Posted on 09/20/2004 7:50:50 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
That is a really bad situation in Haiti. Dominican Republic had severe flooding in May which killed 300 people after 10 inches fell in one day.
NO word yet on that island that just vanished?
Anyone interested in sending aid or relief/supplies to Haiti, you can do so here
http://missionaryflights.org/about.htm
I know these folks and can vouch for them; they are very honest and will personally deliver to Haiti anything you send.
Like...... Sand? Bedrock?
I am not up on that. Which Island?
Or trees! They need roots!
LOL! What the hell are you talking about?!
It's been a very nasty hurricane season.
Sometimes, it's sunny and pleasant. Sometimes it rains a little. Sometimes a very bad storm comes along. Sometimes there's a bunch of really bad storms in a row. Then it gets sunny again.
This is commonly known as "weather".
Actually even before these storms, a majority of these people live in "lean-to's". A family would erect a hut out of plywood or corrugated steel - anything they could find. And between them and another hut, someone would toss a roof between the two and live there. It is pretty pitiful. France had a big part in draining their economy and also with supporting dictators in power years ago. Many of these folks still make all their foods outside in clay ovens which gets infested with insects, etc. Pretty bad situation.
More trouble for Kerry!! Of the 570 Haitians killed, 461 were scheduled to travel to Florida and cast 3,458 votes for Kerry and the dems. Each vote was worth $100 in cash (petty cash money from foreign supporters) plus transportation over and back. None of those who died was scheduled to speak with the international observers and claim they were disenfranchised. Only charming Jamaicans are scheduled for that task. And, yes, they do get extra for speaking to the observers and to the left wing media. This is a tragedy for Kerry.
Worldwide?
What a joke.
And in that link you are talking about UN HELO PILOTS who can't find an island they probably never tried to find before. The UN isn't doing SQUAT for Haiti.
"Age of global whatever....
If you recall, or maybe you don't recall, there have been other years where multiple large hurricanes hit the US. And it wasn't then, isn't now, the "age".
I wouldn't doubt it.
Imagine how the people in Rwanda and Uganda feel.(the ones that still can)
The UN is a bunch of do nothing bureaucrats. If the US does not lead, it does not get done.
Did GOP environmental policies usher in this new age of "global superstorms?"
No. This is just another piece of the puzzle that is being completed by someone else.
I have been to Haiti several times (Mountrouis, which is a town a ways south of Gonaives). I was told that the Duvaliers sold the trees to the Japanese, but I have not been able to verify this. Can you tell me about the "French connection"?
When I first learned (I am not a Haitian :o) ) this was when I would fly down to Port A Prince, and we would fly over the beaches and I remarked on the silt outlining the shore. I was told it was the earth washing into the sea - which it is - and when I asked "why?", that's when it was explained to me that the French came in and cleared the land. Now this was 1983-1984. My memory could be faulty on this, but I think I am recalling this correctly. And I am almost certain it was mahogany trees; it seems to me that the surprise of those being the trees uprooted is what made the info stick in my noggin. I will ask again the guys who I flew with just to make certain, if you think I ought to.
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