Your point is?

Billions were spend on the catryna's disaster and you call it now 'fiasco'? Thank you very much indeed, dude.

hey mate..listen now to me too..You are whining here about the aid..right..but who must pay the monies for the aid ?Just state here those names from whom YOU ARE DEMANDING THE MONIES for the aid please?

Read this to understand more.

...priorities on which aircraft could land were set by the Haitian government and the United Nations, with the United States playing only an enabling role.

"There will be times when folks are unhappy, when they have things that they want to get in and need to get in," the official said. "And it's a sheer issue of physics and geometry; you just can't get them all in there."

... Some aircraft were coming in to Haiti without the proper clearances and were then diverted to other airports, according to the official.

...The US military official said US military flights accounted for 28 percent of the traffic at the Port-au-Prince airport...

Latest news is showing that the aid is NOT getting to people anywhere near quick enough. It seems the U.S are favouring their troops to land before anything else. They spoke with the main man running things and even he seemed rather confused. There is a makeshift camp just 200 yards from the airport entrance, 200 YARDS! and they STILL haven't had any food or water. When this was mentioned to him he seemed even more confused. The main problem the aid agencies seem to be having is they are trying to get much needed medicine, Morphine, antibiotics for those unfortunate enough to have had limbs amputated. These medicines are VITAL and as each second passes more and more people are becoming angry and many people are dying unnecessarily. Something needs to be done NOW before this becomes another fiasco like hurricane Katrina.

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There are only a very few landing strips available. AND NO GAS

So without enough space and petrol, the whole thing can't help but be a mess. And the country couldn't handle the airport themselves, so they turned it over to the US. This is hardly the fault of the US. 

Emergency aid agencies are furious with the U.S at the airport saying many of their planes are being diverted, not being allowed to land. They say many people are dying because of this. They need to sort it out and QUICKLY !

Emergency aid agencies are furious with the U.S at the airport saying many of their planes are being diverted, not being allowed to land. They say many people are dying because of this. They need to sort it out and QUICKLY !

CNN's website's calling it an "aftershock," but at 6.1 . . . ?

Second quake just hit 35 miles NW of POP...

Dear Friends, Family and Colleagues, The email below is from a dear colleague and friend with whom I work closely.  She and her father have done a great deal of volunteer work in Haiti, and her father is currently in Haiti, volunteering at a hospital where earthquake victims can be treated (as of this email yesterday the hospital was empty). Time is of the essence, as very soon it may be too late for many of the people who require medical assistance. If you know anyone in the media who could help get the word out that this hospital is available for victims in Port-au-Prince, please contact Tim Traynor (see below). Thanks and be well. ~Valerie —————————————————————————————————————————-
Subject: Do you know anyone in the media who could bring attention this situation? Hello - I'm sending this out in an attempt to bring attention to a very important situation.  My dad, Tim Traynor, who has been volunteering at a Hospital in Milot, Haiti is trying to get in touch with the right people so they can help victims in Port-au-Prince.  Milot is only 75 miles from Haiti.  They have food, housing, and a fully-staffed trauma unit in place and have only received 4 patients, thus far, from Port-au-Prince.  Do you know anyone in the media who could interview Tim and draw attention to this situation?  The word needs to get out and Tim needs to be connected with the right directors of medical operations in Port-au-Prince so that they know that there are resources nearby that can be quickly accessed to save people's lives.  Tim Traynor can be contacted via Skype.  His Skype contact is: tim.traynor  Email: ttraynor1948@gmail.com  His cell number is: 413-241-6526 If you have any connections, please contact that person and pass along Tim's information.  It would be helpful to let me know if you have contacted someone as well.  Thank you for your help.  Sincerely,
Katie Traynor Below is a note from Tim sent to Anderson Cooper's producer. Jackie,
I am sitting at Hopital Sacre Coeur in Milot, Haiti, 75 miles north of
PAP waiting for patients that have yet to arrive.  I have a 7 member
trauma/ general surgery team that arrived from the States earlier this
afternoon and have received only 4 people from PAP.  Those that made
it by USCGS helo were so septic that they would have died had they not
been transported to us early this PM.  We have 6 Orthopedic surgeons
arriving at noon tomorrow and we have no patients for them.  We have
created space for one hundred people and have differed all
non-emergency cases until we have handled the crisis.  I am told that
within three to four days all those injured in the quake will be dead
and the extraordinary efforts accomplished by these generous doctors
will have been wasted.  What in the name of God can we do or who can
we talk to in an effort to alleviate the misery and keep this tragedy
from turning into one of the biggest calamities in our time. Can you
email me a telephone number so that we can speak or find some other
way to help us. Thanks,
—
Tim Traynor
Volunteer

I'm a big fan of Habitat for Humanity as well. The Director was on NPR last night, they have been in Haiti for some years already. Some of their employees there were killed when their offices collapsed.

The Habitat houses we've built here have fared much better than average in extreme conditions. Having nailed on hundreds of 'hurricane ties' and done many hours of 'punch out', I can tell you they're built to code. And inspected with a fine-toothed comb.

i like to donate to the sally ann, as they are generally the first in, and the last to leave traumatized areas.  Salvation Army seems to have a very cohesive, and not affiliated with politically correct organiztions that rake in the hundreds of millions,, they are just always there in the zone,,,, not  texting, and on the general hammer for the money.
my experience says that the ones that capitalize the most on ohters suffing, with a request for donations, are generally not one to give money too.  there are the few tried and true of course.  and they deal with hard stuff.... i donate regularly, to a few.... i just like sally anns approach the best.  i don't see any portion of my donation going to pay an exec 500M$ or more a year.  they are dedicated.  — i also like the amish too.  a trust factor i guess.
haiti is such a hard situation.  i hope someone is able to come along and make real reconstructive value, instead of eying the many hundreds of millions that will be sent their way.
in canada the government will match, or double any personal donation to organizations like the salvation army.