Haitian Boys and Girls Wait in Line for Hours for Food and Water - pics

[Kadie]

Boys and girls keep in line for food and water at a tent encampment in Port-au-Prince January 22, 2010. Thousands lined up at the first large distribution center outside a tent city waiting hours in line.
REUTERS/Hans Deryk (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER)


Boys and girls keep in line for food and water at a tent encampment in Port-au-Prince January 22, 2010. Thousands lined up at the first large distribution center outside a tent city waiting hours in line.
REUTERS/Hans Deryk (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER)


Haitian girls wait patiently in line for food and water at a tent encampment in Port-au-Prince January 22, 2010. Thousands lined up at the first large distribution center outside a tent city waiting hours in line.
REUTERS/Hans Deryk (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER)


A Haitian girl watches the line for food and water at a tent encampment in Port-au-Prince January 22, 2010. Thousands lined up at the first large distribution center outside a tent city waiting hours in line.
REUTERS/Hans Deryk (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)


A Haitian girl with cracked glasses waits in line for food and water at a tent encampment in Port-au-Prince January 22, 2010. Thousands lined up at the first large distribution center outside a tent city waiting hours in line.
REUTERS/Hans Deryk (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER)


A Haitian boy cries while waiting in line for food and water at a tent encampment in Port-au-Prince January 22, 2010.
REUTERS/Hans Deryk


A Haitian boy cries while waiting in line for food and water at a tent encampment in Port-au-Prince January 22, 2010. Thousands lined up at the first large distribution center outside a tent city waiting hours in line.
REUTERS/Hans Deryk (HAITI - Tags: DISASTER)

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. And it is because of them you need that security

if you let this just go without security, the strong would leave the boys and girls behind.

[Raster]

2. What a good point. Thank you for being our "resident expert" and commentator

during this crisis. You really have added another dimension or two to this catastrophe, views and dimensions that most of us would not see or consider. You're a good egg and a good DUer. Thanks.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. You welcome...

My hope is that nwo taht the trickle is starting to increase, not yet a flood, but it is increasing... those boys and girls will not be that hungry and thirsty.

[Kadie]

5. Sad,

but probably very true.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. When I ran a much smaller disaster... by orders of magnitude

I gave very specific orders.

Families, together. Young men keep them separate from women and children. My young EMTs went why? Young cops asked the same question. Older vets knew exactly why I gave that Operational Order.

Everybody got served... and by six days we closed them... and started the recovery effort.

It is a sad reality...

And it is done in a way that it is transparent to people, rarely people notice.

[Foo Fighter]

7. We can all see from the pics that the only thing holding this together

is the security forces. Oh, wait. I can't actually see them on the pics but we all know that without the security forces keeping 'those types' in check, well, all hell would break loose. After all, just look at the faces of the kids in the pics. Nothing but a bunch of future terra'rists. You can spot them mile away. They all want the same thing; water and food in their bellies. Obviously, these kids are a major terrorist threat. Gotta stop them at all costs.

[cutlassmama]

4. Sad, just pitiful. I feel for these children. n/t