“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.
Agreed for the Haitians - such a tragic situation. I was meaning it all as a reminder to all of us. Even with not too much money and living in a small apartment, one can stash water and buy an extra can of food once in awhile and other essentials to survive until help arrives.
But yeah, when you are begging for enough for one ball of rice for each member of your family each day, that isn’t the case.