reply to post by cjcord
cjcord, thank you very much for your valuable contributions to this thread
I'll add some more links about how to help, which is the best thing that can be done right now
Americans who need information about family members in Haiti have been asked to call (888) 407-4747, a line set up by the State Department.
There are many ways to lend a hand, but be warned, many aid sites have been overloaded and were down when we tried to access them. Be patient!
You can make a donation through the American Red Cross'
International
Response Fund, and it will be allocated specifically for Haiti relief efforts.
Mercy Corps has a way for you to donate your money straight to
their efforts in Haiti, and Unicef also has a donation site set up.
Yele, an organization set up by musician Wyclef Jean, a native Haitian, is an additional option.
The fastest way to donate may be by text. Text "Haiti" to 90999 to donate $10 to the American Red Cross relief efforts. Or text Yele to 501 501 to
donate $5.
Originally posted by muzzleflash
"Hundreds of thousands of people have died in Haiti's earthquake, the prime minister told CNN today. "
CNN.com
Now I know this is just his personal estimate, but consider the fact that this man is professional and educated very well, and that he is ON THE
GROUND there as we speak.
Like I said last nite, my estimate was 125k.
But from this on the ground update from the PM, we are truely looking at something on the scale from 125k to 250k dead and at least half a million
injured.
I hope he is simply exaggerating but I am afraid he is relating the truth as he sees it.
May God have mercy on them.
I always fear for the first real numbers (which yet have to come in this case): it's almost always a shock. In this case, i think that you are
correct not only because he's on the ground and he's educated, but also because he's in some ranking that makes it very unlikely that he can be
provided with some random informations:
two more thoughts: while due to lack of communication there could be victims we aren't aware of, there are many people waiting for rescuers,
sometimes it's impressive the number of people that get rescued after days and days.
Hope is hard to die, all they have to do is to do not give up, all we have to do is to help, no matter the way.
I'm trying to be optimistic, but honestly everything suggests that we are in front of some epic catastrophe.
