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As you have no doubt heard, a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti near her capital of Port-Au-Prince on Tuesday afternoon. It was the strongest earthquake to hit Haiti since 1770, and two of its aftershocks were nearly as intense.
The damage is horrific, and has only worsened in the wake of the aftershocks. Haiti's centers of government, national and international, have in many instances been leveled. Hospitals are overflowing, and the country simply does not have the capacity to respond to the sheer volume of need.
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Haiti: A Country In Need of Our Help
The US government is just not prepared well enough at this point to respond rapidly and effectively enough.
A lot of people are dying while relief is in transit or bottle necked.
A speedier response and anticipation/solution of the logistic problems are necessary.
If this were a Northern Metro area in the dead of winter the US response would be inadequate.