Helicopters and trucks can't safely deliver food or water to the majority of Haitians at this time because they are quickly dangerously mobbed. This is a presents a danger to both the relief workers and the mob itself. In addition, when food first begins to arrive, the quantities are insufficient and mob mentality leaves the weak and elderly without relief. Strong thugs often end up with the food for the purpose of selling it later. This situation is not unique to Haiti. Due to the dangers of delivering inadequate supplies, relief workers typically wait to deliver food to the most desperate areas until it can be delivered in mass with reasonable security. Due to the poor infrastructure of roads that existed in Haiti even before the earthquake, tens of thousands may die before relief workers feel it is safe to deliver supplies to the most affected areas. To help minimize the above problem, the military has chosen to airdrop pallets of relief supplies until it is safe and logistically possible to deliver more supplies by land. Unfortunately, it is not safe to drop pallets of food in the heavily populated areas where they are most needed as this creates many of the same problems as terrestrial deliveries of insufficient supplies. There is a better but underutilized method of airdropping supplies to keep the masses alive until normal relief supplies can be safely delivered. Calorie-intense foods such as military ration "MREs" and granola bars can be dropped individually, ideally from large planes such as C-130s. This is not done out of disrespect, it is done out of practical necessity. The supplies are pushed out the back of the plane in large mesh bags tied to a rope that also remains tied to the plane. When the mesh bags drop to a certain point, the end of the rope still tied to the plane tears the mesh bag open and the small packets of food supplies are then scattered over large areas. The items that fall in this matter are so lightweight and non-aerodynamic that they simply “flutter” to the ground where they land absolutely everywhere. This makes it virtually impossible for thugs to monopolize gathering the food and children get as much if not more than anyone. Some of the food does land where it is dangerous to attempt to gather it but this danger is minimized by the vast quantities that can be quickly delivered. Flying C130s to Haiti from the U.S. can be done within hours. There are many planes currently available on the ground not being used for relief because of Haiti's airport is too small to utilize all of them. Water is too heavy to be delivered in this exact same manner but it can be delivered by helicopter in a similar fashion but from lower altitudes to empty fields and lots. Individual bottles will not normally break when they land; they bounce, especially if the bottles are slightly under-filled (as this leaves an air cushion to absorb the shock). In addition, under-filled bottles will float so the bottles can also be dropped over bodies of (contaminated) water and they will then naturally float to the land. The above airdrop procedures were pioneered by Dr.Wattenburg, a (conservative) nuclear scientist who also does a weekend talkshow at KGO 810 AM. Although Dr. Wattenburg’s method has been previously used successfully in other areas, the military seems to have forgotten how successful this was and they are now resistant to follow these airdrop procedures fearing that release of bulk food in this manner will cause riots or be otherwise unsafe. President Obama needs to be advised that there is no other choice but to use this method, as tens of thousands are about to unnecessarily die of thirst, contaminated water, and hunger. The military has started dropping pallets of food using parachutes but this food is not arriving where it is needed most. Unfortunately, these desperate areas are also inaccessible to the press. See: ttp://www.kgoam810.com/Article.asp?id=1662660&nId=0&spid=33179 http://www.kgoradio.com/viewentry.asp?ID=365348&PT=PERSONALITIES