Sunday, January 17, 2010

Everyone Helping Haiti

Certainly, everyone in the Caribbean right now, from the farmer to the political advisor like Hartley Henry, is focused on Haiti. Since the 7.0 earthquake that recently struck, as many as 200,000 people have died. If these figures are correct and continue to be substantiated, this earthquake will end up being one of the 10 deadliest earthquakes ever recorded.

Planes and ships have been arriving into Haiti with rescue teams, search dogs, heavy equipment and more. In addition, doctors, water purification units and food are all heading there in droves. It is difficult to get the aid to the locations where it is needed, however, since the airports are clogged, the seaport is wrecked and the roads are full of rubble.