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.)
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RT @Haitifeed: RT @yatalley: the road from Port-au-prince to jacmel is cut and there’s no way to pass...even on a rhino or a motorcycle.
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Looked at a map, an the town of Jacmel is on the south side of the island. Looks like from PauP to Jacmel there are two different roads they could use. Looks like a third road leads out of PauP to the east. (So three main routes in and out of PauP).
“That is w hy folks need to be prepared” (with food, etc.)
Unfortunately, the tragedy of Haiti, is that most people are lucky if they even have one day of food. So many have to scrounge every single day just to get a minimal amount of food needed to maintain life. I would say a lot are probably so borderline that they could die of starvation in a week. I remember this man and woman who crashed in Alaska and lived more than 40 days because they were both overweight. Not so most Haitians.