07
Mar 10

Watch Your Step

People joke that Haiti is where school buses come to die. Same with Mack trucks. And t-shirts. And a lot of other things. This moment reminded me of emergency exit practice in the back parking lot of Central School.

PDG Haiti 913

16
Feb 10

How to Be a Cool Cat in Haiti

Living in Haiti? Want to be a cool cat? I’d recommend getting a Zongshen 125, pimping it out with some chrome, picking out one of those USG-distributed wind-up radios, throwing in the headphones, and then chilling.

PDG Haiti 681

11
Feb 10

Junk Metal

All around town I see cars that were totally destroyed by the earthquake. Many of the cars are upside down, smashed beyond recognition, or poking out from under a pancaked building. It is difficult to imagine the force required to crush an SUV.

PDG Haiti 524We often see cars on the road – driving – that were heavily damaged by falling buildings and debris. I’ve seen cars with no windshields, cars with roofs crushed like aluminum foil, massively dented cars missing whole body panels and doors. Half the time the streets look like a demolition derby.

This poor guy was trying in vain to retrieve pieces of the V6 engine from his destroyed Acura. PDG Haiti 581