Hillary Clinton Travels to the real estate of Haiti that was leveled by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake last Tuesday.

A trip down south for Mrs. Clinton led her to a piece of land that the whole world’s attention is focused on right now. Haiti and their citizens must have been shocked to see a powerful 7.0 earthquake hit their area this past week. Haiti is nothing like California, where we expect earthquakes to take place. None of the structures in Haiti were designed to hold up against the effects of a small earthquake, so you can imagine the damage that took place Tuesday when a powerful one struck this tiny island; that is one half of the Hispaniola Island. The other half is the Dominican Republic and they seem to escape the powerful land shocks from the earthquake that affected the Western part of the Island.

Hillary Clinton got to see first hand the damage in Haiti. She also probably got to witness thousands of people needing food and medical attention. It’s been a slow process delivering aid to these people, since the main seaport was damaged badly and the airport in Port-au-Prince was also hit hard. It’s taken a lot of work just to get the airport up and running to the limited capacity it has right now. The supplies have been accumulating nicely over the last couple of days at the airport, but the challenge still remains, how do they get these supplies out to other parts in Haiti. The most deliveries were made on Saturday and this is really the first day where help arrived for the needy that were not located near the airport. Sunday will be a pivotal day in this region of the world as it becomes a race to deliver more food, water, and medicines to the people living in remote regions and the outer parts of Port-au-Prince; which is the capital of Haiti.

I’m not sure how much good it does for Hillary to be in Haiti this soon after the earthquake. If she is willing to roll up her sleeves and help distribute some of these items out to the locals; then her arrival will be a welcomed one. If she is just doing this trip to Haiti for show and plans to return back to the USA in the coming days, then I think this will be a negative impact on her political status.

The people in Haiti have waited so patiently for these supplies and this has to be the number 1 thing for those on the ground and lending help for the relief effort. Hopefully Hillary Clinton understands this and plans to stay in Haiti until the situation has stabilized down there. This could take a few weeks to a few months to complete, so hopefully Clinton is up to the task.

Mr. Clinton has teamed up with George Bush Jr. and they are trying to collect money for the releif efforts in Haiti. They want to present their charity as a place people can make donations and know their money is going straight to the cause. You don’t always get this with other charities and Bush and Clinton hope their efforts will bring in a few more dollars for those that are reluctant to give their hard working money to charities.

How long do you think Hillary Clinton will stay in Haiti?

A. 1 Day

B. 2 Days

C. 3 Days

D. 1 Week

E. 10 Days or Longer

Hopefully the answer to this question is “E” and we will see one of our American leaders braving the conditions and learning to live on the limited resources that is currently available in Haiti.