I don't have anything to add about the horrific earthquake that hasn't already been said elsewhere.
But, I've added a donation button to the right sidebar for Doctors Without Borders, an excellent non-profit group already working in Haiti when the quake hit. They are apparently operating out of makeshift clinics in the absence of functioning hospitals. Click on the button to help; other donation options are listed here.
*update* Highly Allochthonous explains the tectonics of the quake.
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Thank you for adding the link to Doctors Without Borders, I just used it.
Thanks, Tim. I donated this morning, but it's hard to feel like it'll do much good considering the magnitude of the problem...
Thanks from me, too, Alex. I donated and passed the link on to many others.
Me too. Thanks.