Earthquake - 7.0 Magnitude in Haiti

[Hillbilly]

Take a look at this and think :"Haiti". From Tom Friedman;s column inthe NYT today.

"A key reason is that Taiwan has no oil, no natural resources. It’s a barren rock with 23 million people who, through hard work, have amassed the fourth-largest foreign currency reserves in the world. They got rich digging inside themselves, unlocking their entrepreneurs, not digging for oil. They took responsibility. They got rich by asking: “How do I improve myself?” Not by declaring: “It’s all somebody else’s fault. Give me a handout.”

HB

 

[mountainannie]

i have just recieved word that i cant cross into haiti. i have 2 trucks of supplies. can anyone help with info on a convoy with proper security and papers that i can join asap? thankyou.

Drop off your supplies at one of the collection points posted

Changing Perspectives: donation centers in the Dominican Republic

 

[CG]

Take a look at this and think :"Haiti". From Tom Friedman;s column inthe NYT today. HB

Hi HB, where in the nytimes?, sorry but don't see it.
thanks

CG

 

[Hillbilly]

OP-ED page...

There is also one with 8 ideas about the "new" Haiti...or the new PAP...

HB

 

[CG]

Thank You Very Much,

God bless our neighbors !

 

[CubsBrs1]

one bright spot

(in las terrenas) one of the employees here found out all 4 of her children survived the quake. it was the first news she's has since Wednesday.

just thought i'd throw that out there. a story with a happy ending.

gracias a dios

 

[mountainannie]

List of supplies needed coming out from Haiti

Headlamps
Batteries (AA/AAA)
Hazmat suits
Respirators
Medical masks
Body bags
Tents
Clothes (new)
Food
Medical Supplies Needed:
Gloves - all sizes
Hand sanitizer (large bottles)
1 Gallon size Ziplock bags
Band-Aids (all sizes)
Sutures (all sizes)
Medications Needed:
Heavy pain killers
Local anesthesia
Kwell lotion (scabies) or medical soap
Sparonox
Griseofulvin, Fulvicin (Nail fungus/infections)
Bactrim (UTI)
Ciprofloxacin
Silvadene cream
Hydrochlorthyozide (Hypertension)
Aspirin (children and adult)
Neosporin
Itrikonzole (antifungal pediatrics for head fungus)
Iodine salt (Groiders)
Amoxil or Augmentin (chewable antibiotics for children -refrigerated antibiotics are not realistic
Muscle relaxants (medication for handicap children specifically)
Children vitamins
Adult Vitamins
Tylenol
Malaquine (children malaria syrup)
Hydrogen peroxide
Topical antifungal creams
Any diuretic meds
Tums
Antacids

 

[Chirimoya]

More good news:

A DR-based Haitian friend who is originally from Leogane, a town outside PaP that was practically at the epicentre told us his family were OK apart from one person with minor injuries.

Two more friends who work for other organisations in Haiti have made contact to confirm they are OK. One was actually here in the DR and the other was in PaP but escaped harm.

 

[mountainannie]

Bravo Leonel!!

Do not know how many saw the press coverage of the meeting with Leonel, Preval, EU, US, Caricom, MExico, etc... here this morning

The proposal from Leonel was that all the principal and interest payments to the Club of Paris from Latin America be used for a ten year development program for Haiti

OK we can joke about Leonel proposing to fix the electric grid over there... perhaps the DR is not the best person for THAT job...

But to see Preval sitting there, so forlorn, so disheartened, and hear Leonel be so strong and forceful.... it made my heart rise for the first time in 6 days

And to watch the TELETHONS on the TV stations.. alll 5 stations, all day Sunday... and hear the soft radio music during the two days of mourning.

Oh, you Dominicans, be proud. BE VERY PROUD

 

[A.Hidalgo]

Headlamps
Batteries (AA/AAA)
Hazmat suits
Respirators
Medical masks
Body bags
Tents
Clothes (new)
Food
Medical Supplies Needed:
Gloves - all sizes
Hand sanitizer (large bottles)
1 Gallon size Ziplock bags
Band-Aids (all sizes)
Sutures (all sizes)
Medications Needed:
Heavy pain killers
Local anesthesia
Kwell lotion (scabies) or medical soap
Sparonox
Griseofulvin, Fulvicin (Nail fungus/infections)
Bactrim (UTI)
Ciprofloxacin
Silvadene cream
Hydrochlorthyozide (Hypertension)
Aspirin (children and adult)
Neosporin
Itrikonzole (antifungal pediatrics for head fungus)
Iodine salt (Groiders)
Amoxil or Augmentin (chewable antibiotics for children -refrigerated antibiotics are not realistic
Muscle relaxants (medication for handicap children specifically)
Children vitamins
Adult Vitamins
Tylenol
Malaquine (children malaria syrup)
Hydrogen peroxide
Topical antifungal creams
Any diuretic meds
Tums
Antacids

That's funny I would have thought most of those things would have been taken care of. Even some of those CNN stars are starting to complaint that Israel set up a field hospital some days ago and the US none.

lots and lots of US aid has arrived .... troops, aid, USCG cutters on the way... not to mention CNN and all the STAR reporters....

 

[Hillbilly]

Dominicans had mobile hospitals on the ground within 24 hours of the quake. and kitchens.

When the chicken lays an egg, she lets the world know. The DR has been fairly quiet about just how much and how well it has helped Haiti.

HB

 

[mountainannie]

NOAA ?posted information on Quake

I am not a scientist. Nor do I play one on TV. But here is the stuff from NOAA
perhaps some scientists can translate a bit....
(seems like a little quake in Malawi sneaked in as well)

215310.1 18.457N 72.532W 13G 0.9 326 HAITI REGION. MW
7.0 (GS), 7.0 (UCMT), 7.0 (WCMT), 7.0 (GS). ME 7.6 (GS).
Severe damage and casualties in the Port-au-Prince area.
Felt throughout Haiti and the Dominican Republic, in Turks
and Caicos Islands, southeastern Cuba, eastern Jamaica, in
parts of Puerto Rico and the Bahamas, and as far as Tampa,
Florida and Caracas, Venezuela. Broadband Source
Parameters (GS): Dep 13 km; Radiated energy 5.4*10**15 Nm.
Centroid, Moment Tensor (UCMT): Centroid origin time
21:53:24.5; Lat 18.83 N; Lon 72.16 W; Dep 10.0 km;
Principal axes (scale 10**19 Nm): (T) Val=4.40, Plg=35,
Azm=289; (N) Val=0.26, Plg=54, Azm=115; (P) Val=-4.65,
Plg=2, Azm=21; Best double couple: Mo=4.5*10**19 Nm; NP1:
Strike=71, Dip=64, Slip=25; NP2: Strike=330, Dip=68,
Slip=151. Centroid, Moment Tensor (WCMT): Centroid origin
time 21:53:09.0; Lat 18.45 N; Lon 72.45 W; Dep 15.0 km;
Principal axes (scale 10**18 Nm): (T) Val=3.89, Plg=26,
Azm=111; (N) Val=1.10, Plg=63, Azm=282; (P) Val=-4.99,
Plg=3, Azm=20; Best double couple: Mo=4.4*10**19 Nm; NP1:
Strike=152, Dip=68, Slip=163; NP2: Strike=249, Dip=74,
Slip=22. Moment Tensor (GS): Dep 13 km; Principal axes
(scale 10**19 Nm): (T) Val=3.95, Plg=26, Azm=109; (N)
Val=0.74, Plg=62, Azm=279; (P) Val=-4.70, Plg=4, Azm=17;
Best double couple: Mo=4.4*10**19 Nm; NP1: Strike=246,
Dip=74, Slip=23; NP2: Strike=150, Dip=68, Slip=163. Scalar
Moment (PPT): Mo=5.0*10**19 Nm.
220041.6 18.369N 72.823W 10G 5.9 1.0 102 HAITI REGION
221204.9 18.478N 72.514W 10G 5.5 0.8 117 HAITI REGION
230703.2 18.496N 72.629W 10G 4.6 1.0 16 HAITI REGION
231204.2 18.377N 72.550W 10G 5.1 0.9 199 HAITI REGION
231433.6 13.800S 34.494E 10G 4.8 0.9 19 MALAWI. Felt at
Lilongwe.
232736.7 18.454N 72.808W 10G 4.8 1.1 47 HAITI REGION
233540.1 18.421N 72.850W 10G 4.5 0.9 29 HAITI REGION
234738.4 18.479N 72.846W 10G 4.5 1.0 19 HAITI REGION
2

 

[Acira]

I am not a scientist. Nor do I play one on TV. But here is the stuff from NOAA
perhaps some scientists can translate a bit....
(seems like a little quake in Malawi sneaked in as well)

215310.1 18.457N 72.532W 13G 0.9 326 HAITI REGION. MW
7.0 (GS), 7.0 (UCMT), 7.0 (WCMT), 7.0 (GS). ME 7.6 (GS).
Severe damage and casualties in the Port-au-Prince area.
Felt throughout Haiti and the Dominican Republic, in Turks
and Caicos Islands, southeastern Cuba, eastern Jamaica, in
parts of Puerto Rico and the Bahamas, and as far as Tampa,
Florida and Caracas, Venezuela. Broadband Source
Parameters (GS): Dep 13 km; Radiated energy 5.4*10**15 Nm.
Centroid, Moment Tensor (UCMT): Centroid origin time
21:53:24.5; Lat 18.83 N; Lon 72.16 W; Dep 10.0 km;
Principal axes (scale 10**19 Nm): (T) Val=4.40, Plg=35,
Azm=289; (N) Val=0.26, Plg=54, Azm=115; (P) Val=-4.65,
Plg=2, Azm=21; Best double couple: Mo=4.5*10**19 Nm; NP1:
Strike=71, Dip=64, Slip=25; NP2: Strike=330, Dip=68,
Slip=151. Centroid, Moment Tensor (WCMT): Centroid origin
time 21:53:09.0; Lat 18.45 N; Lon 72.45 W; Dep 15.0 km;
Principal axes (scale 10**18 Nm): (T) Val=3.89, Plg=26,
Azm=111; (N) Val=1.10, Plg=63, Azm=282; (P) Val=-4.99,
Plg=3, Azm=20; Best double couple: Mo=4.4*10**19 Nm; NP1:
Strike=152, Dip=68, Slip=163; NP2: Strike=249, Dip=74,
Slip=22. Moment Tensor (GS): Dep 13 km; Principal axes
(scale 10**19 Nm): (T) Val=3.95, Plg=26, Azm=109; (N)
Val=0.74, Plg=62, Azm=279; (P) Val=-4.70, Plg=4, Azm=17;
Best double couple: Mo=4.4*10**19 Nm; NP1: Strike=246,
Dip=74, Slip=23; NP2: Strike=150, Dip=68, Slip=163. Scalar
Moment (PPT): Mo=5.0*10**19 Nm.
220041.6 18.369N 72.823W 10G 5.9 1.0 102 HAITI REGION
221204.9 18.478N 72.514W 10G 5.5 0.8 117 HAITI REGION
230703.2 18.496N 72.629W 10G 4.6 1.0 16 HAITI REGION
231204.2 18.377N 72.550W 10G 5.1 0.9 199 HAITI REGION
231433.6 13.800S 34.494E 10G 4.8 0.9 19 MALAWI. Felt at
Lilongwe.
232736.7 18.454N 72.808W 10G 4.8 1.1 47 HAITI REGION
233540.1 18.421N 72.850W 10G 4.5 0.9 29 HAITI REGION
234738.4 18.479N 72.846W 10G 4.5 1.0 19 HAITI REGION
2

Any idea of dates and times of these tremors?

 

[mountainannie]

The DR opening southern sea route to JACMEL!!

JACMEL: New route established for medical teams and much needed supplies
Tue, 01/19/2010 - 10:32 ? melindayiti

As of yesterday we have a new route in place for teams to travel into Jacmel and points south over sea. This is how it works:

1. Teams travel to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic by private or commercial plane at their own cost.
2. Our coordinators in SD, working out of the FUNGLODE office, arrange transport of teams to the port at Pedernales, Cabo Rojo.
3. If major supplies are coming in, we have a trucking company and warehouse, Atlantic Packaging Company, on hand to meet planes, unload supplies, transport to the port or safeguard in their warehouse.
4. DR Navy boats will take our teams and supplies directly to Jacmel as soon as we make them available at the port in Cabo Rojo.

We are investigating now the possibility of sending teams to an airport closer to the port in Pedernales but have no confirmation yet.

It is now time to start mobilizing people in the US who have collected major amounts of medical and emergency housing supplies to get them on the ground in the Dominican Republic and coordinated onto boats. The Dominican Republic has generously made FIVE Navy boats available to transport supplies into Jacmel for the city and surrounding areas, points south of PAP. The Atlantic Packaging Company is willing to support any and all transport/warehousing needs on the ground in the DR. We want to take advantage of this amazing opportunity to quickly mobilize teams and materials to people still waiting, seven days after the earthquake, for some relief.

If you have supplies or a team ready to deploy, please send an email to Melinda Miles, melinda@konpay.org and include the following information:

- Team Coordinator
- Location in the U.S.
- # of team members, names and specialties
- Date you could arrive in DR
- Date you would need to leave Haiti and be replaced by another team
- Materials/supplies you have collected and quantities (approximate weight or amount of space)
- Other information I should know about your team

* melindayiti's blog

 

[mart1n]

Another after shock of 5.9 at 11:00 this morning

 

[mountainannie]

Another after shock of 5.9 at 11:00 this morning

your source?

so far only the early morning one is regestered here
Magnitude 5.9 - HAITI REGION

 

[mountainannie]

You were right, Martin

here it is

Magnitude 5.9 - HAITI REGION

 

[mountainannie]

workers wanted

Greetings,

ACET, Inc. has received an immediate request to provide assistance to
the devastation from the recent earthquake that has befallen the nation
of Haiti . We are looking for anyone interested in going to Haiti to
help for a 3- 6 month period. There are no particular skills sets
defined at this point, except the willingness to help wherever needed.
We will be presenting folks and highlighting their unique skills and
trade qualifications, so if the opportunity to help in your area exists
- it will be noted and presented. As you can well imagine, any skill
that you may have - can be of great help.


Typical skill sets needed:

Carpenters
Masons
Electricians
Medical Personnel
Communications
Builders
Heavy Equipment Operators
Plumbers
Logistics
Etc.

THIS IS NOT A VOLUNTEER REQUEST - you will be paid for the work you do.
This is a temporary employment assignment that will include travel,
expenses, remuneration with an understanding that housing accommodations
will be very basic. All that is needed at this point is a passport or
ability to obtain one ASAP.

If you are seriously interested or know of someone who would be
interested - please email me back ASAP or forward this email, and I
will provide more details for you at that time.

This is a unique opportunity to make a difference to the people of Haiti
!

Onekqua Beverly
Corporate Recruiter/Security Specialist
ACET, Inc.
301-861-5023 301-861-5023 (Office)
301-885-3199 (Fax)
otbeverly@adamscomm.com
www.adamscomm.com <http://www.adamscomm.com/>
-- Gene Gary-Williams
13603 Water Fowl Way
Upper Marlboro , MD 20774
Tel: 301.390.5652 301.390.5652
FAX: 301.390.7077
ggarywilliams@gmail.com

 

[mountainannie]

here is a breakdown of current pledges

Changing Perspectives: breakdown of pledges

 

[Acira]

Great iniative from ACET inc.
I am sure that they have been in contact with the Haitian governement also, its a great opportunity for a lot of Haitians with those skills to work in a controlled situation and get paid for it.