People flee into streets as aftershock hits Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The most powerful aftershock yet struck Haiti on Wednesday, shaking more rubble from damaged buildings and sending screaming people running into the streets eight days after the country's capital was devastated by an apocalyptic quake.




Later lowered to 5.9 after initially being reported as magnitude 6.1, the temblor was the largest of more than 40 significant aftershocks that have followed the Jan. 12 quake.



The new quake collapsed seven buildings in Petit-Goave, the seaside town closest to the epicenter, according to Mike Morton of the U.N. Disaster Assessment and Coordination agency. But there were no reports of people crushed or trapped, perhaps because the earlier quake frightened most people into sleeping outside.



Wails of terror rose from frightened survivors as the earth shuddered at 6:03 a.m. U.S. soldiers and tent city refugees alike raced for open ground, and clouds of dust rose in the capital.



The U.S. Geological Survey said Wednesday's quake was centered about 35 miles northwest of Port-au-Prince and 6.2 miles below the surface — a little further from the capital than last week's epicenter was.



"It kind of felt like standing on a board on top of a ball," said U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Steven Payne. The 27-year-old from Jolo, West Virginia was preparing to hand out food to refugees in a tent camp of 25,000 quake victims when the aftershock hit.



Last week's magnitude-7 quake killed an estimated 200,000 people in Haiti, left 250,000 injured and made 1.5 million homeless, according to the European Union Commission



So, let’s talk, I have strong mixed feeling about this situation. First I want everyone to get evolved with the Haiti relief because that is my people.. African that was brought over to Haiti, Peru, Dominic Republic, Cuba, and Barbados that was slaves from the southern tip of Africa… So I say “Hell ya “Help my people…But on the other hand what about the relief here in the united states in Springfield, Ohio the Bronx New York Richmond California Mesa AZ etc…. so come-on we have black people here dying on the streets not by earthquakes but by man made thing such as poverty, domestic violence, drugs, police brutality ect….So what should I do???? worry about someone that I don’t know or something that will not effect me and my family or walk in prophet Muhammad and Jesus shoes and help all God’s children or help that brother on my block????

Hey!!!!!!

Basketball,,,,life lessons,,,, i have a little girl that plays basketball for me and this little girl is so far behind "when it comes to the game of basketball" and the other day we had a rough game. girls wasnt listening and we got beat...so i really laid into the girls not brutal but very strong...Now Mom called me  yesterday telling me that her daughter wants to quit..I told Mom "no" im not letting any of my girls quit because the must learn how to commit to something and that will help them later in life...so i told Mom to give it a couple of days and then we will get back to it....what do ypou think??????