Miami is a melting pot of cultures, stemming from every place you can possibly imagine. A large percentage of the Miami population stems from Haiti. We have strong roots with the Caribbean and Haiti makes its presence felt here in our city.

Late Tuesday afternoon, Haiti was hit by a massive and lethal earthquake. With a staggering 7.0 on the scale, It left Haiti in "total disaster and chaos".

As always, we must provide our brothers and sisters in the island of Haiti with support in their time of need.

Take some time to visit some of these websites, spread the word, tweet for support, text, a little help goes a long way in times like these.

VISIT YELE website

TEXT the word HAITI to 90999 and $10 will be donated to the Red Cross.

TEXT the word YELE to 501501 to donate $5 to www.YELE.org for relief efforts.

(Charges will be made to your phone bill)

Helping is simple. Make it happen.

Our prayers and thoughts go out to those affected by this disaster.

Picture Courtesy of The Huffington Post