Catastrophe in Haiti - Poverty is at the root of this tragedy

JUST over 20 years ago – on October 17, 1989 – an earthquake registering 7.0 on the Richter Scale hit California’s Bay Area. Sixty-three people died.

This week, an earthquake, also measuring 7.0, devastated Haiti. Up to 50,000 people were killed.

Looting of food warehouses has begun, violence simmers around ever scarcer water and food supplies. Those spared by the earthquake are fighting, literally, to stay alive.