J Berk

OK...got on from the desktop...just not working from the ITouch.....

RJT

According to the National Geological Survey the Earthquake epicenter was 90 miles from Les Cayes. Here's the intensity shake map. I HOPE the orphanage and school is really in just the light to very light to no damage area as it appears to be.

Gtaebr

Communications are apparently non existant.
Thoughts and prayers with all.

Patrick

Thanks for posting this. I found this quip on CNN:
"Outside the capital, several people were hurt when they rushed to get out of a school in the southwestern city of Les Cayes, said the Rev. Kesner Ajax, the school's executive director. Two homes in the area collapsed and the top of a church collapsed in a nearby town, he said, but he did not know of any fatalities.

Les Cayes, a city of about 400,000 people, is about 140 miles (225 kilometers) southwest of Port-au-Prince."

AFAIK, Rennwish isn't associated with Rev. Ajax or his school.

Patrick

Here's some news from Espwa:

http://pwojeespwa.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Two more tremors
Wow. Just finished with two more tremors that felt much like the first one right after the earthquake. Don't think the folks down here will sleep well tonight.
at 8:42 PM 7 comments
Earthquake 2
The news from Port-au-Prince is very bad. Few could get through as the cell phones are either not working or the lines are jammed with everyone attempting to call. Heard from Andy Topp who is down here with a group helping out another orphanage in the area and they are all well. The focus right now is to help our sisters and brothers in the capital. Getting in and out of Port-au-Prince may not be possible as I've heard that the road has become impassable. As all of us down south depend on food shipments (and all other commodities) from Port-au-Prince, this could become a major crisis for us. Please do what you can for the Haitians and keep us all in your prayers.
at 8:11 PM 2 comments
Earthquake
Yes, we had an earthquake and it was amazing. Lots of shaking and questioning, enthralled kids but, thankfully, no one hurt and no structures damaged. I was surprised at the magnitude... much greater than the few I had experienced in CA. Now there's a tsunami watch so say a prayer! Thanks.

RJT

Thanks for Posting Patrick. Can't wait to hear good news about the Rennwish kids..............

TRINITONY

So very sad...
In October 2008, Patrick Charles, former Professor at the Geological Institute of Havana stated that “conditions are ripe for major seismic activity in Port-au-Prince. The inhabitants of the Haitian capital need to prepare themselves for an event which will inevitably occur...”. His statements were printed in Le Matin newspaper, Haiti. Professor Charles added that “science has provided instruments that help predict these types of events and show how we have arrived at these conclusions.”

His predictions were based upon the fact that Port-au-Prince sits on a large fault line, part of the Enriquillo Fault Zone, which begins in Petionville and ends at Tiburon, which was razed twice by earthquakes in 1751 and 1771. He predicted that the minor tremors felt in Petionville, Delmas, Croix des Bouquets, and La Plaine in 2008 were a sign of something larger to come.

Professor Charles predicted that an earthquake of 7.2 or more would take place in or near Haiti’s capital with catastrophic consequences


http://english.pravda.ru/world/ameri...-havanahaiti-0

RJT

UN Headquarters was built smackdab on the fault line in
P-A-P.

Still no news about the Rennwish kids and their families........

Toreador

Do you know how many such statements are made re: California? Eventually you start ignoring them, then Nature comes up and bite you in the a$$

LTCMontana

Lots of photos on foxnews.com.

Please pray for everyone in this devastated area.

Giovanni

Haiti has not have any catastrophic earthquake for the last 16 years. In November 2008, after a school collapsed, the Mayor mentioned that they calculate that about 60% of the buildings are weak and not safe under normal circumstances. If that is the case, I gaves chills thinking about the people in these building when the earthquake hit.

RJT

Just got in touch with John. He is nutso trying to get information and trying to see how he could get to Les Cayes. He can get to PAP, but Les Cayes??? Doubtful.

He should be posting here sometime soon............

apierce918

this is just devestating

Mongo

I pray for them all that the orphanage families and people of Haiti will be ok.

Bruce SEA 993

What little news is not good. If John can get to P-A-P the roads to Les Cayes are likely impassable.

Our prayers go out to all the people there and specially Johns kids.