Earthquake In Haiti

If you haven't heard, a massive 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti on Tuesday. For those of you who don't know, the big earthquake in San Francisco back in 1989 was a 6.1... and each 0.1 that you add increases the strength 10 fold. We saw what the 6.1 strength did to a built-up city like San Francisco. I can only imagine what kind of damage a much stronger earthquake could cause to a city like Haiti. Geophysicists are saying the quake packed the power of several nuclear bombs.

Here's what we know now:

• The Haitian president just announced that Haiti lacks the capacity to hospitalize earthquake victims and is asking for medical aid... meaning many of the injured people are not currently getting care.
• Entire neighborhoods are gone. Completely flattened. People are just wandering the streets because they're scared to go back into their homes due to the aftershocks.
• The national prison collapsed and surviving inmates have escaped.

It's so scary to me that we've seen so many earthquakes happening lately... first the Bay Area last week, then Eureka, now Haiti!

As always, there are heartbreaking stories of rescue, bravery and loss coming from the region. It always amazes me how wonderful and how terrible people can be after a disaster.

In case you're wanting to keep up, here's the link to CNN: Haiti Earthquake Coverage