earthquake in haiti

[billy]

The most densely populated part of the island is where the quake struck. Most of the houses were not built on bedrock so the ground only amplified the tremors.
In addition building codes were little to non existent.

The minority of people (that were in control) that had money had a HEAVY roof over there head. And the heavy roofs all fell ON top of there heads.

The people that had no money had a scant covering they call a roof and if it fell it did little to no damage to them.

There is no structure there that did not suffer damage.

Now they are all equals

Just saying..

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I survived the Loma Prieta quake in 89 and the Northridge Earthquake in 94'
When structures are built on soft soil even in mild quakes, life sucks.

(Singing "Shake, Rattle and Roll, Oh baby")

i agree with ya. though many more of the poor died than the rich.
i would love to see something like that first hand though without the deaths or hardships. it was the same with the tsunami i would have lovced to have watched it happen. that wave banging up the beach. to see a whole country devastated by e/quake.

sadly thery never happen without casualties.i
haiti is on the news as i type and it's fucking horrendous. you can't do anything else but feel for them

Yes because there are far more poor people then rich people there. I bet there were far fewer deaths caused by dwellings collapse among the poor people because there dwellings didn't weigh that much.
I am still considering going there to volunteer like I did for 9/11. But I doubt its very safe for them much less volunteers

i think at this stage volunteering should be left to those best able to help. the specialists like medics, firefighters and those well or better equipped to help. the food needed to feed a volunteer would be best used for these people than warm bodies. they'll also have enough of those by now too.

for the man in the street who wishes to help i'd advise them to set up collection points for clothing and bedding. maybe canned and non perishable food stuffs etc. to contact the major charities to see if they'll pick up the collections and deliver them should it happen.