At least she didn't decompose too fast.
The formaldehyde gasses out. Open the damn windows on a hot day till the gas levels are down & then ship em. Sheesh!
They can either live in them, or keep the bodies of the dead in them until they have time for burial.
You can’t even give a gift or good deed to people in need when the are living under starlight or in tents now.
what is wrong in AmeriKa today.
...perhaps a room at the Haiti Hilton? With room service? ~sarc
Seemed to me that was the first thing that came to my mind within the first 24 hours of the earthquake...
The mobility and flexibility of these trailers would be ideal for this situation...
And more amazing...They would probably be an upgrade to what some were living in before the quake...
With all the money that has been pumped into Haiti over the last ten or so years...You’d think that things would not have collapsed (societal and infrastructure) so bad...
I feel awful for the people from Haiti having to live and die through all of this, and its going to take years to recover, but I’m not buying the aid organizations and individuals crying me a river to open my pocketbook to justify their existance more than the people the donations are supposed to help...
As warm as it is there, they probably would never close all the windows. Even if there is still some out-gassing, it would be vented to the outside.
Sure would be hard to drive them down there all the way from Hot Springs, Ar.
Can you imagine the boondoggle of sending a bunch of junk trailers to Haiti? the transport and set-up would cost a fortune and be too little, too late. Better to send big tents and cots instead of cast off trailers.
I did see one group that was busy doing what needs to be done right now as reported below:
http://www.jw-media.org/hti/20100118.htm
Witnesses’ relief efforts well underway for victims of earthquake in Haiti
NEW YORK—Jehovah’s Witnesses are actively providing local and international assistance for victims of the massive earthquake that struck Haiti on the evening of January 12, 2010.
In cooperation with local authorities and other relief agencies, the Witnesses organized to determine the immediate needs of their fellow worshippers and other victims in Haiti and care for them. The Witnesses’ branch office in the Dominican Republic quickly sent 6 tons of food and medical supplies to the branch office in Haiti. These supplies were received the morning after the disaster. Witnesses at the Haiti branch office then prepared 700 bags with basic necessities. These bags, weighing 10 kilograms (just over 22 pounds) each and providing 2,800 meals, were transported to Kingdom Halls of Jehovah’s Witnesses that were designated as relief distribution centers. From the first shipment, 3-day rations were distributed to 4,700 people. This was followed by twice-daily shipments of relief materials, including boxes of clothing.
Arrangements were also made to send fellow Witnesses who are medical professionals from the Dominican Republic to Haiti to assist in rendering urgently needed care. An Assembly Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses remained intact after the quake and is now serving as a temporary clinic and medical center for Witnesses who were injured. Three different Kingdom Halls in the affected area are being used similarly, with local Haitian Witnesses who are doctors providing medical attention. At these makeshift facilities, efforts are made to stabilize the patient’s condition. However, if the injuries require procedures, equipment, and/or medication beyond what the Witnesses have on hand, arrangements are made to transport critical care patients to nearby hospitals. Initially, 12 Witnesses were transported to a hospital in Jimaní, Dominican Republic, near the border with Haiti. Presently critical care patients among the Witnesses are taken to a hospital in Barahona, Dominican Republic, located approximately 50 miles from the border. The Witnesses’ assistance in caring for the medical needs of their fellow worshippers and others is proving to be valuable, since several hospitals in Haiti were destroyed by the quake and the remaining area hospitals are overwhelmed. Two teams of Jehovah’s Witnesses who are medical professionals from France, Germany, Switzerland, and the United States volunteered to travel to Haiti and work directly with the relief efforts of their branch offices in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. These teams are expected to arrive by Tuesday, January 19.
There are an estimated 10,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses in the disaster area. Sadly, the latest reports from the Haiti branch office confirm that the death toll among the Witnesses now stands at 103, and that number is expected to rise as more reports are received. The Witnesses continue coordinating their international relief efforts from their world headquarters in Brooklyn. The Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses is caring for these expenses by utilizing funds donated to the Witnesses’ worldwide work.
Media contact: J. R. Brown, telephone: (718) 560-5600
I'd go for private organizations over any government efforts.
Here in Kentucky hundreds of brand new trailers were destroyed at the factory where they were built in Campbellsville,Ky. Brand new and never used these trailers were destroyed on government orders because of excess levels of formaldehyde. Crushers were brought in and these trailers were smashed to bits just a little faster than Katrina residents were able to do it. I know that a large number of locals tried to buy trailers for camping and hunting but no such luck. Thats the same Government that wants to run health care.
We should only send organic, natural food to Haiti, too.
We should demand no GMO, no preservatives, no foodstuffs grown with chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Only USDA Choice beef and free-range chicken is satisfactory. And, no brown M&Ms, I hate brown M&Ms.