Some of the twitter posts are insane.
Talk about no emergency people out etc.
http://twitter.com/fredodupoux
Particularly interesting...this person says MINUSTAH, the
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, has people in their trucks not doing a dang thing.
We need to send General Honore and his boys down there, stat!
No excuse for the guys sitting in their truck.
But - in a disaster like this it WILL be a long time before lots of people see any professional aid. That is why folks need to be prepared. The old rule was to be prepared for 3 days. A push is on to make it 5 or 7 days. Not that it matters much as most folks don’t plan for making it a day and a half without having to go to the store.
With such large-scale damage, infrastructure gone, no communications, etc. - you’re going to be on your own (and with your neighbors) for quite some time. Even in a modern city. Much less so in PauP with one road into the city from what I’ve heard. (A road that no doubt needs to have new bridges built, landslides removed, etc. before it can be used). Although I hear the airport is okay. Except for no communications! (Pilot to pilot radio to keep some planes in and out of there.)