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7.3 Earthquake hits Haiti; Tsunami feared
Substantial damages and casualties are expected following the quake, which measured 7.3 on the Richter scale, and two powerful aftershocks which followed.
A hospital and a three-storey building in Petionville have reportedly collapsed. A reporter for the AFP agency said a tractor was already at the scene trying to dig out victims as people fled onto the streets of the impoverished country in panic. http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Wor...sunami_Warning |
this is awful. haiti is already a poverty stricken country. i hope that they get a good deal of aid.
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One of my pledge brothers is Haitian, he goes back to visit family over breaks. I thought he was already back in the country but he's still there. None of us have been able to get in touch with him (which could be expected in such a disaster, but...) Please keep him and his family in your thoughts and prayers.
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My prayers are with everyone there. With a quake that large there will be aftershocks for months to come that might continue to cause damage.
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How terrible. My parents are on a cruise right now, thankfully they were in Aruba yesterday and are in Curacao today, so they're some distance away. They got to visit Haiti on a cruise a few years back before it became really unstable and it was really not your typical cruise ship stop - they really liked it.
Those poor people. |
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We have connections with St. Joseph's Home for Boys in Port-au-Prince. Word came that it is now rubble, although it appears that most of the 50 or so who live there are safe; at last word, one was unaccounted for. One of my most cherished possessions is a Haitian carving of Christ as the Good Shepherd. I bought it in Port-au-Prince when I was 17, and I've always loved the way the shepherd, who holds the sheep in his arms, and the sheep look at each other. I look at that lamb today and pray that the people of Haiti will be held. |
My prayers go out to all the Haitian people as well as all the people from around the world who lived in Haiti as peacekeepers. My prayers also go out people in Taiwan and Spain who supposedly had many prominent buildings fall as well (although I don't know how they felt it that bad, but DR and Cuba didn't have any major damage).
Among the known dead (according to this article) are: the Roman Catholic archbishop of Port-au-Prince the United Nations' secretary-general's special envoy (although there are conflicting reports, some say he is dead while others say he is just 'missing') 11 peacekeepers from Brazil 3 peacekeepers from Jordan 8 peacekeepers from China and apparently Haiti's Senate president is alive but trapped in the ruined Parliament building along with many others. |
Some links with more links for organizations that are providing aid for Haiti:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/01/13...e.how.to.help/ https://re.clintonfoundation.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=3869 Per the last link, you can text HAITI to 20222 and $10 will be donated and will be billed to your cell phone account. Can you imagine what a difference we could make if every adult in the US who is employed donated $10? I mean, what's $10? 3 Starbucks coffees, two long islands at the bar, the cover charge for one night at some bars, lunch out. |
Thanks everyone, for your thoughts and prayers.
I just got word that my brother is OK and will be returning to the US soon! |
So glad to hear that!
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I just read that -- that was reallllly irritating. |
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ETA: My neighbor upstairs is Haitian. She said that they're starting to make contact with family members, and most everyone is accounted for. Luckily enough, her grandmother visited NYC for the holidays (where my neighbor's parents live) and had not returned yet. |
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"What I find most funny about the Robertson comment is that CNN was running basic facts about Haiti along the bottom of the screen all day, one of which was that 80% of them are Roman Catholics." |
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a large segment of the population, while Catholic (or Protestant), also practices Vodou, especially in rural areas. It's interesting how people mix Christianity and Vodou and practice both at the same time, depsite disapproval of this from the Church. I'm sure that in Robertson's limited understanding, Vodou = devil worship. |
But it's a "proven fact" (according to him) that Haiti sold its collective soul to Satan and thus he is collecting payment.
Hehehehehehe...... Well, thanks to Western media we have everyone scared of vodou... I blame some of this on James Bond and Wes Craven |
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What the Haitians (and also Cubans, etc) do is mix the two. For example, some Cubans practice Santeria which is a mixture of Voodoo and Catholicism. I suspect many Haitians do the same, and have their own name for it. |
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And DS, you're right to blame James Bond. |
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WOW. :eek: |
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I can go back and delete my post and then you can beat me to it. |
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the end. |
Aristide hoping to return from exile
Jimmy Jean-Louis' parents found and yes...another jackass speaks. Guess who... And a response |
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I spent way too much time watching CNN yesterday. I get sucked into the non-stop coverage of this horrific tragedies and end up so incredibly depressed. I must stop. It's horrific beyond words. It makes me think that if something like that happened where I live, I'd almost rather NOT be one of the survivors. I simply cannot comprehend how people cope with these massive disasters.
Then, when I decide I can't take it anymore and have to change the channel, I think how lucky I am that all I have to do to escape it is change the channel. Then I feel guilty because those people cannot escape the nightmare that they are living. |
And this is why the idea of text donating is so stupid to me.
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Wyclef Jean Charity's Funny Money
his numbers don't seem to add up. AND, he posted negative assets in 2006 as well, not just 2007. |
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I think the allegations are probably well-founded. His isn't the only organization that has had troubles of some kind. Even orgs like the Red Cross have not gone without issues. In times like this, we don't want to tear down those who claim they want to help. However, "a donation isn't a donation." There are items donated that central agencies advise against donating, and there are donation agencies that may not be trustworthy. |
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I donate through Lutheran World Relief not just because I'm Lutheran, but because we provide aid without proselytizing and cost effectively. http://www.lwr.org/ All of the paperwork details are easy to find on the website, including Senusret I's favorite 990 form and an annual report. They haven't published one for 2009 yet, but in 2008 91.1% of their money was spent on project work, meaning 5.5% for general administration and 3.4% for fundraising.
There was already a presence in Haiti, and they don't just do emergency relief so if you're looking for a group where roughly 91 cents of your donated dollar is getting used for aid without religious restrictions on recipients here's a suggestion. |
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