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The US Government has help on the ground in Haiti, but since the earth quake happened, they've also been sending aid over the air.
Voice of America Site B in Greenville has been broadcasting information in French-Creole for more than a week now.
They are certainly not using the latest technology. In fact, the majority of the radio equipment was first used nearly 50 years ago.
But when communication breaks down after a natural disaster, what's old is new again.
Since January 12th this former Cold War radio station has been broadcasting Creole to the Haitian people.
Macon Dail, chief engineer at VOA Site B, explained, "With the shortwave spectrum the signals actually bounce off the ionosphere after it leaves the transmitter site and goes directly to the listener."
On a normal day, VOA Site B transmits around 2 hours of Creole to the Caribbean. Since the quake, that air time has increased to more than 15 hours.
Dail said, "If the infrastructure goes down, and nothing else can be heard, shortwave it always available to be picked up by anyone, anywhere in the world."
The messages that go out are primarily public service announcements on the availability of food, water and information on disaster relief assistance.
"Sometimes in a case like this, less is more," said Dail.
It's not fancy or flashy but it is effective and when satellite, television and cell phones aren't an option, in this case, radio is reliable.
Voice of America first went on the air in 1942. Site B can transmit information to Europe, The Middle East, North Africa, South America and of course, Haiti.
Source: http://bit.ly/7yctHp
Via Yimber Gaviria, Colombia
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