Re: OT: Haiti and reminders of Katrina


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CigarBaron wrote:
On Jan 18, 8:29 pm, "Paul M. Cook" <pmc...@xxxxxxx> wrote:

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On Jan 16, 2:29 pm, "Paul M. Cook" <pmc...@xxxxxxx> wrote:




They are desperately trying to make the vehicles *stop* so they can get
a
few drops of water. The human body cannot live very long without water
especially in a warm climate. Apparently Port au Prince has no natural
water sources of its own.
Paul- Hide quoted text -

The horrible situation there is deteriorating further into mob
violence and desperation. Food and water trucks can barely deliver
because of the crowds' swarm. So very sad.
CigarBaron

Reports today say there is isolated issues but overall calm prevails.
The
UN is reporting progress being made getting relief supplies out.

Paul


Not according to NPR yesterday morning. With the military coming in
your statement may become fact.
CigarBaron

This is about the eighth day after the earthquake and the military is just
now coming in to calm a deteriorating situation. Really, is there anyone
standing who didn't think about the high probability of looting and
killing? The only one I can think of lives on Pennsylvania Avenue in DC.


The military is *not* restoring calm. UN peacekeepers are doing that. The
State Department has said the military has no police role and will not.
There are no reports of killing. As for looting maybe it is called
*survival?" Do you loot food and water when you are dying of thirst and
hunger? Every single account coming out of Haiti is that things could be a
whole lot worse and the calm is amazing. But that could change as things
continue to get worse. Not that you could empathize, but desperate people
temd to act out of desperation.

Paul


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