From White Bear Lake to Haiti

Posted at 9:53 AM on January 13, 2010 by Bob Collins (2 Comments)
Filed under: Disasters

Former White Bear Lake resident Troy Livesay and his wife, Tara, live in Haiti. He's been providing coverage of the earthquake from his perspective on his blog, The Livesay [Haiti] Weblog.

Thousands of people are currently trapped. To guess at a number would be like guessing at raindrops in the ocean. Precious lives hang in the balance. When pulled from the rubble there is no place to take them for care Haiti has an almost non existent medical care system for her people.

I cannot imagine what the next few weeks and months will be like. I am afraid for everyone. Never in my life have I seen people stronger than Haitian people. But I am afraid for them. For us.

When the quake hit it took many seconds to even process what was happening. The house was rocking back and forth in a way that I cannot even begin to describe. It felt fake. It felt like a movie. Things were crashing all over the house. It felt like the world was ending. I do not know why my house stands and my children all lie sleeping in their beds right now. It defies logic and my babies were spared while thousands of others were not.

(h/t: Kristin Fischer Rosel )

Some links to help:

Healing Haiti

Feed My Starving Children

American Red Cross

AmericaCares

World Vision

Doctors Without Borders

World Food Program

Partners in Health

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Comments (2)

Also conside Partners in Health --
www. pih.org.

Posted by Heather | January 13, 2010 10:56 AM

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Thank you, Bob.

Posted by Heather | January 13, 2010 2:48 PM

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