Haiti

So unless you have been living under a rock you would know that Haiti has gotten hit with a massive earthquake.

There are updates constantly if you want to follow what is happening.

Here are some quick facts about the incident:

• USGS called it the strongest earthquake since 1770 in what is now Haiti

• The quake struck on January 12, 2010 at 4:53 p.m.

• The 7.0 magnitude quake's epicenter hit just 10 miles west of Porte-au-Prince and its 2 million inhabitants

• 3 million people in need of emergency aid after major earthquake

• The major quake sent 33 aftershocks ranging in magnitude from 4.2 to 5.9

• The Red Cross dispatched a relief team from Geneva and the UN's World Food Program is flying in two planes with emergency food aid.

• The Inter-American Development Bank said it was immediately approving a $200,000 grant for emergency aid.

• Some 9,000 peacekeepers have been in Haiti since 2004, including 1,266 Brazilians.

• Haiti has no real construction standards.

• November 2008: Following the collapse of a school in Petionville, the mayor of Port-au-Prince estimated about 60% of buildings were shoddily built and unsafe in normal circumstances.

I, like most people, don't have money to send so please at least spread the word.

http://www.google.com/relief/haitiearthquake/

It's times like this where you can see that there is still good in the world. After such a tragedy people are getting up and going out there to help. I wish I could do that, I look up and respect those people so much.

I bow my head and fold my hands.