[Talk-ht] Missing Millions in haiti ???

[ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen]

I  found this at :

 

http://www.pool.org.au/text/peter_ravenscroft/the_elephant_that_is_not_i
n_the_room

 

and thought this to be interesting.

Any comment from demographic specialists????

Nine million people in Haiti? Pull the other leg, it has a goat tied to
it. 

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ha%C3%AFti

About a million people are not getting food and water, by Red Cross
estimates, of the 3 million in the Port au Prince and nearby
quake-devastated region.

But the question is, where are the other 6 million Haitians? 

They appear to have not one radio station between them, and from Google
Earth, there are clearly no other large towns. And, there are very few
fields along the rivers. or anywhere. I may have this badly wrong, but
it seems possible this is the elephant that is not in the room. Maybe
there are 2 million more people, in small cities and towns and in the
rural areas. But something like 4 million people seem to be missing. Not
since the earthquake. Before it. Maybe they live in Atlantis and have no
email or radios. Or relatives in the city. .......

 

 

Gert Gremmen

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