Haiti Earthquake info

The news coming out of Haiti is ghastly. But the combination of international aid workers already on the ground there who can call in reinforcements, and collapse of the U.N. Headquarters and UN Peacekeepers who bring the full attention of the U.N., are giving them a head start over many places. They're going to need it.

The BBC has a great "live" page where they are tossing up any info they can get from emails, twitter, phone videos, snatched from TV shows interviews. It automatically updates. It's addictive in that "macabre breaking news" way.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8456322.stm

This seems to be a textbook example of what happens when a strike/slip fault releases all the stress built up over a long time in one big earthquake under a city of 3 million people with no construction standards.

The photos of the "before and after" of their National Palace give a stark example.



The British Red Cross has set up a flick page for photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishredcross/sets/72157623201983100/

The Chinese are the first on the ground with their search and rescue teams. There is something oddly comforting about seeing dogs boarding planes.