The man who managed Harrison County’s emergency operations for Katrina is at present in Haiti, where he says the great effort is “heartbreaking.”

In a telephone interview with The Sun-Herald, Mr. Joe Spraggins says earthquake survivors are making a tent out of just about anything, or sleeping on the streets.

Joe Spraggins is now working for DRC Haiti, a private company vying for recovery contracts and providing assistance. He’s been there since January 31.

Recalling Hurricane Katrina, he said Haitians would consider the federal trailers used after Katrina to be mansions. Joe Spraggins said cleanup has been difficult because the majority of the buildings were concrete and sat on hillsides.

Joe Spraggins said the country faces years of rebuilding.