Originally posted by infinite
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she will shorten her trip to Asia because of the earthquake. "It is biblical, the tragedy that continues to stalk Haiti and the Haitian people," she tells reporters in Hawaii, according to the AFP news agency.

the fact she said "biblical" makes me thinks shes a pat robertson fan...

she must be one of them peeps who thinks this a sign of the end of the world. im not saying it couldnt be, it intrests me greatly but damn, where the compassion..

on twitter:
VerdaFolio: UN Peacekeepers in Haiti cover up police "campaign of terror in Port-au-Prince


[edit on 13-1-2010 by TheCoffinman]

I think that, by biblical, she meant the Deluge, the Great Flood. It's a tragedy with biblical proportions. It's a normal thing to compare with.

VerdaFolio: BBC: 3,000 UN peacekeepers based in and around Port-au-Prince are "securing the ports aid can get through".

peaceimages - 7:14 p.m.
RT @stlblogger: RT @LadyDior47: 3 ppl are stuck under the house at 10 rue marcadieu bourdon. port-au-prince haiti, Ingrid Jaar & mom ...

MelyMello - 7:14 p.m.
IBM currently working to set up communications hub in Port-au-Prince so families in #Haiti & elsewhere can connect.

*sighs*

whitherwanda - 7:16 p.m.
RT @sableverity: Death everywhere in Port-au-Prince. Bodies of tiny children piled next to schools. Corpses of women on the street...

Apparently there are pictures, but I will not post them out of a)respect and b) too emotive to see children piled corpses

US to stop all illegals been deported from Haiti for the time being.

Hell it doesn't take a genius that this just the humanitarian thing to do.

Nuclear submarine now to be joining other ships heading to Haiti.

Now what a nuclear submarine will do in Haiti?

atompkins - 7:22 p.m.
CNN's Dr Sanjay Gupta says relief supply carrying cargo planes are landing at Port-au-Prince Haiti's airport

I know they need everything they can get, but 1 million from China? Not enough considering the Guyana is giving the same, they are not near as wealthy as China. Come on China, you can do better than that.
I wish I could be there right now to help. I am so freakin upset by this. I'm pissed off cuz everyone I work with doesn't even give a rats a**, we should be having a prayer vigil.

All I can do is pray for them, alone.

HarlemHazel: RT @cnnbrk: "Port-au-Prince is flattened ... more than 100,000 are dead," says Haitian consul general to U.N

Some good news:

salvigirl81 - 7:29 p.m.
RT @BreakingNews: U.N. says Haiti's Port-au-Prince's main airport is "fully operational" and open to earthquake relief flights -

Originally posted by marg6043
Nuclear submarine now to be joining other ships heading to Haiti.

Now what a nuclear submarine will do in Haiti?

A nuclear sub can actually power the island by itself and they have been used for the before after a disaster.

Gemelle2T2: RT @BreakingNews: Cmdr. of U.S. Coast Guard cutter reports heavy damage to Port-au-Prince port; 4 badly injured U.S. Embassy workers evacuated