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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
I've seen several reports on that area, but there aren't many people there and not much to report.
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That is not what I had heard. But again, facts (due to so many human interest stories) is so difficult to obtain.
Even the western side of Port-Au-Prince appeared (in satellite photos) to be mostly intact. A highway out of Port-Au-Prince looked intact. But again, I cannot find any confirmation on any of this. Relevant facts do not exist (or are buried by tear-jerk stories).
Apparently the military has successfully solved distribution problems by opening more airstrips (including one only for C-130s) and establishing small food and water distribution points.
Interesting was a video clip from a home overlooking the city during the quake. Each rising cloud was a collapsing building. They were numerous - almost interconnecting.
Best I can tell, the violence was mostly overblown by isolated press reports - similar to New Orleans. We need more anchormen like Jennings who would have quashed so many overblown accusations.
No more aftershocks in Haiti yesterday (19 Jan). Almost none over many days. Then today had two. One was almost a 6.0 shock. As if buildings are not yet unstable. Try probing inside collapsed buildings when ...