Haiti's lack of preparation makes disaster aid perennial
Haitians overseas have scrambled all week to dispatch disaster relief to desperate compatriots on the storm-stricken island.
That effort is but a stop-gap measure in light of Haiti's perpetual problems, stemming from poverty and years of inept government.
Bottled water and packaged food are no substitute for passable roads, uninterrupted power and potable water.
"When people send milk, food, clothing, how long will it last?
In two weeks it will be gone, and there will be starvation.
It will be like it never happened," said Mimi Moise, a Pembroke Pines resident whose cousin Stephen Moise is mayor of Gonaives, one of the cities slammed hardest by flooding last week from Hurricane Ike
