Port-au-Prince Earth Quake

NCC1701 · 01-12-2010, 09:15 PM

I worked late today. Just now hearing about the major quake in Haiti.

My sympathy to the victims.

AMERICAN RED CROSS:
International Relief Fund
1-800-RED-CROS
1-800-733-2767
TEXT: "HAITI" to 90999
Automatically donates $10 to the Red Cross relief effort

UNICEF

Americans seeking information on family members in Haiti, call ...
1-888-407-4747

Very good tips here:
Beware of bogus online 'help' for Haiti

Extensive listing of relief agencies to chose from:
Haiti earthquake: How to help

**Dunerunner** · 01-12-2010, 10:26 PM

A wonderful Idea NCC1701! I fully support this effort and this thread! +100!!

NCC1701 · 01-12-2010, 11:30 PM

Nice that it's a sticky. Sad that only a dozen have viewed it in more than two hours.

**Dunerunner** · 01-12-2010, 11:41 PM

We'll have to insure it gets bumped!

**Suze** · 01-12-2010, 11:47 PM

I'm not sure people know how serious this is. I didn't.

Fierce Quake Devastates Haitian Capital - NYTimes.com

NCC1701 · 01-12-2010, 11:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suze

I'm not sure people know how serious this is. I didn't.

Early estimates are 100,000 deaths. Port-au-Prince is a city of 2 million.

**Dunerunner** · 01-13-2010, 12:08 AM

Here is some early video from CNN

YouTube- Broadcast Yourself.

**JPaul** · 01-13-2010, 02:24 AM

Must have been a terrible night for Haitians!
As posted on Jan 13, at 5:06 AM EST by JONATHAN M. KATZ
Associated Press Writer

Quote:

TBO.com - News From AP

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Dazed and injured Haitians sat on darkened streets pleading for help Wednesday and untold numbers were trapped in tons of rubble brought down by the strongest earthquake to hit this poor Caribbean nation in more than 200 years.

The extent of destruction from Tuesday afternoon's 7.0-magnitude tremor was far from clear - and estimating the number of casualties was impossible, save for the dead lying among thousands of collapsed buildings in Haiti's capital.

forestacademy · 01-13-2010, 04:23 AM

How Much activity did you expect at 2 in the morning (bump)

Not an area you think of when you thing BIG Quakes

**Suze** · 01-13-2010, 07:20 AM

OMG - total devastation. The airport control tower collapsed, so no relief can get in.

Social networks seem to be the main way of getting info out of Haiti. Obama on the news now.