though we have postings coming up on DENNIS STOCK, the photographer most known for the iconic 1954 pre-fame photo of James Dean in New York, and the article on when ELVIS PRESLEY met President Richard Nixon, both in the LA TIMES, we are, perhaps like billions of other people in the world, in shock about the earthquake destruction in HAITI.
Since the news hit, the appraisals of the situation there seem to be getting worse and worse.
3rd world nations do not seem to be up to the earthquake safety features of buildings built here in California. Though our economy is almost Great Depression Era here, we are filled with pride that our great United States of America is sending aid. According to the latest LA Time articles, it's estimated that there are 40,000 to 55,000 dead and 3 million effected - about 1/3rd the population of Haiti. A rare phone works. Water needs to be made pure to drink. Dead bodies line the roads, another health endangerment. Natural disasters like these really make you think about your own life, how precious it is, and how it ought to be lived.
Christine Trzyna
Thursday, January 14, 2010
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