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Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: Ghandi on Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 01:21:08 AM
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/world/americas/14haiti.html?hp
I just saw the headlines but I think it just happened recently. 3am here and no death reports as of yet, but all indications point to it being pretty bad.
Fuck natural disasters..
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Unreal Tournament imho
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Unreal Tournament imho
Haha... man, that's so insensitive... but so funny.
Shitty story, either way. Big quakes really suck for everyone. A shame to see it happen.
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Man.. There's not much to say to natural disasters. My prayers go out to those suffering.
Honestly, I did originally think this was a gaming thread too :P
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Holy shit. That is too close to home. Looks like it happened less than 400 miles West of Puerto Rico (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=18.907471,-71.191406&spn=5.218506,8.107910&t=k&hl=en). Why is it always the poorest and most weakly built places that get hammered by these? I wonder how Santo Domingo is doing? I see no mention of the Dominican Republic in the story. The epicenter is not far away from it. My aunt's family lived there for a long time, moving back to Puerto Rico after her husband died. Some of my closest cousins grew up there.
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Isn't Haiti one of the worst countries in the world? By that I mean virtually no government control to speak of, excessively poor, and with rampant crime?
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It is the poorest nation in the Western hemisphere. It's like a slice of the worst part of Africa, for the same reasons.
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Yeah, it's not exactly good times. Lots of gangs and abductions and that kind of stuff from what I understand. I can't imagine what the populace must be suffering with such generally abysmal conditions getting overlaid by a big disaster.
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So reports are 50,000+ dead. Hard to comprehend.
I feel ashamed to say it, but I've avoided looking at pictures of the disaster.
Other than donating money there is nothing that you can do, which is why this is a terrible time for something like this to happen. Many people have nothing to give.
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Holy mother of God . . . :(
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:(
That is insane.
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So what is wrong with their buildings that makes them crumble so easily? Don't get me wrong, a 7.0 quake is a powerful one, but I thought we had pretty cheap construction here. Geez.
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It is a third world country and isn't anything like America.
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So what is wrong with their buildings that makes them crumble so easily? Don't get me wrong, a 7.0 quake is a powerful one, but I thought we had pretty cheap construction here. Geez.
Building codes are virtually non-existant. Most of their buildings were made from cement which was watered down to cut costs.
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Some aerial shots:
(http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/haiti_01_14/h31_21710667.jpg)
(http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/haiti_01_14/h26_21710669.jpg)
(http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/haiti_01_14/h07_21705789.jpg)
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(http://www8.tok2.com/home/gohasu/aftershock.jpg)
i know just how those fuckers feel. after 9 aftershocks i can't find my house either.
too soon...?
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Some aerial shots . . .
I've been playing Fallout 3 every moment I can. Then when I turn to the news, it's like I'm still in the game.
(http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/images/01/18/08.palace.gi.jpg)
(http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/interactive/2010/01/world/gallery.large.haiti-1/images/26.jpg)
(http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/interactive/2010/01/world/gallery.large.haiti-1/images/25.jpg)
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2010/01/world/gallery.large.haiti-1/index.5.html?hpt=T1
It's all beyond words.