7.0 in Haiti!!!

[Derek Ortt]

here is a video of the cloud totally covering Port Au Prince

I don't see anything.

under the cloud is the city. Think about the amount of damage required to create that cloud

[Macrocane]

under the cloud is the city. Think about the amount of damage required to create that cloud

But I think you forgot to post the link.

[Derek Ortt]

oops

http://www.holaoaxaca.com/

[Macrocane]

That fog-like dust cloud is impressive, and those pictures are very very sad.

[HURAKAN]

MAP 4.6 2010/01/13 03:17:12 18.398 -72.997 10.0 HAITI REGION

[HURAKAN]

MAP 4.7 2010/01/13 03:31:57 18.254 -72.922 10.0 HAITI REGION

[Macrocane]

I can't believe there have been so many sensible aftershocks :s It must feel like hell for the people in Haiti, I remember that during El Salvador erthquakes on 2001 we had like 10 aftershocks during the first 48 hours and it was terrifying but they have had more than 15 in just a few hours that's very bad.

[Ptarmigan]

oops

http://www.holaoaxaca.com/

That's really catastrophic. There are photos and many are gruesome.

[Derek Ortt]

CNN is reporting that Port Au Prince has largely been leveled/destroyed

[Sanibel]

Media saying Port Au Prince mostly destroyed. Could have very high death toll.

[HURAKAN]

MAP 5.0 2010/01/13 07:23:04 18.355 -72.884 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.5 2010/01/13 06:58:27 18.346 -73.062 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.5 2010/01/13 06:48:03 18.379 -72.876 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.6 2010/01/13 06:24:17 18.339 -73.059 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.7 2010/01/13 05:49:24 18.431 -73.019 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.9 2010/01/13 05:24:02 18.438 -72.837 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 5.2 2010/01/13 05:18:02 18.386 -72.905 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 5.7 2010/01/13 05:02:58 18.417 -72.945 10.0 HAITI REGION

[angelwing]

Someone I work with asked me for info on the last bad earthquake and in my search I found this:

http://www.haitixchange.com/index.php/h ... au-prince/

That article was written in 2008..sigh

[Gustywind]

Here is some news from HAITI. Let's pray for our friends and hoping the best in this dramatic quake.
http://www.stormcarib.com/reports/current/haiti.shtml
From stormcarib.com
Fwd: Clean Water For Haiti
By Gert van Dijken <gert at vandijken.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:05:34 -0800

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: barbara jonusaitis <bjonusaitis at yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 8:55 PM
To: Gert van Dijken <gert at vandijken.com>



Hi Gert,

I contacted Chris Rolling our director in Haiti. He was in Port during the quake and before he got out of town he helped at a collapsed school. He is unable to write tonight. I hope he will be able to copy you tomorrow, on anything he writes, or soon to give some info. He is taking our two trucks, our tools and all of our workers, 20 or more, into Port tomorrow to assist the people. We are located in Pierre Payen just north of Montrois. You may recall Chris was one of the first into Gonaives during the flood that killed so may. He would do no less for Port in this time of what must be terror for the people.

Blessings
Barb Jonusaitis
Clean Water Fore Haiti cleanwaterforhaiti.org

--
Gert van Dijken
Caribbean Hurricane Network
http://stormcarib.com


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- Earthquake
By Gert van Dijken <gert at vandijken.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:02:10 -0800




---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Fr. Gregory Williams <frgregory at sjkp.org>
Date: Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 8:24 PM
To: Gert van Dijken <gert at vandijken.com>


Long time no hear! I have no useful information at this point, beyond what's in public news media. I've tried every phone contact I have in Haiti, with the same results: 10-12 rings probably not real, then disconnect. It's probable that we've suffered severe damage to churches schools, but I won't know until I can reach someone -- or get there myself. I'm scheduled to fly down 1/26, but of course it's an open question whether that will be possible or reasonable.

An online credit card donation route can be found at http://haitianorthodoxmission.org/donations.html

Almost certainly, we'll be in desperate need of help. One report has a mountainside "cracking open" above Jacmel, near the location of our largest school. The school and church at LaPlaine (northern "suburb" of Port-au-Prince) are, I fear, located in a region of somewhat unstable ground. There is certainly likelihood of severe damage there as well.

I can only pray that no lives were lost amongst our people -- and grieve for my suffering fellow countrymen (I've long said that I'm at least as much "Haitian" as "American").

God help this poor country, which seems always to suffer the worst. One blow after another!

Thanks for caring!

---
Gert van Dijken
Caribbean Hurricane Network
http://stormcarib.com


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- Fwd: [HURR] - Earthquake
By Gert van Dijken <gert at vandijken.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:26:09 -0800




---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Gerry Delphin <gerry_delphin at yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 7:21 PM
To: Gert van Dijken <gert at vandijken.com>



Hi!
I am in Jacmel Haiti outside of the city. At 5: 03PM I felt the building dancing! And an loud sound! I took my collegue and we rush out! I cry to everybody to go out and stay in the court where is no electric cable or falling object!
It was scaring to see all the tree and the walls trembling!
It last some 20 to 30 seconds and look so long!
We felt some afterschok some minutes after! Scary! Everybody was outside!
In the city, many houses felt down. People died! Tomorrow we will know more about!
On the net, thanks God it was working again! we saw it was an 7.3 earthquake! Wow!
Since 1843, there was onr who destruct Port-au Prince and Cap Haitien! A 200 years return cycle have been a reality! It was annonced so many times!

[caribepr]

A friend of mine who took his work boat to Grenada after the hurricane full of supplies we got together is willing to go to Haiti, but no longer has his work boat. Anyone in the islands willing to loan him a boat and come along or just loan him the boat can get in touch with me via PM. As soon as we have a boat we can start gathering donated items together. This way the donations will get where they need to go rather than being 'lost'.

Thanks for any help!

[O Town]

Before and after of Haiti's National Palace. What a tragedy.
Via Twitter http://twitpic.com/xw8ee

[mpic]

An online credit card donation route can be found at http://haitianorthodoxmission.org/donations.html
---
Gert van Dijken
Caribbean Hurricane Network
http://stormcarib.com [/b]

Gustywind, do you have any idea if funds sent via that link will be able to be retrieved by them? In other words, if they are located in Haiti, will the funds be in limbo because of all the damage?

[HURAKAN]

MAP 4.7 2010/01/13 12:41:44 18.411 -72.814 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.5 2010/01/13 12:28:25 18.409 -72.728 10.0 HAITI REGION

[HURAKAN]

Notable casualties

* Chinese and Jordanian press reported that at least eight Chinese and three Jordanian U.N. peacekeepers died in the earthquake. Among the missing is U.N. personnel are Hédi Annabi, head of the U.N. stabilization force, and his deputy.
* Haitian-American musician Wyclef Jean reported on January 12 on CNN that he had received word that Haitian hip hop artist Jimmy O had been killed in the quake.

[Gustywind]

An online credit card donation route can be found at http://haitianorthodoxmission.org/donations.html
---
Gert van Dijken
Caribbean Hurricane Network
http://stormcarib.com [/b]

Gustywind, do you have any idea if funds sent via that link will be able to be retrieved by them? In other words, if they are located in Haiti, will the funds be in limbo because of all the damage?

No idea... unhopefully my friend

[Crostorm]

MAP 4.7 2010/01/13 12:41:44 18.411 -72.814 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.5 2010/01/13 12:28:25 18.409 -72.728 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 5.0 2010/01/13 07:23:04 18.355 -72.884 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.5 2010/01/13 06:58:27 18.346 -73.062 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.5 2010/01/13 06:48:03 18.379 -72.876 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.6 2010/01/13 06:24:17 18.339 -73.059 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.7 2010/01/13 05:49:24 18.431 -73.019 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.9 2010/01/13 05:24:02 18.438 -72.837 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 5.2 2010/01/13 05:18:02 18.386 -72.905 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 5.7 2010/01/13 05:02:58 18.417 -72.945 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.7 2010/01/13 03:31:57 18.254 -72.922 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.6 2010/01/13 03:17:12 18.398 -72.997 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.6 2010/01/13 02:54:19 18.393 -72.974 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.7 2010/01/13 02:43:47 18.484 -72.984 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.8 2010/01/13 02:26:34 18.470 -72.836 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.7 2010/01/13 02:17:57 18.451 -72.956 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.9 2010/01/13 02:11:31 18.445 -73.026 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 5.4 2010/01/13 01:57:35 18.459 -72.924 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 5.0 2010/01/13 01:55:16 18.397 -72.824 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 5.5 2010/01/13 01:36:31 18.363 -72.832 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 5.3 2010/01/13 01:32:45 18.384 -72.950 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.7 2010/01/13 01:24:32 18.494 -72.811 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 5.1 2010/01/13 01:16:52 18.431 -72.856 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.6 2010/01/13 01:05:49 18.537 -72.666 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 5.2 2010/01/13 00:59:06 18.257 -72.914 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 5.0 2010/01/13 00:43:27 18.541 -72.486 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.8 2010/01/13 00:23:56 18.410 -72.716 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.5 2010/01/12 23:47:39 18.471 -72.851 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.5 2010/01/12 23:35:40 18.437 -72.811 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.8 2010/01/12 23:27:36 18.454 -72.808 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 5.1 2010/01/12 23:12:04 18.386 -72.555 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 4.2 2010/01/12 23:07:03 18.432 -72.620 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 5.5 2010/01/12 22:12:05 18.485 -72.556 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 5.9 2010/01/12 22:00:42 18.321 -72.848 10.0 HAITI REGION
MAP 7.0 2010/01/12 21:53:09 18.451 -72.445 10.0 HAITI REGION



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