going to haiti!

[torinotim]

i am leaving soon for haiti to work, for money. probably cant bring a gun. i understand the risk of disease. i will be sleeping in a fenced area in a tent on a cot for about 3 months. does anyone have any insight or usefull information? i am a little nervous, i hear they resent americans.

[rondog]

Good luck, and watch your 6. I bet you'll be a nervous wreck by the time you get home, I sure as hell wouldn't go. All that work to do, all that money to be made, and they're bringing in outsiders instead of hiring the starving, poverty-stricken locals that have lost God-knows-what? Yeah, probably a little resentment there.

[torinotim]

the boss has to employ more haitians than us. putting us in position for training and supervision. haitians get 10 bucks a day! definitely risk involved. i have a wife and 2 kids.

[torinotim]

i need the work and money.

[coop68]

i hear ya right now work is hard to find, good luck in haiti

im supprised they wouldent let you carry a pistol or something to protect yourself. if i was going over i would want somthing in my contract saying i can carry somthing.

[torinotim]

i dont know if i can bring one or not. i will find out.

[bjl913]

What kind of work are you doing...? what kind of security are you offered for you tent/cot? im interested for my own personal gain, as long as i can protect myself/am protected(by people more pro than i see myself...)

[Fentonite]

Here's a link to a thread on another forum with lots of info:
http://lightfighter.net/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/5821022531/m/359108355?r=759101455#759101455

I think you'll need to join the forum to see it.

Good luck!!

[sniper7]

wow good luck man. what kind of work is this?

[Bailey Guns]

Good luck! Hope things go well for you.

[torinotim]

the work to be performed is reinforcing cracked walls with carbon fiber. its on the US EMBASSY so security should be good.

[sniper7]

the work to be performed is reinforcing cracked walls with carbon fiber. its on the US EMBASSY so security should be good.


hopefully that will be safe, sometimes you just never know if an embassy will be a safe house or if it will be a target

[SA Friday]

One of my old partners was in Haiti when we sent troops there, what...6 years ago? He said the Haitians for the most part didn't go for the Americans criminally. They knew it would bring way too much heat. Things are worse, the reward may now be worth the risk. The Embassy will be well secured in comparison to just about anything else out there. I suspect your biggest risk will be theft. Make sure whoever is sending you supplies all the tools. Don't take your own. I can see that stuff sprouting Nikes and running off regularly. Second risk is probably disease and hygenic food and water. Hand sanitizer is your friend, and don't eat or drink anything from an unknown source.

You sound appropriately concerned. That's a good thing. It will ensure you listen to any info the embassy passes to you once you get there, and alert enough initially to learn the lay of the land. Don't don anything stupid like roaming the streets by yourself and I suspect you will be fine. I also suspect you will learn a lot too. Life is different after you've spent time in poor countries and seen the reality.

[Hoosier]

the work to be performed is reinforcing cracked walls with carbon fiber. its on the US EMBASSY so security should be good.

Wow that's cool I didn't know carbon fiber could be used for building re-inforcement. Doesn't it have to cure under a vacuum and with heat?

Stay safe!

[275RLTW]

Torinotim,
I'll be there with you in a few days as well doing PSD work. As of now, the DoS will not let you bring any firearms into Haiti unless working for DoS. It was suggested to me that I bring appropriate hot wather gear, sunscreen, and plenty of doxycyclene (for malaria). Other than that, books, Charmin, and other comfort items to make the time more pleasant are always a good idea. Battery powered fan is on my list to get today as well as Gallon size bottle of hand sanitizer. Reports from othere there that the stench of the dead is bad in PAP, and leftist Obamanites from USAID and French NATO troops are constantly bashing all Americans and are in control of the supply lines there (and Fu*%ing it up). Stay safe & I'll probally see you (look for the infidel tab on the armor)