c. eugenia charles, executive director of fun, dusty on the pool, an organization delivering aid in haiti. she also hosts a radio show focused on social and political issues there in florida, joseph, our old pierre academic and political consultant on haiti and latin america. he's also a political, grassroots leader and founder of napster. that's an organization promoting development and democracy in haiti. and in washington, d. c. j. johnston, senior research associate at the center for economic and policy research is also the lead author of their report. haiti relief and reconstruction watch blog, a warm welcome to will. let's start with eugene. so i've got a comparison, eugene here, it's done by the development help alliance and geo ranks haiti and the dominican republic as equal in their exposure to extreme natural weather events. they, of course, share the same sort of geography and same island. in fact, yet haiti is ranks as way more vulnerable than the dominican republic. clearly this is not the suffering. the patients face is not just about natural disasters, right? there are othe