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It is clear that US military and other officials are starting to come to terms with the fact that there is a major disaster building after the earthquake disaster. There is simply no way to support the people of Port au Prince and surrounding towns in the aftermath of the earthquake.

Right now, people should be planning for tent cities outside of P au P and for evacuation of thousands of people in the event that not enough support can be mustered. Beyond that lies the probability of a health crisis that could extend for months.

Below is from the Washington Post, 1.14.10

7:06 p.m. U.S. Officials: airlift alone won't be enough
U.S. authorities involved with the relief operation said an airlift alone will not be enough to supply 3 million people affected by the Haiti earthquake with food and other vital relief supplies, and said they are pushing to mobilize military or private assets to set up a temporary port near Port-au-Prince.

"The population of Haiti cannot be sustained without some way of getting large quantities of cargo in quickly, and with the port facilities in Port-au-Prince, that's going to be very difficult," said Capt. Peter Brown, chief of response operations for the U.S. Coast Guard 7th District based in Miami. "Airlift is certainly part of the equation, but we understand that with the limited capacity of the airfield in Port-au-Prince that's not the U.S. government's primary option there."

U.S. officials noted that the city sits in a bowl surrounded by mountains whose roads are very limited. To bring in food, oil and goods, Port-au-Prince relies on its seaport, which offloads more than 1 million tons of cargo a year, much of it aboard large ocean-going container ships that dock at a rate of two or three per week.

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