I have a file on them so you can decide for yourself about the rise.
"Emily hits Puerto Rico, bears down on Haiti" by August 03, 2011|Associated Press
SAN JUAN - Rain and wind gusts from the outer bands of Tropical Storm Emily struck Puerto Rico yesterday as the storm system gathered strength on a track that threatened the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
The rain fell hardest in western Puerto Rico, largely sparing the capital, and there were no reports of major damage or injuries and no demand for the nearly 400 schools that were converted into emergency shelters around the island. Emily had been expected to bring up to 6 inches to the island....
“It’s no big deal,’’ said Peter Morris, a 23-year-old University of Indiana student visiting the island. “I’m going to surf the day away and party all night long.’’
Just don't drink the water.
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"Haiti may not get brunt of Emily; But heavy rains raise cholera risk, fear of landslides" August 04, 2011|By Trenton Daniel, Associated Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The worst rainfall from Tropical Storm Emily was expected to miss the Haitian capital today, but there could be enough to cause severe flooding and increased misery in a country where 630,000 people are still without permanent housing.
Rain already was falling on Port-au-Prince’s eastern side by yesterday afternoon. A UN aid group distributed cholera prevention kits to help fight the waterborne disease, and the government set up a new network of shelters.
That's a big deal, and that's the first thing I look for in Haiti stories.
Many Haitians are still living in flimsy shanties after last year’s earthquake....
The goodhearted globalists have failed, readers. This was a perfect example to prove they cared about the masses and they have failed.
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"Haiti gets slammed by storm, flooding; Storm weakens but still damaging" August 05, 2011|By Trenton Daniel, Associated Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Tropical Storm Emily drenched parts of Haiti and the Dominican Republic despite weakening in the mountains yesterday, forcing evacuations for flooding, cancellations of flights, and closures of government offices.
Wind speeds dropped to about 40 miles per hour and the storm appeared to be breaking up, and it could be downgraded to a tropical wave, forecasters at the US National Hurricane Center said.
Thank God.
The system still dropped large amounts of rain, causing flooding that damaged hundreds of homes in Haiti. The hurricane center warned that the threat of flooding and mudslides remained as the system moved toward Cuba and the Bahamas....
With about 600,000 Haitians still living in tents and shanties because of the January 2010 earthquake, strong winds whipped through palm trees in Haiti’s capital, while heavier rains fell farther north, damaging homes and a cholera treatment center, said Marie Alta Jean-Baptiste, the country’s civil defense director. But there were no reports of deaths.
A river in Haiti’s central Artibonite Valley rose to dangerous levels late in the day, threatening to inundate at least 50 small cinder-block and wooden houses in L’Estere. It has been rainy in that area for weeks, but the added downpour from Emily brought the chocolate-brown L’Estere River to the edge of its banks.
Gee, what do you think is in there?
Many people refused to leave their homes, afraid to leave their belongings behind in the remote area.
I certainly can understand the feeling.
In the capital, which has most of those left homeless by the earthquake, the rain was relatively light as of yesterday evening, but the government evacuated a few families from a camp for quake victims to a school, said Jean-Joseph Edgard, an administrator in Haiti’s Civil Protection Department....
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Isn't anyone going to help?
"Haitians in Boston send aid back home; Cash, supplies seek to offset new crisis" August 05, 2011|By Vivian Yee, Globe Correspondent
The Haitian immigrants had gathered to send money to relatives in their homeland, which is facing the latest in a series of crises, the most devastating being an earthquake in January 2010. Along with the cash transfers, the immigrants sent food and basic supplies, hoping to protect their families from the disastrous floods, mudslides, and cholera that the heavy rains could soon bring....
Related: Sunday Globe Special: Helping Haiti
Already on the beround, I mean, rebound.
The news from Haiti is closely followed in Boston....
But not that closely in the Boston Globe.
Jean-Claude Fanon, a Haitian community organizer here for more than 30 years, feared the storm’s effect on Haitian morale more than the damage and disease it might cause.
Foreign powers have already failed to deliver on their promises to help the country, he said, and Haitians are feeling more vulnerable than ever.
You get used to it, don't you?
“They have felt that they have been abandoned by the Haitian government, and they have been abandoned by the international powers,’’ Fanon said. “So therefore, they figure that Mother Nature is not on their side, either.’’
Maybe their luck is turning; the thing fizzled.
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"American dreams start with English; Class for Haitians graduates 67" July 28, 2011|By Vivian Yee, Globe Correspondent
And who brings you the dream?
Diplomas from the English for Advancement program offered by Jewish Vocational Services, a local organization that pairs with local churches to prepare Haitians for jobs, training, or college....
I'm beginning to understand why religion is such a dominant theme in the newspaper. You can promote one while demonizing another.
Jerry Rubin, the chief executive of Jewish Vocational Services, said that few of the Haitian refugees who wish to work or go to college have sufficient English skills. The organization’s classes focus on teaching English that will help the students meet specific career or educational goals.
So students interested in careers as nursing assistants - among the most popular vocations for Haitians here - start with the basics, learning to explain in English how to cut hair.
Not that I want Haitians -- or anyone, for that matter -- to be unemployed, but with the tight U.S. job market.... ??
“The door of opportunity is closed to them unless they can strengthen their English,’’ Rubin said. Classes began in October, advertised through word of mouth and Haitian churches.
Like many other Haitians here, Nirva Sajous, 39, of Hyde Park, wants to become a full-fledged nurse. After more than four months of classes, she passed her nursing assistant licensing exam on her first try in February. Since then, she’s been working as a nurses’ assistant at the Hebrew SeniorLife and Compass on the Bay senior homes while continuing to take English classes.
Many of the students agree that of all the complexities of English, pronunciation is most difficult to master....
“I want to speak like American people,’’ Sajous said in her soft, Creole-inflected patter. “That’s my dream.’’
No, you don't want to talk like us. We ain't got good grammer.
Sajous arrived in Boston in June 2010, five months after the Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake. When it hit, she had been waiting for her nephew on a street in her hometown, Turgeau, outside the capital of Port-au-Prince. She fell on the rumbling ground, while some of those around her were crushed under walls. She could hear schoolchildren crying for help.
Her nephew, Sajous explained through tears, never came....
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Yeah, it gets a lot wetter when I think about the suffering around the planet -- and the fact that it is the same policies advocated by the mouthpiece media and the globalist front men (and women) that have left Haiti a hell hole for so long.
