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Logistics: Haiti In Hell
Jan. 18th, 2010 06:26 pmI spent a little time today (slow day at work) digging into the mess in Haiti.
Crisis: Over 2,000,000 persons are homeless and without access to potable water. Food, fuel (price $10 USD if at all) and medical supplies are in very short supply, in effect none. An estimated 250,000 persons are believed to be injured and death tolls, while preliminary, are believed to exceed 100,000.
Response: With only one large working airport and a limited seaport one day away, with modern facilities two to three days away in neighboring Santo Domingo, there is virtually no chance of pushing through adequate supplies and personnel to treat the injured, or for that matter backhauling the injured.
The demand for water is such that there is a serious potential that many thousands of uninjured may actually die of thirst.
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Crisis: Over 2,000,000 persons are homeless and without access to potable water. Food, fuel (price $10 USD if at all) and medical supplies are in very short supply, in effect none. An estimated 250,000 persons are believed to be injured and death tolls, while preliminary, are believed to exceed 100,000.
Response: With only one large working airport and a limited seaport one day away, with modern facilities two to three days away in neighboring Santo Domingo, there is virtually no chance of pushing through adequate supplies and personnel to treat the injured, or for that matter backhauling the injured.
The demand for water is such that there is a serious potential that many thousands of uninjured may actually die of thirst.
( Details and Partial List Of References )
