Haiti

[GBBob]

HUNDREDS of thousands dead?? HUNDREDS?...Good god

[GPK]

Where did you hear that number from Bob? NYTimes reporting thousands, but not hundreds of thousands.

[dellinger63]

Drudge reporting up to a half million dead. Think we can all agree on Obama sending aid and supplies NOW!

[brianwspencer]

Terrible. Good thing we're sending what we can down there.

Numbers I'm seeing have it upwards of 100,000, with no way of knowing yet, but people there saying it could number into the 100s of thousands.

[timmgirvan]

probably over 100 thousand easy! Kinda puts all the healthcare reform BS
into perspective,doesn't it?

[MaTH716]

When I was a kid. We went on a cruise of the Carribean. Haiti was one of the ports we stopped at. I can honestly say that it was one of the scariest, pooriest and most horrible places I have ever been. I couldn't have been more than 8 years old and I remember being petrified that we were going to miss the boat out of there. They (people on the cruise) warned us not to give any kind of material worth to anybody. And then went on to tell the story of a tourist feeling bad for a young bare footed boy with bloody feet. The tourist gave the young boy some money and bought him shoes. Supposedly (This was the story they told everyone) the boy was killed for the shoes. I also remember everyone begging for money, like the streets were lined for blocks with people begging. It was just a ver sad and scary situation.
Fast foward to today, I can't even imagine whats going on down there. These people have nothing to start with and if possible they have even less today. Just terrible!


On a side note, is anyone (mostly people on the East Coast) all of a sudden giving a little thought to a major earthquake closer to the East coast? Usually this stuff happens out west and making me think if the East coast could be vulnarble to a major quake.

[rpncaine]

There is a fault the runs thru the Midwest (New Madrid) that is supposed to be overdue for a BIG quake. Not something I want to deal with. Tornados are bad enough!

[johnny pinwheel]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

When I was a kid. We went on a cruise of the Carribean. Haiti was one of the ports we stopped at. I can honestly say that it was one of the scariest, pooriest and most horrible places I have ever been. I couldn't have been more than 8 years old and I remember being petrified that we were going to miss the boat out of there. They (people on the cruise) warned us not to give any kind of material worth to anybody. And then went on to tell the story of a tourist feeling bad for a young bare footed boy with bloody feet. The tourist gave the young boy some money and bought him shoes. Supposedly (This was the story they told everyone) the boy was killed for the shoes. I also remember everyone begging for money, like the streets were lined for blocks with people begging. It was just a ver sad and scary situation.
Fast foward to today, I can't even imagine whats going on down there. These people have nothing to start with and if possible they have even less today. Just terri

you have not been around. back in my navy days, i've seen worse. when we went to senagal. they could not even feed their navy guys. they were eating our sliders like they were filet mignon. people were begging for bread and apples there, forget money. in somalia they have goats for pets in case theres no food. in the middle east they live behind barbed wire and chicken wire. (then people wonder why they blow themselves up) people here don't have a clue, until something like this. i remember some guys kissing the dock when we got back after the cruises. we are the fattest,softest, laziest bunch theres ever been. but watch how many knot heads will complain about helping them...most (ie. pat robertson) would not last there a day! "wheres my manucure and cigar" i'm busy doing Jesus work.....lol

If you volunteer for a day at any disaster area in Haiti you will receive a pass to any Walt Disney World theme park.