The Haiti Crisis

The quake – Haiti’s worst in two centuries – struck at 1653 (2153 GMT) on 12 January 2010, Tuesday. Phone lines to the country failed shortly afterward. After the quake many buildings are severely damaged & some totally collapsed trapping thousands of people inside the building.

The quake caused a possible hundreds of thousands of death & another chance of many more thousands to die due to shortages of water, food & proper sanitary hygiene.

There is a high probability of violence due to anger & frustration of lacking of immediate aid from overseas, together with many of the population are born of poverty hence lacking of proper education.

They simply can no longer wait patiently for aid to arrive and eventually resorted to looting & violence.

So far the situation is chaotic & desperate with all for themselves mentality as thirst & hunger drive many to desperate attempts to trade anything they looted for food & water.

My worst fear is given time without sufficient aids, gangs might soon be organized by individuals or group which potentially cause sectarian conflicts between gangs in simple dispute of control of supplies of water, food & other looted items in the rubble.

Black market may form up quickly when gangs with weapons starts forming small groups of gang protected market place where looted goods be sold at exorbitant prices or exchanged with water or food.

If the US soldiers cannot managed the situation with proper sensitivity & efficiency to bring stability to Haiti, it will degenerate into another crisis as violence will spiral out of control, however I do believe we humans cannot be so bad and pray hard that help will arrive to Haiti as soon as possible.

They need food, water, electricity & shelters as soon as possible.

They need to plan alternative locations for refugees to stay as their buildings get rebuild or repair, water supply must be restored together with basic sanitary services such as toilets. Food crops must be started immediately on all rooftops or available land to grow fast growing sweet potatoes or other vegetables.

The leaders must stand out in the crowd and spread hope & peace instead of soldiers to spread panic & fear.

Time is running out for Haitians, and many more are still trapped under tonnes of rubble waiting for more professional rescue workers to arrive and many can’t survive the 6th day or the 7th day trapped without water or food.

May God have mercy on Haiti and let them be a example to everyone living in modern cities now that depends heavily on modern amenities that we taken for granted daily.

Who can survive on not are based on pre-existing survive skills & sufficient preparations for such situations.

It’s prime time to prepare for any contingencies now and don’t wait until it’s too late.

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