Haiti Earthquake

[Krayzie-Bone]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cb_haiti_earthquake

Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital Wednesday after a powerful earthquake flattened the president's palace, the cathedral, hospitals, schools, the main prison and whole neighborhoods. Officials feared thousands — perhaps more than 100,000 — may have perished but there was no firm count.

Death was everywhere in Port-au-Prince. Bodies of tiny children were piled next to schools. Corpses of women lay on the street with stunned expressions frozen on their faces as flies began to gather. Bodies of men were covered with plastic tarps or cotton sheets.

President Rene Preval said he believes thousands were killed in Tuesday afternoon's magnitude-7.0 quake, and the scope of the destruction prompted other officials to give even higher estimates. Leading Sen. Youri Latortue told The Associated Press that 500,000 could be dead, although he acknowledged that nobody really knows.

About 100,000 people dead..... Maybe up to 500,000 people....

I am completely devastated when I first read this. I was shocked that something so massive could cause so much wreck in such a short amount of time...

As mentioned by Straggler, if you wish to make a $10.00 USD donation to the relief effort, text "Haiti" to 90999.

How do you guys feel? I'm shocked...

 

[shane.]

100k+ that is just rediculus, that is not a good deal at all. whats this world a coming to.

 

[account4sell]

100k+ that is just rediculus, that is not a good deal at all. whats this world a coming to.

Yes, cause we can control NATURAL occurances.

 

[The Riddler_]

100k+ that is just rediculus, that is not a good deal at all. whats this world a coming to.

Thought you were racist? Why do you care?


How long did the quake last?

 

[Jman17]

Morally, this is a tragedy. I really do feel bad for all those people, 100,000 + people, that were injured and killed in the quake.

Unfortunately (I would say, fortunately), nature has to do it's work. What is done is done.

 

[Absence]

Heard the earthquake was a 7.0+ Magnitude?

 

[Jman17]

Heard the earthquake was a 7.0+ Magnitude?

True statement.

 

[SuF]

Heard the earthquake was a 7.0+ Magnitude?

It was a 7.0.

It was very powerful hitting a very poor country with very badly built buildings. Not a good combination.

 

[Jman17]

It was a 7.0.

It was very powerful hitting a very poor country with very badly built buildings. Not a good combination.

However, on ABC news, they showed a big crate of eggs in an orphanage in Haiti without any cracks

 

[TJ]

My uncle knows a guy that is trying to get people to go over there and help clean up. I might try to volunteer my time, but i do not have enough money for a plane ticket so i doubt that would work. We'll see

 

[Krayzie-Bone]

As if the people in Haiti didn't have enough to care about....

They are probably one of the poorest nations in the world with a poor economy and living styles.

Now, they are in a devastation and have to clean up the rubble, and most likely look for a loved one who hasn't recovered. It's such a sad thing... My dearest condolences goes out to all those who have suffered through this trajedy.

 

[FireZ]

Just saw this on the news...never seen one hit so quick and yet do so much.

That country has a real potential to go into a desperation civil war if not stabilized soon.

 

[Killer Mantis]

Saw this on the news the other day, i rarely donate to charity. But i did what i can to help them out.

 

[wizardzgame]

I can't believe the power of nature sometimes. It's sad to know though how Haiti was already one of the poorest countries.

 

[Triggerfinger]

Not really shocked, I saw what happened during Katrina so no real natural disasters can surprise me really. Now Obama is gonna dump more money we don't have to try and fix their shit, but its just going to enter the pockets of corrupt government politicians.

 

[AutoCAD]

one fact that really bothers me is that most deaths from the earthquake will occur after aka people trapped under building etc. In America, sonar can be used to find trapped bodies. But in a country like Haiti i doubt there is any way to rescue the mass amounts of people trapped

 

[ilikepie1]

I heard there was a main quake, 7.0, and 2 smaller ones, 5-ish? My History teacher showed us a video of the destruction, and it is really bad. Our school is gathering some money to help out.

 

[Vinny I]

Shitty construction backfires eventually.

 

These people have already had countless coups, are stricken in dire poverty, etc. It's terrible to see them struggling even more with this.

 

[FG4]

My news station said earlier: "Thousands dead in Haiti, including TWO local students!"


Wow. Really. Two US students are really more important than all those people, and need a special mention? <_<