Haitian earthquake survivors were advised to leave the refuge camps and seek out shelters in preperation for Tropical Storm Tomas. Panic and unease spread over the whole group who had already lost valuables and loved ones in the earthquake a few months ago. Not many people have a place to go. Most of them lost everything in the earthquake. They are now wondering what will happen to them because they have been displaced before. They government says it has roughly 1,000 shelters. However, they are considering anything that will withstand high winds a shelter. They plan on moving people to jails, old schools, etc.
I sincerely feel for these people. They have been through so much in the past year and now they are facing another crisis. I don't blame them for getting upset. I would be too. I can't imagine loosing everything and living out of a tent for 10 months. Now they are being told to evacuate when most of them don't have anywhere to go. In the governments defense however, at least they are making an effort to find shelters for all of these people. Rebuilding is taking a long time due to the government involvement in the recent cholera epidemic, among other things. Trying to help their people is all they can really do at this point. I think they could find a few more supstancial shelters for these refugees though. They need to make sure that they all have someplace safe to go during the storm.
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