Catherine Lainé of the sustainable tech non-profit AIDG, who was
featured in this Boing Boing Video interview on Friday, is in Haiti and
has begun uploading photos of what she's witnessing there, as
connectivity permits.
House are FLATTENED. Coming in to Port Au Prince, about 1 in 20 had
collapsed, then 1 in 10. In Delmas 33 where we were earlier, it's 1:5.
People are sleeping outside in makeshift settlements b/c either 1) their
house was destroyed 2) their house had significant damage and is visibly
unsafe or 3) they are not sure of their home's structural integrity and
with all the aftershocks, they are taking no changes. Everyone has lost
someone close to them or someone they knew... you can hear gunshots at
night though. Daytime seems really safe.
She's uploading images to the AIDG Flickr stream. Unlike the Associated
Press, hers are all licensed as Creative Commons images and may be
freely re-blogged. Some images may not be properly tagged yet (her
access to internet and electricity is sporadic in Haiti), but she's told
us that is her intent.
[permaculture] Haiti: Photos from the ground, by AIDG's Catherine Lainé Boing Boing,
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 01/17/2010