Haiti earthquake - hell on earth

SteamWake · 01-13-10, 03:10 PM

48 photos some of the first from the scene.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/201..._in_haiti.html

When my wife told me Haiti had been struck by an earthquake I knew it was going to be bad. Ive been there and know what the buildings and citys were like. Worst case scenario.

Skybird · 01-13-10, 03:15 PM

Already a hell even without earthquakes.

01-13-10, 03:28 PM

Hope the whether holds back for a-while.
No shelter, very limmited food, probably no drinking water, and a traumitized population.
This is going to take a massive effort, and it has to move fast.
A real Mission Impossible situation that has to be dealt with.

GoldenRivet · 01-13-10, 03:31 PM

Looks the same as it usually does... only now everything is knocked over.

hope the recovery is swift and sure.

best of luck to them.

AVGWarhawk · 01-13-10, 03:36 PM

I can assure you the US is responding. Currently the Port au Prince A/P is functioning but only three flights a day. The tower is destroyed. VFR daylight flights only. USAID is responding.

01-13-10, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I can assure you the US is responding. Currently the Port au Prince A/P is functioning but only three flights a day. The tower is destroyed. VFR daylight flights only. USAID is responding.

Ja. Hillary was on the danish news shortly after the event.
Wasn't she on the US news?

Torvald Von Mansee · 01-13-10, 03:46 PM

I presume every power in the region is responding.

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess the USNS Comfort is steaming there as fast as it can, if it was at its home port of Baltimore. A whole lot of staff will probably disappear from the naval hospital at Bethesda.

Schroeder · 01-13-10, 03:50 PM

The German THW has already sent in an advance party to check the situation and guide the aid where it's needed the most (they could just mark the island and say: There!).

SteamWake · 01-13-10, 03:51 PM

If you look through all the photos you will see some forces being mobilized from Korea, the UK, the US and some others.

I think they know by now to not wait on the UN but to just go ahead and do something.

AVGWarhawk · 01-13-10, 03:53 PM

The place is a mess. USAID is on it. This is what USAID does.

Platapus · 01-13-10, 05:54 PM

Heard about this while at work. One of my co-workers said that hundreds of thousands of people may be dead. Terrible.

MothBalls · 01-13-10, 06:53 PM

It's great to see the world reacting so quickly and coordinating aid efforts. No matter how much they do, it won't be enough, but at least they are helping.

In another way it's sad to see that the US can respond to everyone else so quickly at the same time we leave our own citizens [Katrina] without help for days, even more in some cases.

longam · 01-13-10, 08:04 PM

What is really tragic is the fact that there whole infrastructure is in shambles, including the 3 hospitals, water, electric, sewage.

God help them recover.

GoldenRivet · 01-13-10, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by MothBalls

It's great to see the world reacting so quickly and coordinating aid efforts. No matter how much they do, it won't be enough, but at least they are helping.

In another way it's sad to see that the US can respond to everyone else so quickly at the same time we leave our own citizens [Katrina] without help for days, even more in some cases.

agreed.

and i lay 100% of the blame on two sorry ass people for the whole Katrina thing.

Governor Blanco

Mayor Nagin

The Federal Government from The President down were ALL OVER the two of them to get rolling and they barely bothered to get off the couch.

so who gets the blame?

Bush

im no big Bush fan... but any old fool can see he caught a lot of misplaced anger and flak for that whole Katrina thing. The Feds did their job on that one... their only failure IMHO was Michael D. Brown being the FEMA director... should have had someone with more emergency management experience in that job.

Katrina... like Haiti, are disasters in more ways than one.

it will take a lot of time to bounce back from such an event... especially for such a poverty ridden place like Haiti

Nicolas · 01-14-10, 12:37 AM

I feel bad for this. Some reports says could be more than 100.000 victims, Haiti is the poorest country in america, life expectation is only 53 years

, let see from what wood we and our politicians are made from, i wish they send big big help. One thing i can do is to call one of those paid phone numbers to help with a couple of dollars, if you saw some way to donate do it. It can help a lot.

01-13-10, 03:10 PM	#1
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Haiti earthquake - hell on earth 48 photos some of the first from the scene. http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/201..._in_haiti.html When my wife told me Haiti had been struck by an earthquake I knew it was going to be bad. Ive been there and know what the buildings and citys were like. Worst case scenario. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

01-13-10, 03:15 PM	#2
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,602 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Already a hell even without earthquakes. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

01-13-10, 03:31 PM	#4
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Looks the same as it usually does... only now everything is knocked over. hope the recovery is swift and sure. best of luck to them. __________________

01-13-10, 03:36 PM	#5
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I can assure you the US is responding. Currently the Port au Prince A/P is functioning but only three flights a day. The tower is destroyed. VFR daylight flights only. USAID is responding. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-13-10, 03:46 PM	#7
Torvald Von Mansee Sea Lord Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: CA4528 Posts: 1,693 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I presume every power in the region is responding. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess the USNS Comfort is steaming there as fast as it can, if it was at its home port of Baltimore. A whole lot of staff will probably disappear from the naval hospital at Bethesda. __________________ "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you" - Leon Trotsky

01-13-10, 03:28 PM	#3
Snestorm Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Hope the whether holds back for a-while. No shelter, very limmited food, probably no drinking water, and a traumitized population. This is going to take a massive effort, and it has to move fast. A real Mission Impossible situation that has to be dealt with.

01-13-10, 03:50 PM	#8
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	The German THW has already sent in an advance party to check the situation and guide the aid where it's needed the most (they could just mark the island and say: There!). __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

01-13-10, 03:51 PM	#9
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	If you look through all the photos you will see some forces being mobilized from Korea, the UK, the US and some others. I think they know by now to not wait on the UN but to just go ahead and do something. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

01-13-10, 03:53 PM	#10
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	The place is a mess. USAID is on it. This is what USAID does. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-13-10, 05:54 PM	#11
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Heard about this while at work. One of my co-workers said that hundreds of thousands of people may be dead. Terrible. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

01-13-10, 06:53 PM	#12
MothBalls Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,012 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	It's great to see the world reacting so quickly and coordinating aid efforts. No matter how much they do, it won't be enough, but at least they are helping. In another way it's sad to see that the US can respond to everyone else so quickly at the same time we leave our own citizens [Katrina] without help for days, even more in some cases.

01-13-10, 08:04 PM	#13
longam Admiral Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,014 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	What is really tragic is the fact that there whole infrastructure is in shambles, including the 3 hospitals, water, electric, sewage. God help them recover.

01-14-10, 12:37 AM	#15
Nicolas Commander Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Uruguay Posts: 453 Downloads: 196 Uploads: 4	I feel bad for this. Some reports says could be more than 100.000 victims, Haiti is the poorest country in america, life expectation is only 53 years , let see from what wood we and our politicians are made from, i wish they send big big help. One thing i can do is to call one of those paid phone numbers to help with a couple of dollars, if you saw some way to donate do it. It can help a lot.