True but there are cities with streets. The ambulances will be put to good use I am sure. Food, medicine and clothing are on the way. But ambulances, even old ones would help to alert and clear traffic in a rush to get a life that hangs in the balance. The need is genuine.
Reality time Hostage - anyone buried by debris is probably dead by now - and an ambulance will not help them - airevac would. Reports have debris cluttering city streets - fallen down buildings.
It is triage time - get the materials to stop a full blow epidemic which has the potential to kill far more than the actual earthquake did. This requires a huge logistics effort just to be able to get the supplies on the ground in the first place. What makes more sense at this stage - an old ambulance with no gasoline on island to run it, or a forklift capable of moving ton of life sustaining cargo?
The day will come for ambulances - but not until things are stabilized there.
“even old ones would help to alert and clear traffic in a rush to get a life that hangs in the balance. “
Ambulances can clear traffic? Like the mounds of bodies angry Haitians are blocking the roads with?
Who knew??