It's a hurricane story for God's sake!!!
"Storm drenches Haiti, drives up oil prices on path toward Gulf" by Jonathan M. Katz, Associated Press | August 27, 2008
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Hurricane Gustav weakened to a tropical storm yesterday as it dumped torrential rains on southern Haiti, killing at least one man and threatening crops amid protests over high food prices. Oil prices rose on fears the storm could batter oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.
Trees toppled as the storm lingered for hours over Haiti's poor, deforested southern peninsula, and water levels were rising in banana, bean, and vegetable fields. One man was killed in a landslide in the mountain town of Benet, civil protection director Marie Alta Jean-Baptiste told Radio Metropole.
Hundreds of people in coastal Les Cayes ignored government warnings to seek shelter, instead throwing rocks to protest the high cost of living in the Western Hemisphere's poorest country. Witnesses said UN peacekeepers used tear gas to disperse the crowd.
But they are here to help!
In April, soaring food prices led to deadly protests and the ouster of the nation's prime minister. It was difficult to ascertain the extent of the damage to the nation's crops yesterday because of Haiti's poor infrastructure and faulty communications.
Good Lord, those poor, set-upon people!
Now WHY the CUT?
And they are beautiful, lovely people, I really don't understand the preventable suffering, readers. Look at 'em!!!!
People covered themselves from the rain yesterday as Hurricane Gustav headed into Port-au-Prince, Haiti. One man was killed in a landslide in the mountain town of Benet. (Ariana Cubillos/Associated Press)
To ignore them and not help them is racist; to support their oppressors and impose dictatorships upon them (hi, USA) is racist!
"Hurricane Gustav kills five in Haiti, aims at Cuba
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) — Hurricane Gustav slammed into Haiti, killing at least five as it lashed the desperately poor Caribbean nation with powerful winds and heavy rain, just days behind deadly Tropical Storm Fay.
How come my AmeriKan War Daily said one dead?
At least five people died and seven were injured in southeast Haiti as roofs flew off houses and electricity pylons were ripped away by violent winds, authorities said late Tuesday. Two others died and seven were seriously injured in an explosion in a house thought to be linked to the storm.
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