For some reason any natural disaster in a socialist country is “special” and so much worse than any where else on the planet.
I wonder why that is?
I don’t agree. The USA stands ready to help any country devastated by earthquakes. We announced a substantial humanitarian aid package for Venezuela. The US will provide $150 million in aid to Venezuela following the devastating earthquakes, with $100 million contributed to a UN humanitarian fund for Venezuela and $50 million to aid organizations already working in the country.
The Department of State is deploying a regional Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART), as well as urban search-and-rescue teams, and is collaborating with other U.S. departments, UN agencies, NGOs, and host governments to deliver search-and-rescue support and other supplies. Additionally, the U.S. Defense Department will provide aircraft to assess damage, find injured victims and deliver life-saving assistance.
President Trump pledged to deploy U.S. resources to earthquake-stricken Venezuela, saying the U.S. stands “ready, willing, and able to help.”
I think this is a good time to build good relationships with Venezuela and keep the Chinese out of our hemisphere.
Japan has Earthquakes all the time (now the tsunami...that was a true disaster). But earthquakes they built right for them.
Actually, I was immediately concerned due to effects on oil production.
Any oil and gas people able to comment?
Twenty five years of building shortcuts and ignoring earthquake zone best practices and standards, all at the invitation of institutionalized corruption, AKA, socialism.
Corruption and bribed building inspectors.........
All depends on the buildings and the building codes.
In places, even substantially larger earthquakes are nonevents.
In others places, even substantially lesser ones kill thousands.