Haiti "Over All Fairly Calm" (Also Horrible)

“So far, violence has been scattered, with the security situation over all fairly calm,” reports the Times team from Haiti last night, noting also that people are fleeing to the countryside left and right. But never by boat! Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Christopher O’Neil tells the paper that “anyone caught leaving the island and heading toward Florida would be returned to Haiti.” But what if they are, you know, heading towards Jamaica, or Cuba? Or East Caicos! Or, even, you know, the other way-towards Puerto Rico? And: “Haiti’s ambassador in Washington, Raymond Joseph, recorded a message in Creole to his countrymen, urging them not to leave. ‘If you think you will reach the U.S. and all the doors will be wide open to you, that’s not at all the case.’” Sorry, everyone. It’s pretty much just you guys and Anderson Cooper now.