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Haitians Ignore Warnings as Hurricane Nears
 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Mud up to their ankles and a steady rain falling on their tents, residents of Haiti's earthquake camps ignored warnings to leave their makeshift homes as Hurricane Tomas bore down on their deforested and flood-prone nation early Friday.By evening it was clear most camp residents were not heeding the advice. People in the yard of a high school on the Delmas 33 thoroughfare said their camp's governing committee had passed along the official advice to leave, but they decided to stockpile water and tie down their tents instead. You can bring a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. You can apparently also save Haitians from earthquake and feed and cloth them, but not make them leave to save themselves. Posted by: DarthVader 2010-11-05 |
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