Entire island is missing from Hurricane Jeanne!

[Atman]

Sorry, I don't speak Spanish, but here is a link, sent to me by a friend in Barcelona. Aparently, the entire island of Isla Tortuga, pop, 26,000, is no longer on the map...helicopters can't even find it.

El Mundo Story, in Spanish

[calico1]

1. Wow, pretty scary.

The island is home to 26,000 people. They have been flying helicopters overhead but so far have not been able to locate the island. How horrible.

[htuttle]

2. Google translation for the language impaired

Haiti fears that the storm ' Jeanné has caused the disappearance of the island the Turtle

PORT PRINCE . - An expedition of the UN will be transferred today to the island of the Turtle, in the North coast of Haiti, to evaluate the effects of the storm ' Jeanné. The first helicopters of recognition have not been able to sight the island, where 26,000 people live , and the authorities fear that it has disappeared by the strong surge caused by the storm. At the moment, already they are more than 500 deads in Haiti.

In a first recognition with helicopters the past Sunday, cash of the Mission of Stabilization of the United Nations (MINUSTAH) could not find the island, in which 26,000 people reside, reason why she has been decided to send a new expedition today.

Haitian prime minister, Gerard Latortue, will possibly comprise of that expedition.

Haiti-PressNetwork agency, that mentions Latortue, informed today into which it is even afraid that the island has been able to disappear completely, due to the strong surge caused by the storm.

(partial translation)

[rocktivity]

3. According to the Google language translator

EFE|ELMUNDO.ES the city of Gonaives, anegada.(AP) To D and M Á S... Haiti, the poorest country of America the RELATED NEWS PORT PRINCE. -

...Haiti-PressNetwork agency, that mentions Latortue, informed today into which it is even afraid that the island has been able to disappear completely, due to the strong surge caused by the storm. According to the same source, the Haitian minister of the Interior, Hérard Abraham, showed his preoccupation by the luck which they have been able to run the inhabitants of the Turtle, of 180 kilometers square.

The passage of the storm "Jeanne" by Haiti the past Sunday has caused more than 500 deaths and hundreds of wounded...The northeast of the country has been the affected zone more, specially the city of Gonaives, where they have been most of corpses and where the enlodada water as soon as it let see, still Monday, the ceilings of the houses, in which they hope to being rescued thousands of families.

In addition, the meteorological services have alerted of the evolution of another similar storm, ' Lisá, that could arrive at the zone in days...

:headbang:
rocknation

[AP]

4. So, what's that? Five 9/11s? Maybe global warming is bigger threat to life

than terrorism?

[No Mandate Here.]

5. Here is a free web translation, with at least a few flaws...

Haiti fears that the storm 'Jeanne' have caused the disappearance from the island The Tortoise


* Haiti, the poorest country of America

NEWS RELATED

PORT PRINCE.- An expedition of the UN will be transferred today to the island of The Tortoise, in the north coast of Haiti, to evaluate the effects of the storm 'Jeanne'. The first helicopters of recognition have not been able to sight the island, where 26.000 persons live, and the authorities fear that it have disappeared by the strong surf caused by the storm. For the time being, already are more than 500 the dead persons in Haiti.

In a first recognition with helicopters the past Sunday, troops of the Mission of Stabilization of the United Nations (MINUSTAH) could not find the island, in which 26.000 persons reside, for which has themselves determined to send today a new expedition.

The Haitian prime minister, Gerard Latortue, will form possibly splits of that expedition.

The agency Haiti-Pressnetwork, that quotes to Latortue, reported today that is feared even that the island may have been able to disappear completely, owed al strong surf caused by the storm.

According to the same source, the Haitian minister of the Interior, Hérard Abraham, declared its worry by the luck that may have been able to run the inhabitants of The Tortoise, of 180 square kilometers.

The step of the storm "Jeanne" by Haiti the past Sunday has caused more than 500 deaths and hundreds of injured, according to the first balances that, according to the authorities of this country, are provisional and can result a lot more tragic as advance the hours.

The situation in the north of the country is disastrous, with hundreds of injured and thousands of dispossessed in the most absolute misery.

The northeast of the country has turned out the most affected zone, especially the city of Gonaives, where have been found the majority of corpses and where the water muddied barely left to see, still Monday, the ceilings of the houses, in which wait for to be rescued thousands of families.

Besides, the weather services have alerted of the evolution of another similar storm, 'Smooth', that would be able to arrive at the zone in some days.

"All the humane organizations have been mobilized to attend the most devastated regions", has said a spokesman of the Medical NGO Without Borders. Red cross has in these moments to five delegates in the zone, one of them Spanish, and anticipates to send other four more to do an evaluation of the effects of the storms.

[arenar]

6. Tortuga is not a small island

hope the report isn't 100% accurate because this would be a major disaster.

[Atman]

7. That is the point...it is a big island, and the can't find it!

This IS a major disaster. Now shut the hell up, CNN has some more stories on the fake memo coming up. They know what the news is better than us mere citizens.

[No Mandate Here.]

9. Manhattan is 87.5 Square KM- A disaster indeed!

Welcome to DU. I wish it were in a thread wiith better news.

[Dark]

16. Welcome to DU arenar!

:hi:

I hope it isn't accurate, but I speak some spanish and what I'm reading isn't good. I hope the helicopters are just in the wrong area, or the receiver of the message got it wrong.

[fob]

18. Is there anything about evacuations? Are they saying none of the

26,000 people left the island? All souls lost? Is that what they are implying?

[Blue-Jay]

8. 26,000. Holy crap!

I hope this isn't true.

[SpiralHawk]

10. Ominous

Has the little Turtle Island sent a message to the larger Turtle Island?

[unfrigginreal]

11. Isn't there a public satellite service

that we could check for photos? I think there are websites that you enter the Long and Lat and get a recent picture.

[clownskull]

12. Horrible!

Absolutely horrible!

[Silverhair]

13. The island is still there.

The island (Ile de la Tortue)is volcanic, and has an elevation of 459 meters. That's over 1/4 mile high. No hurricane is going to blow something like that away.

Hurricanes do rearrange minor sand islands, but a lump of volcanic rock doesn't get moved by them.

There may be some small sand spot that isn't there anymore, but the island you are talking about is still there.

[Atman]

15. Tell that to the helicopter pilots who can't find it.

"It's still there. Just not there."

Forgive me, but please read the story. THEY CAN'T FIND THE ISLAND. What do you think, the helicopter pilots just got lost? You're right, it IS a big island, with regular tourist traffic and plane flights in and out...so don't you think maybe someone would find it if it was still there? That is the point of the story, Silverhair! But thanks for your optimism.

[TexasLady]

14. kickn/t

[redqueen]

17. Holy God

I can't help but pray for the people there... though it seems it's far too late.

:cry:

[comsymp]

19. Conflicting stories

Although there were fears of many more dead on La Tortue island, Deslorges said: “The government has been in contact with officials on La Tortue. Nothing happened there.”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6004150/