have been reported safe,” she added.
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