It is a mess, but why can’t helicopters drop food and water to people?”
What is the distance from Florida to Haiti?
A helo would have to use alot of fuel to get there one way- loaded with goods—and refueling from a totally damaged airport would not necessarily be feasible. I sure would not want to be the pilot depending on possibly comtaminated fuel to get back to Florida.
I also don’t know how much chaos would be created by ‘dropping food & water’ for a small number of persons into the huge numbers which are displaced by this quake.
It does take some time to organize things, but our military is good at getting things done-—when the politicians stay out of their way.
CNN addressed this last night. It would become a mob scene within minutes.