Yeah, the Star Trek costume department used to hate it when they had to design civilian clothes.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
The situation in Haiti is really going to be horrific. I hope that some folks with deep pockets step forward to take on some serious community building from the ground up, do a neighborhood thoroughly and stick with it for years. That country needs so much more than new structures slapped up.
From MSNBC:
Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive told Reuters that thousands of buildings had collapsed in the capital, Port-au-Prince, and said he believed the casualties would be "in the range of thousands of dead."
He added he could give no clear official estimate. Soon after, however, Bellerive told CNN he believed well over 100,000 people could have died. Other officials said it was too early to give a precise accounting of the toll.
What do you guys think is the best place to donate? Red Cross? Doctors Without Borders?
I suppose nobody really knows, but it can't be good with a city like that being hit with a big earthquake.
I always give to Doctors Without Borders.
Those are probably both decent choices, Dana. I don't think your money is in bad hands with either one.
They are also French so they may already have a decent presence in Haiti.
I doubt the death toll will reach 100,000, though tens of thousands seems probable.
People survive earthquakes in a way they don't survive typhoons and flooding.
I'd like to believe that this would be an opportunity to rebuild Haiti into something more stable, but I doubt that will happen. It just a huge dose of human misery to a place that's already a wreck.