People all over the world are grieving the losses in Haiti. A country that didn’t have that much to begin with was hit with a devastating 7.1 Magnitude earthquake with 52 aftershocks that followed. Haiti is the poorest countries in the West Hemisphere and an earthquake of this magnitude has perhaps sealed their fate as the poorest country for many years to come.

The Haitians have enough to worry about, their homes have been destroyed and thousands of people are dead. Some Haitians have began to worry about identity theft as well. With people beginning to get back on their feet again the concern is that people who have lost their papers will have no claim to their  property. If someone were to find their papers before the rightful owner they could steal their identity and make claim to property and money that isn’t theirs.

When natural disasters like these strike it is amazing how it brings out the best and worst in people. Some people it brings out the best in them, helping others and doing everything in their power to show compassion for others. Other people however it seems to brings out the worst in them, people who resort to looting and stealing from others who are also in need.

I lived in South Florida for a long time and is in no way comparable to the disaster in Haiti, but hurricane’s would come in and destroy houses and knock out the power for a while. Some people would see this as an opportunity to loot and steal from retail stores and people’s homes for no other reason than there was no one to stop them.

Let’s just hope that people in Haiti don’t start stealing others identification documents and claiming the rightful owners property and possessions. It will take years to get Haiti back on it’s feet again and I hope that Haiti will be in all of our prayers.