7.0 earthquake hits Haiti, death toll may reach 200,000

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just found out my family is fine, no death no serious injuries

pass 2 days i kept thinking of the school the house was right next to, it did collapsed but fell on the street(lucky for us). From what i remember school was usually out at 2PM, but they also use to have night school too, dunno how it is overthere.

I got the info from a cousin in Miami who got through, seems like Florida is having better luck getting call out.
 
~Devil Trigger~ said:
just found out my family is fine, no death no serious injuries

pass 2 days i kept thinking of the school the house was right next to, it did collapsed but fell on the street(lucky for us). From what i remember school was usually out at 2PM, but they also use to have night school too, dunno how it is overthere.

I got the info from a cousin in Miami who got through, seems like Florida is having better luck getting call out.
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Largest amount of Haitians anywhere in the US in South Florida, lot of people with connections or trying to get through to family down here.
 
WickedAngel said:
These people don't even have enough money to afford infrastructure for clean, running water.
It's easy to pass judgment from a first-world country when you've never had to worry about the basic essentials of life. I'm sure they'll take critiques of buildings standards under consideration, though.

I had to go to the emergency room on Sunday night because of dehydration (Severe gastroenteritis). I've been thinking back to how miserable I was in spite of all the shit I had to help me out (Ice to make my headache feel better, water to drink even though I couldn't keep it down, indoor plumbing, electricity, shelter, a hospital to go to, and a car to get me there). These people don't have most of that under normal circumstances, let alone during a catastrophe; try to think about these things before you spout off about shit like building codes in a country where people are thankful to have any shelter at all.
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Just wanted to quote this for emphasis. I hope they just get the water, medical supplies, and food. Those and temporary shelter are the main things to worry about. Most people spouting off about building codes have no idea how much of a logistical nightmare it is to even organize local relief efforts in a barely developing nation like Haiti let alone enforce strict citywide/statewide building codes. It's like trying to teach a newborn how to run before it can even crawl.
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Rush is seriously pushing it. One day he is going to say something that even he is going to regret and not because he himself will regret it, but because this kind of exposure could make his whole family a target. If I was his close relative I'd change my name and drop all contact.
 
~Devil Trigger~ said:
just found out my family is fine, no death no serious injuries

pass 2 days i kept thinking of the school the house was right next to, it did collapsed but fell on the street(lucky for us). From what i remember school was usually out at 2PM, but they also use to have night school too, dunno how it is overthere.

I got the info from a cousin in Miami who got through, seems like Florida is having better luck getting call out.
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Good to hear your family is ok.

There are reports of riots starting for food and water. Keeping the security (on top of the already difficult rescue mission) will be tough since local police force seems to be inneficient and under prepared for the job.


And some greed assholes are holding fuel to sell it triple the normal price. Holy shit!
 
God I wish I was a millionaire right now. I donated what little I could afford.

Feel like a shit for buying new studio equipment today :(
 
We found out a dear family friend is ok. Unfortunately a relative of mine, someone very close to mother died. The truth is....I'm totally processing this completely different than everyone else.

My mother....it just hurts seeing her like this....I really can't say anything to her. Its like time is painfully slowing. People ask me how I'm taking all this in but to be honest I don't even know what to say. Damn....this hurts....bad.
 
Urban Scholar said:
We found out a dear family friend is ok. Unfortunately a relative of mine, someone very close to mother died. The truth is....I'm totally processing this completely different than everyone else.

My mother....it just hurts seeing her like this....I really can't say anything to her. Its like time is painfully slowing. People ask me how I'm taking all this in but to be honest I don't even know what to say. Damn....this hurts....bad.
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that is difficult

my father and his side of the family are pretty much missing so I may never know what happened to them

I am not sure how to feel since we were not close but still I feel a lot of regret
 
Kyuuketsu_Night said:
Going to dig through stuff today to see what we can donate. We have lots of sheets we don't use~
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Which organization are you going through? I just gave alot of bottled water crates and bundles of clean towels to the red cross for their next flight over there.
 
I really hope Haiti has recieved heavy equipment already. It's been 3 days and people who are still trapped underneath the rubble are going to start dying from dehydration from this point forward very rapidly. :(
 
Well... someone came knocking at our door to tell us our good next door neighbor had passed away in hati. He went before the earth quake to visit relatives. I noticed alot of cars were parked infront of his house yesterday, but I thought he was having another one of his get togethers. What a shitty way to start the year.
 
In the wake of Wyclef Jean’s support of Haiti in its current earthquake crisis, a report by thesmokinggun.com was released today (January 15), calling into question the history of the rapper’s charity, the Yele Haiti Foundation.

As reported by ABC News, Clef has already raised upwards of $1 million through the non-profit in donations, yet TSG is weary of Haiti’s Goodwill Ambassador’s record-keeping. According to the paperwork filed with the Internal Revenue Services, the former Fugees frontman and his business partner have been compensated over $400,000 in rent, production services and appearance fees from the organization since its creation 12 years ago.

In fact, last year was the first time that Yele had filed tax returns with the IRS and they only disclosed information about the years, 2005, 2006 and 2009.

Calls to Jean’s reps have not been returned to XXLMag.com as of press time.

Stay tuned to XXL as this story develops. —Max G
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Blu_LED said:
Just sent it. Should I get some return message to confirm that it went through?
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Bit late, but yes you should have gotten a return txt. You actually have to reply with another txt confirming your donation
 
Smiles and Cries said:
ah thats fucked up as all hell. I hope its not true I trusted that org and sent money

argh
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It's just an accusation of poor record keeping at this point -- not necessarily mismanagement/corruption (Though I wouldn't particularly trust any celebrity-run charity). $400k over 12 years is not unreasonable for expenses
 
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Donations via text message raised $7 million for the American Red Cross's Haiti relief efforts as of 11 p.m. Thursday.

Soon after a 7.0-magnitude quake struck near capital city Port-au-Prince late Tuesday, the Red Cross mobilized fundraising efforts via social networking site Twitter. Just before midnight, @RedCross tweeted: "You can text "HAITI" to 90999 to donate $10 to Red Cross relief efforts in #haiti."


And so far a staggering 700,000 customers have done just that, across all wireless networks including AT&T (T, Fortune 500), Verizon (VZ, Fortune 500), Sprint (S, Fortune 500) and T-Mobile.

"These are donors who are typically the hardest to reach: young people," said Verizon Wireless spokesman Jeffrey Nelson. "They're reacting to something that affects them and realizing their few dollars can make a difference. Texting has opened up a whole new world for philanthropy."

Twitter mobilizes Haiti aid
Mobile giving isn't new, but it's been in the spotlight since the Haiti earthquake hit. In fact, the $7 million that's been raised so far by the Red Cross far exceeds the nearly $4 million that was donated to all charities by mobile texts in all of 2009, Nelson said.

Organizations including the ASPCA, Feed the Children and World Land Trust all have 5-digit numbers to which subscribers can text donations at any time.


Corporations aid Haiti
Nelson said Verizon Wireless (VZ, Fortune 500) has a long-standing policy that it does not charge subscribers for texts to make charitable donations, and added that 100% of the donated funds are passed on to the Red Cross. T-Mobile also said its subscribers can text Haiti donations for free.

News reports earlier Thursday said AT&T (T, Fortune 500) was charging subscribers for their texts. But a spokesman said Thursday afternoon that the company had updated its systems in the morning to make texts sent to Haiti relief efforts free of charge, and that the change would cover those who donated yesterday.

On Thursday afternoon Sprint said it will continue to treat donation texts "like any other text message for now," but by that evening the company did an about face and said it would issue a waiver on text message fees for specific Haiti mobile giving donations
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http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/14/technology/haiti_text_donation/index.htm

The Red Cross is getting about $100,000 an hour through this text messaging system.
 
My wife's co worker landed on the island this morning. His family's house has killed all of his immediate family.
7 family members total brothers sisters parents and nephews
they were all still under the rubble when he arrived
 
rhino4evr said:
My wife's co worker landed on the island this morning. His family's house has killed all of his immediate family.
7 family members total brothers sisters parents and nephews
they were all still under the rubble when he arrived
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Still no word of/from my grandpa or the rest of my family in Haiti.

My dad may try to go over there; I may do the same. It's looking crazy dangerous right now, though.
 
captmcblack said:
Still no word of/from my grandpa or the rest of my family in Haiti.

My dad may try to go over there; I may do the same. It's looking crazy dangerous right now, though.
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from what I have been hearing (once again my wife works for Food for The Poor), you do not want to be there right now. The streets are not safe, it is chaos. Unless you know you have some place to stay don't go. Most people are sleeping on the streets. The Haitian government has completely abandonned its people. There are no police officers, only private security forces. Until the marines and military bring some sort of order, you are best waiting..as hard as that may be.

also..the smell of bodies are everywhere.
 
Revelations said:
Why you piece of shit.

So he dosn't think obama wouldn't do the same if say some other non predominately black country was hit by a massive earthquake? And that we all wouldn't respond the same. ...yeah a thousand plagues upon you.
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There is an agenda. Obama's instant, unwavering support for Haiti vs Bush's 'eh we'll give a little bit OKAY FINE we'll give a lot stop yelling at us' bit during the tsunami disaster.

They're probably just attacking to pre-empt the comparison.





Sad thing is, I just shat that out of my ass, but it's probably true.
 
I just heard on the news that the main prison has been destroyed and most of the inmates (about 4000) have escaped. I think it's going to get a lot rougher out there if more supplies won't reach the island soon. Fights, rioting for food and water seems like it could become a serious problem. :(

Main Prison Destroyed, 4,000 Prisoners Escape
 
Smiles and Cries said:
its all part of the same plate mostly so one big would cause other activity - the whole area may become like this
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Well I am on the same plate. Guess I should expect some tremors =(
 
Relix said:
Well I am on the same plate. Guess I should expect some tremors =(
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the scientist on the news have been saying the area may become more active

also one report talked about the next big one moving west and Jamaica should be concerned but thats pretty much all they can say its not like they can predict these things
 
A policeman checks for looting in Port-au-Prince on Thursday, amid reports of young men and boys roaming the streets with machetes.
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A man tries to rescue a woman in the rubble in Port-au-Prince.
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People line up for food distributed by UN forces in Port-au-Prince. Aid has been slow to trickle into the city due to the damaged seaport and clogged airport.
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U.S., French and Spanish rescue workers carry Sarla Chand, 65, of New Jersey on Thursday, more than 50 hours after she was buried in the rubble of Haiti's Hotel Montana. The hotel, which sits on a ridge, was flattened from the earthquake. Chand says she had been speaking to five other people trapped with her up until the moment she was rescued.
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Bodies lie in a makeshift morgue at the main hospital in Port au Prince. They were eventually loaded by bulldozers and trucks and taken to a mass grave.
NSFW


A man prepares to have his leg amputated in a makeshift triage center in Port-au-Prince..
Kinda Nasty



Rescuers with a 3-month-old baby found alive in Port-au-Prince on Thursday.
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A Spanish rescuer with 2-year-old Redjeson Hausteen Claude after he was rescued from a collapsed home in Port-au-Prince.
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A doctor of the Chinese emergency rescue team treats an injured child in Port-au-Prince.
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The amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) loads equipment at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story before departing to provide humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Amanda Watson
 
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I mean its better than nothing but.... Why are they giving them Red Bull? That doesn't seem like an emergency food ration to me. What next Bud lights? :^/
 
Cimarron said:
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I mean its better than nothing but.... Why are they giving them Red Bull? That doesn't seem like an emergency food ration to me. What next Bud lights? :^/
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not a bad idea for rescue workers working long hours even at night to drink that I guess
 
Cimarron said:
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I mean its better than nothing but.... Why are they giving them Red Bull? That doesn't seem like an emergency food ration to me. What next Bud lights? :^/
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Thats why I posted it -- I thought it was kind of a funny choice.

But yeah, it makes sense given that they are going to be working around the clock
 
Cimarron said:
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I mean its better than nothing but.... Why are they giving them Red Bull? That doesn't seem like an emergency food ration to me. What next Bud lights? :^/
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Caffeine and sugar in tough, transportable containers. If they have access to water then it's not a bad choice.
 
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