Saturday, January 23, 2010

Saturday Morning

An army helicopter dropped supplies into a neighborhood called Croix-des-Bouquets, about eight miles northeast of PAP. No one to distribute them, just a naked supply drop. This area of about 450,000 people was not as badly damaged as central Haiti so the Haitian government is planning to locate tent cities here. Ironically, Croix-des-Bouquets used to be a beachtown community, but it was relocated inland after the 1770 quake.

Right now we are sitting in UN - created traffic jams, trying to get to Bistou. There seem to be random caravans of military from all nations (not just the U.S.) moving jeeps and MPs from the airport.