It’s like Katrina all over again.
Katrina? At least those people had a roof over their heads. These people are just lying out on the streets. The media would impeach Bush for this.
This is what disaster is in reality. The problem is the logistics of bringing help. And the same thing was true in Katrina.
Except that Katrina was on U.S. soil.
Haiti is not part of the US.
It’s nothing like Katrina.
These people had no advance warning and even if they had had one, there would have been nowhere to go.
The media is not producing fraudulent stories about violence toward rescuers. The relief agencies would not go into NO until the military “restored the peace”. Even though it turned out it was all a media hoax.
The people are working VERY HARD to rescue those who are trapped and to assist any way they can. This is the opposite of New Orlean’s reaction at Katrina.
The rulers in Haiti are not refusing aid. The rulers in Louisiana did.
There are thousands of deaths in Haiti. There were a handful in NO.
Except that in Katrina, people had a week's warning and for the most part could have left if they chose. Except that with Katrina there were no aftershocks. Except that with Katrina only 300 people died, and the majority of those were people who decided, against every recommendation and plea, to stay with their homes. Except that Katrina was caused largely by human stupidity and stubbornness in living below sea level, while this was a disaster entirely of nature's making.
Additional differences between Haiti and New Orleans Katrina.
There was shelter for the NO refugees. There is no shelter for most of these people in Haiti.
Once the US military was on the scene it was hours before supplies were being distributed to almost all the impacted people. They are not able to get to the majority of the refugees in Haiti.
Disease is going to be the next problem ravaging the nation of Haiti.