Earthquake

I was sitting and minding my own business about twenty minutes ago and the world started swaying.  It took a few seconds before I realized that this was an earthquake.  What?  Here I am in San Diego, a whole continent away from Haiti, and --all of a sudden-- I'm right back in Haiti. 
If you visited Port-au-Prince today, you'd think the earthquake had just happened.  Debris is still everywhere; thousands and thousands of families are living in tents; humanitarian aid is still being distributed.  Everyone is waiting for the reconstruction.  The big question is when.  When will the jobs come?  When will the homes be built?  When will the health system be able to respond to the people's needs?  And so on... 
Haiti was on the front page of every newspaper for a while.  But other crises have replaced the devastating 12th of January.  That's how things work in the media and now it's hard to find any news about Haiti in the papers.  Please don't follow their example.  Remember our Haitian sisters and brothers.

Earthquake

Yes, we had an earthquake and it was amazing. Lots of shaking and questioning, enthralled kids but, thankfully, no one hurt and no structures damaged. I was surprised at the magnitude... much greater than the few I had experienced in CA. Now there's a tsunami watch so say a prayer! Thanks.