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Help Haiti NOW! Text 90999 And Message The Word HAITI!

The capital city of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, and surrounding communities are almost gone.  Last Tuesday, most of the structures were erased because of the 7.3-magnitude earthquake.  Tens of thousands have died and millions are fighting for their lives.  The human suffering is beyond anything we could imagine.  My friend, Gov. John deJongh, Jr., of the U.S. Virgin Islands said  “Eyewitness accounts of the quake indicate the worst catastrophic event in modern history.” The Hospitals, schools, the government buildings, stores and most buildings in the capital city and surrounding communities have collapsed.  There are no services available and the dead are being left where they lay as they await trucks and tractors to take them to mass graves that are being dug 24 hours a day.  It is unimaginable for me to think of how the poorest nation in the Caribbean can deal with such devastation, or how any of us would manage through this catastrophe if it ever hits the Bay Area again.   To help the world grasp the scope of the destruction, Google Earth has added a fresh layer of satellite imagery of Haiti taken Wednesday morning, allowing before-and-after comparisons of the landscape. It’s available for viewing on Google’s special crisis response page.

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