Katrina Sent People To Rooftops in New Orleans, Hanna Sent Haitians to Rooftops in Gonaives, Haiti

On the third anniversary of Katrina's flooding of New Orleans, the U.S. and the rest of the world were watching when New Orleans residents were getting evacuated once more. New Orleans was going to be hit by Hanna and the rest of the series of hurricanes. Preparations were being made. Houses were boarded up. The only difference is that Hanna's strength would be reduced by the time it made landfall in the Louisiana state.

Far from the eyes, far from the camera lenses of Fox, MSNBC, ABCnews, NBCnews, CNN and many other networks that were busy by the DNC and Republican conventions or more local or U.S-based news, Haiti was braciing herself for the upcoming hurricanes. Fay had just caused some damage and death on the island. Hanna was just around the corner.

Haiti was on its own. No Geraldo to spot survivors. No cable TV coverage! Nobody was there to cover the big news of this hurricane season. A major city was going to be inundated. Mudslides and floodings were about to send Gonaives residents to their rooftops. Others would be burried alive. Many more would never be found alive. They were burried in their homes. The strong currents of the water were going to take them away to the sea.

Since that time, the misery of the Haitians never stopped. Left without food and water on rooftops for days, they saw their children and old people die of hunger. Prisoners in Gonaives prisons were left without food because there was no way to take foods to them. Roads were destroyed or became impassable. UN forces or Minustah tried their best but it was not enough. The waters that took over the city and buildings will sit there as if they were in a bowl, just like New Orleans. Gonaives does not have a pump system to pump out the waters.

Who is doing anything to help poor Haitians? Right before our eyes, they are dying. They are witnessing their children die. Their old people are being reduced to skeletons.

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