Posted by
dgarrett on
Jan 13th, 2010 |
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Heard from Pierre Prinvil just after 11:00pm on Tuesday. Here is part of his message: “We are all doing ok. The children are fine. The orphanage, church and school’s building are ok.” He described that about 250 linear feet of the orphanage’s perimeter wall collapsed and is laying flat . We will need emergency funds and mission teams to help rebuild the wall. He also...
Posted by
dgarrett on
Jan 13th, 2010 |
8 comments
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake occured southwest of Port-au-Prince. Our Orphanage is located northwest of Port-au-Prince, but along the coast, which would be susceptible to tsunamis. The latest word is that this type of earthquake is not conducive to tsunamis. So that is some good news. Also the shaking would cause unreinforced buildings to collapse. Thanks to God and Marcus Greene our buildings are...