I want to go to Haiti

[wed3k]

If all I can do is help bury people, it'd suck but I'd do it because that's what I'd have to do to help.

im pretty sure you dont want to be burying people, it'll remind you of the holocaust back in auschwitz. it'll be traumatizing and affect your life forever. please dont go and stay in japan. i am begging you.

[Pandemic]

I'm hoping to get into Law Enforcement within the next few years. I'm expecting to see some pretty gory stuff. It'd be live changing and traumatizing but would be worth it in my opinion if it helped people.

I'm not too worried. I don't expect to be going.

[Losiracer2]

I don't even think there's a place to land there. I heard that the airports and runways were totally destroyed, is that true?

[Pandemic]

Airport is active. Port is damaged. Can always fly into Dominican Republic. Same island.

[Shadow1]

dude. i know you want to help and all but stop. worry about getting your situation figured out 1st. what if your gone and a job calls? you get back that position will be filled. why would you want to leave all the bills to your fiance?

you going over there will cause even more problems. what if you bring some un-curable disease back to the states or Japan when you return?

yeah sure you plan on training to become a police officer but seeing a MASS of dead bodies, famine, disease, and other crap is NOT something your going to be trained for so its not something you'll be really able to bear. before you go helping someone out be sure your own house is in order.

[Rusty]

I personally don't think you should go for the reasons stated above.

With that being said, have you considered contacting the red cross?

[Raf99]

If you want to help, go to the local community and feed hungry kids

Agreed. I don't want to be Mr. Negative here it seems the help is arriving too late for those trapped or stranded. The help which is trickling in 3 days after the quake will only be able to help those who are mobile enough to move to help areas.

It kind of pisses me off to see pictures and videos of help arriving, but they're all calm, casually strolling in, shaking hands, no rush for anything. One would think they would get off the plane and a bus would be waiting to rush them in to the area

[LeosCB7h22]

you say you want to go, you want to help, you will bury people if u have to...when it comes down with the ticket in ur hand and the shovel in your hand and a dead person laying infront of you, would you be able to do it??

[owequitit]

If all I can do is help bury people, it'd suck but I'd do it because that's what I'd have to do to help.

We aren't talking about a car accident here and there.

You are talking crushed and dismembered bodies, laying in the rubble in the street.

Children starving, sitting in their own filth with boyles, blisters, scabs and all sorts of other festering wounds caused by desease and famine. You are likely to see murdering and violence, pain and suffering and death and destruction on a level that you can't possibly imagine.

It is sort of like most people's first major accident investigation. Most can't handle the field because it is too grotesque. It is grotesque on a major level just in pictures, what with seeing little infants laying around with no arms and such. Add to that the constant stink of just dead bodies, with the soothing aroma of shit, puke, piss, and disease and you aren't going to like it.

It is not a good way to introduce yourself to it, frankly.

You are going to see the absolute worst things about humanity, and you will be ill equipped to help anyway. Like I said before, it is somewhat noble to want to help, but your help would be far more effective if you stayed home and helped financially so that the professionals and experts can do their jobs more effectively.

[Ralphie]

I can't say i don't agree with Scott and others in the thread but im secretly hoping my Guard unit will be deployed so that i can help as well. It won't happen anyway so im not worried but every time i see footage on tv and people struggling to remove debris to save people i just want to jump through the tv and help move debris.

As i write this they just granted the US the right to take control of the major airports indefinitely.

Just craziness.

i want to go too...

i really would love the opportunity to help.


also even tho im sure this will bother some people, i would love to go photograph as well.

Photography during times like this plays an important role. If we didn't have photos and hard evidence of the Holocaust how could we have known it really happened? People still deny it to this day.

That shouldn't bother anyone unless they're just ignorant. History must always be documented to the best of our abilities for future generations.

[Straight Success]

I really wish it was in my means to go to Haiti and offer my help. I notified all the Haitians I know that if I can help in any way, let me know.

Ways to help from the U.S.

Here are ways to help through texting:

Text the word "Yele" to 501501 to donate $5
On behalf of the Yele Foundation, the leading contributor to rebuilding Haiti founded by Wyclef Jean

Text the word "Haiti" to 85944 to donate $5
On behalf of the Rescue Committee

Text the word "Haiti" to 90999 to donate $10
On behalf of the Red Cross in the U.S.

M. Haitian Charity - R & M Haitian Charity Center located in Little Egg Harbor, N.J.

You can also call:

(877) 940-6222 or
(888) 407-4747

Lord, please watch over and heal Haiti, as we know you are capable in every way. Amen.

[DJ metadelic]

you say you want to go, you want to help, you will bury people if u have to...when it comes down with the ticket in ur hand and the shovel in your hand and a dead person laying infront of you, would you be able to do it??

He has a point man. I am not here to flame and be negative, nor am I hear to doubt you in any way, but this isn't just going down the road 10 minutes and spending a full day at the soup kitchen. It'd be some hardcore shit. Lots of people feeling helpless, and very distraught. It would have to be something you'd be willing to go and do with a spring in your step, and not regret it once you get there. My girl and I have donated already to MercyCorp.org, check it out if you guys already haven't

[Leung]

I'm sure there are other things you could do to help out the people where you're at. I mean aren't you well versed in website creations? make a website that could make money from ads and then donate all that money to their cause.

I know the company i work for just donated 50k to help out. I'm pretty sure they donated a lot of bottled water and food also since we are a grocery chain.

[J-specCb4]

http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs...rom-above.html

[Rusty]

kind of off topic but.... are they actually burying the bodies? For some reason I thought they would be burning them. I can't imagine that a city which was just brought down to ruins has the space and ability to bury 50,000 people.