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Old 01-15-2010, 10:50 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce View Post
You know, this is a good reminder. When the shit hits the fan, whether bum fuck Haiti, or Peoria, Illinois, you best be prepared to take care of yourself, at least survive, for a week or more. It takes that long for governments and large organizations to get up to speed.
Yeah.

So what do you do if you're so poor you can't feed your family today, let alone for some unspecified week in the future?
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Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere with 80% of the population living under the poverty line and 54% in abject poverty.
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