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!

[Cannon Shell]

I dont know if there is any scientific reasoning behind it but the earthquake section of my KY house insurance went from $38 dollars a year about 5 years ago to $112 this year. Wasnt that long ago we had a minor quake early in the am that we felt.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Globa...ty-and-Twitter

Now, why does this guy not first go ask his friend Beyonce to give the first 10 mil? She made 87 mil last year, and her husband made 30 some odd million. What about Usher? He has so much that he was willing to leave a million dollars of jewelry in his car. What about Donald Trump? David Beckham made 40 mil last year for doing f'n what? What about each Goldman Sachs employee getting an average of 700k? (for manupulating while sitting in an office.) No, they come ask the f'n general public, 1st. That will never change.

[alysheba4]

you got dat right.

[Riot]

Terrible, I saw some uncut initial footage, so many instantly dead.

Have been working Keeneland sale all this week, seemed strange today watching so much money go to horses, when thinking about Haiti. We are so, so fortunate to be living in the USA.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/HaitiEarthquake

You can also help immediately by donating to the Red Cross to assist the relief effort. Contribute online to the Red Cross http://american.redcross.org/supporthaiti

or donate $10 to be charged to your cell phone bill by texting "HAITI" to "90999." Find more ways to help through the Center for International Disaster Information.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Being centered just 6 miles deep makes it a real ass kicker.

[Danzig]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cb_haiti_...9kaWVzcGlsZWRv


i saw this morning there had been a quake, but i certainly didn't realize just how massive it was....just awful.

[ArlJim78]

those poor souls, they're going to need all the help we can give. its heartbreaking to see the devastation.

[herkhorse]

Wow, that's about as bad as it gets. Between this and the five Guys Burgers thread, I'd say we've got the entire spectrum of life covered.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzReSBaben8

[SCUDSBROTHER]

They've never had a sewer system there? Of all the places to hit, it hits there. If Rush is thinking, he'll write a huge check to the Red Cross.

[rpncaine]

You know...why can't all those mega-rich f-er's out there do that? Oprah, and all those movie stars and sports stars who can drop a million like it's nothing. Why aren't they coming out of the wood work and giving to the Red Cross?
Tiger could really repair some of his rep with a nice fat 5 million!

[Arletta]

Originally Posted by rpncaine

You know...why can't all those mega-rich f-er's out there do that? Oprah, and all those movie stars and sports stars who can drop a million like it's nothing. Why aren't they coming out of the wood work and giving to the Red Cross?
Tiger could really repair some of his rep with a nice fat 5 million!

True enough....

I did read where Brad and Angelina are helping.

[dellinger63]

Just heard on WGN the prisons there are now empty and female american mission workers are being told by police to leave the country. This could get very ugly. Send in the marines and today.

[GBBob]

Painless way to donate $10

Clinton said $3 million had been raised through a State Department program in which individuals with U.S. cell phones can donate $10 to the Red Cross, by texting "Haiti" to 90999.