Handwritten letters and radio serve as primary means of communication in impoverished nation. By Gil Kaufman Louiny Fontal broadcasts from Port-au-Prince Photo: Nicholas Kamm/ Getty Images While the world tweets, texts and blogs about the aftermath of last Tuesday’s 7.0 earthquake in Haiti, the massive destruction of the island’s infrastructure has left many Haitians scrambling to communicate with and find loved ones. Cell-phone service has been spotty on the impoverished Caribbean island nation, and even those lucky enough to still have mobile phones that work are having trouble finding a way to charge the devices due to the massive power outages.
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Haitians Rely On Old-School Communication In Earthquake Aftermath
