Aftershock

In response to the earthquake and 40+ aftershocks in Haiti, CNN.com has put up a page up called “What we’re hearing via social media“. The page is streaming updates from Haiti as they’re coming in, and while the page claims to have updates from various social media everything I’ve read so far is from Twitter. That’s not the point though. The point is that the messages coming out of the ravaged country are so serious they almost seem fictitious. Here are a few that caught my attention:

• “dead bodies are everywhere i havent seen one ambulance or any proffesionl med care anywhere in port-au-prince” From Twitter user fredodupoux in Haiti at 12:58 p.m. ET Wednesday
• “Night has fallen..the night seems to take so long..I guess those that are buried alive in the rubble are feeling it the worst..Prayers.”. –From Twitter user RAMhaiti in Haiti at 8:55 p.m. ET Wednesday
• “I saw a collapsed building today..it may have been 8 or 9 stories.it looked like 8 or 9 pieces of bread one on top of the other..survivors?” –From Twitter user RAMhaiti in Haiti at 9:04 p.m. ET Wednesday

Yikes. If you want to help it seems that sending cash to the American Red Cross is the best way.

You can donate $10 to Haiti relief by texting “Haiti” to 90999

I confimed the above on the website of the American Red Cross. Over $3 million had been raised by 8:00 a.m. Central Time this morning. To a see state-by-state totals of what’s been raised you can go here. Hopefully more and more is pouring in. And more importantly, I hope these dollars can be translated into help, on the ground, as quickly as possible.