Canadians ARE at Jaqmel and Leogane

[nadinbrzezinski]

Haitians crowd outside embassy as Canadian efforts continue in Jacmel, Leogane

By Jonathan Montpetit (CP) – 1 day ago

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Crowds continue to gather outside the Canadian embassy in Port-au-Prince - Haitians hoping to escape the city more than a week after it was rocked by a massive earthquake.

Authorities says a staggering two million people are homeless while thousands are still without a steady supply of food and water. Outside the capital, members of Canada's Disaster Assistance Response Team are in the quake-ravaged town of Jacmel, while Canadian soldiers in the town of Leogane are continuing efforts to help.

With heavy equipment coming from Port-au-Prince, Canada and Jamaica, DART hopes to be pumping potable water in Jacmel within the next few days.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jPLeKwge7SQOrXOJFhCVdfSHSxYg

Why am I getting very annoyed with OUR press, no matter what ideological stripe...

Oh and Doctor Snyderman... oh never mind...

Oh let me add some video

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/video/canadian-troops-focus-on-jacmel/article1435809/

And some more links

OTTAWA - Canadian military forces are going to base a big part of their Haitian earthquake relief operations in Jacmel, a southern port city where Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean spent her summers as a little girl.

The plan was outlined Monday by Brig.-Gen. Guy Laroche, commander of Canadian Forces in Haiti, and Canadian ambassador Gilles Rivard in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital.

"Jacmel is cut from the world," Rivard said.

Laroche said Canada's DART - disaster assistance relief team - was headed to Jacmel and the navy vessel HMCS Halifax will be based offshore the city about 40 kilometres south of Port-au-Prince.

http://www.globaltoronto.com/Canadian+efforts+focus+town+linked/2455796/story.html

Get a clue... we are NOT alone, and "red zones" are getting aid

Good news concert just ran, so they will not have to bother doing any reporting any more.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. I guess some stories we shoudl not bother with

:-)

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. So I guess this is unrecced by the rabid lefties?

I know the rabid righties go after corps... but who unrecs this?

Agendas and all

[JoeyT]

3. Why would lefties unrec this?

Not being snide, I just haven't the foggiest why any of us would unrec this.
Seems like getting drinkable water flowing is a good thing.

Oh, and rec.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Because nobody is doing a thing for this town

:-)

There is this meme ongoing...

[HeresyLives]

5. 'Lefties' aren't.

Canadians have been in Jacmel for days. Ships and planes. It was posted here in fact. I have no idea why people are unaware of this.

[aquart]

6. Well, I don't know where anyone is.

But I'm relieved to know that aid is going to the other places that were hard hit. Not knowing the geography of Haiti, the first time I heard those names were when some Haitians mentioned them on TV and said they were getting nothing. That was early in the week.

Go Canada! And every other nation that has put rescuers, supplies, and equipment on that broken ground.