Re: yahoo

From: Jim Blair (see_at_sig.com)
Date: 06/17/04 

Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 19:44:03 +0000 (UTC)

joseywales@outlaw.nospam (David James Polewka) wrote:
>Haiti Deforestation Exacerbates Flooding
>http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040602/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/haiti_no_trees_2
>
>Wed Jun 2, 6:57 PM ET
>
>By PAISLEY DODDS, Associated Press Writer
>
>MAPOU, Haiti - Named after a sacred tree in the Voodoo religion, this Haitian village has few remaining mapou trees and a
>scant number of others on its surrounding mountains. When floods tore through town last week, many survived by clinging to
>roots, branches and trunks — but it was the overall absence of trees that made the onslaught so deadly. At least 1,700 people
>died, half in the area around Mapou.
>
>"We know we need trees, but we also need to eat and to cook," 87-year-old Philis Milfort said. .....
>
>"This is the only way I can feed my four kids," said Vena Verone, one of the vendors. "I've heard about the floods and
>deforestation that caused them, but there's nothing I can do about that."
>
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> "Endeavor to persevere"
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Hi,

Is this the same Haiti wheret the anti-globalists complain about US
agri-business "dumping" food?

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