Tropical Storm Emily in Haiti... Aug 3 2011 PLEASE PRAY!!!!!

I took this from Wikipedia...
"In Haiti, about 630,000 people are still living in tents across areas devastated by the 12 January 2010 earthquake. Due to the lack of sturdy structure to ride out a storm, fears arose over how they would fare with a tropical cyclone passing through the country. Emergency officials in the country set aside 22 large buses to evacuate thousands of people at the risk of flooding. Additionally, residents were urged to conserve food and safeguard their belongings. The United Nations placed 11,500 troops in the country on standby to assist in recovery efforts should they be necessitated. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies also put emergency teams on standby to deliver food support in addition to the 125,000 people already being assisted.<sup>[24]"

I took this from CBC news...</sup>

Haiti and the Dominican Republic prone to floods

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the storm, which had been almost stationary in the morning, was on a west track at 22 kph by early evening. The path would bring Emily's centre over Hispaniola, the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, by Wednesday evening or Thursday. Both countries, but especially Haiti, are prone to devastating floods.
Early Tuesday evening, the storm was about 265 kilometres south of San Juan, Puerto Rico. It had maximum sustained winds of 85 km/h. U.S. forecasters said some slight strengthening was possible before the storm's centre passed over the mountains of Hispaniola.
Civil defence officials and the military in the Dominican Republic have already begun moving people out of high-risk zones ahead of the storm. Haitian authorities urged people to conserve food and safeguard their belongings.

'We receive these messages and yet we still don't have anywhere to go.'—Alexis Boucher

In Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince, Jislaine Jean-Julien, a 37-year-old street merchant displaced by the January 2010 earthquake, said she was praying the storm would pass her flimsy tent without knocking it over.
"For now, God is the only saviour for me," Jean-Julien said at the edge of a crowded encampment facing the quake-destroyed National Palace. "I would go some place else if I could but I have no place else to go."
Haitian emergency authorities set aside a fleet of 22 large white buses in the event they needed to evacuate people from flooded areas. Emergency workers would then bus the people to dozens of schools, churches and other buildings that will serve as shelters.
"We're working day and night to be able to respond quickly in case we have any disasters," said Marie Alta Jean-Baptiste, director of Haiti's Civil Protection Agency.
Emergency workers, both Haitian and foreign, also sent out text messages to cellphone users, alerting them to the approaching storm and to take precautions such as staying with friends or relatives if that were an option.
Such advisories are not uncommon but few in Haiti have the means to heed them because of the crushing poverty.
"This is not the first time we've heard these messages," said Alexis Boucher, a 29-year-old man who lives in Place Boyer, a public square that became a camp after the earthquake. "We receive these messages and yet we still don't have anywhere to go."

^{Sounds like we are going at just the right time, and will be able to be a huge help in Haiti! Praise the Lord for His timing!!! And pray for safety for the people!}