Forgot to add.....the govt seems to want to total control of all resources there as opposed to the 1940’s when the goal was simply to help as many people as possible.
Situations like this require IMMEDIATE assistance, and may not be pretty, but efforst must be made as soon as possible. We are going on 48 hourse and not many people are even in the city proper yet.
Can you imagine the ‘sharks in the water’ if an air drop were dropped.
The stampede killing those trying to get to any goods.
And then there’s always the corruption of the ones who steal the drop, like the U.N. does.
What about those with broken legs, arms, unconscious?
The need for good clean water is probably tops on that list. Next would be medical. They are afraid there going cholera in the coming days. :( They are ready traumatized by injure, shock and lack of food and good water, there bodies aren’t going to handle it very well.
Did you ever see desperate people rushing towards an air drop.
Not safe, not a good idea.
>> But why they are not doing the airdrops is beyond me. The peeople need the basics such as water and crackers and these could beeasily airdropped.
I’m not sure airdrops are a good idea. There very well could be rioting at the drop site. When so many are desperate, there needs to be a controlled plan to avoid serious civil unrest.
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The Navy is taking a ship down there, don’t know when it left. With 2000 Marines. Wonder if other ships could get in? They can’t get supplies in there fast enough. I think they are also coming across the border from Dominican Republic. I heard that earlier. From my understanding it’s very mountainous there. The roads are probably congested. With people trying to get into DR for medical attention. What a tragedy, it’s just heartbreaking.
There are not many experts.
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As the military's large-scale operation got underway, the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier, bearing 19 helicopters and equipped with operating rooms, was expected to arrive off the Haitian coast on Friday, he said.
Navy officers said the aircraft carrier will serve as a "floating airport" for a fleet of helicopters ferrying emergency teams and aid to Haiti, where rescuers raced against the clock to find survivors among thousands of corpses.
Officials have warned the death toll could top 100,000.
The carrier and the amphibious ships were equipped to purify water and deliver it by helicopter, a mission the navy has carried out in other natural disasters.
A guided-missile cruiser, the USS Normandy, and a frigate, the USS Underwood, along with several Coast Guard cutters were also steaming toward Haiti to provide more helicopters and assistance.
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Instead of sending soldiers, philanthropic geniuses should go there without staying in a resort this time to learn something about the real Haiti.
Western “journalists” are in safe havens, not the countryside; hence, airdrops would not make a good photo op for Zero the Hero.
So many are asking the same questions you are asking.
Seeing a Thursday Associate Press article about the thousands of FEMA trailers in storage about to be put up for auction at near giveaway prices brings an idea to mind. Why not provide them to Haiti for emergency housing?
Tax dollars paid at least full price for them originally. Aid money will be used to build shelter on site in Haiti at probably more than transporting and giving the campers free would cost. Many campers size would fit easily into sea going containers.
Arkansas Senators Pryor and Lincoln are reportedly trying to halt the auction as unfair competition to the local manufactured home dealers and industry. Having other aid funds that would be spent anyway transferred to provide the campers would be non-competitive and maybe even stimulate the manufactured home industry and provide humanitarian aid at the same time.
How about the Katrina FEMA trailers from Hope, AR, giving hope to devastated Haitians for taxpayer bargain relief as well?