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Jeanne claims 250 lives in Haiti
herald sun ^
| 04/09/21
| From Clarens Renois in Port-au-Prince
Posted on 09/20/2004 6:12:45 PM PDT by Truth666
AT least 250 people died in massive floods across northern Haiti after Tropical Storm Jeanne hit the crushingly poor Caribbean nation over the weekend, a UN spokesman said today.
Meanwhile, authorities were without news from the country's second largest island, La Tortue.
Staff from the United Nations Stabilisation Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) could not find the island of 26,000 people while flying over the region by helicopter.
(Excerpt) Read more at heraldsun.news.com.au ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: haiti; hurricane; latortue; prozacchewables; tsjeanne; tsunami
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To: Truth666
Although there were fears of many more dead on La Tortue island, Deslorges said: "The government has been in contact with officials on La Tortue. Nothing happened there." Found at:
http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/9720453.htm>
Found Using:
News Index, http://www.newsindex.com/
So much for sunken islands and giant tsunami's... put the tin foil hats away.
61
posted on
09/21/2004 10:24:18 AM PDT
by
HamiltonJay
("You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.")
To: Truth666
See POST 61.. the Island is fine.
62
posted on
09/21/2004 10:25:31 AM PDT
by
HamiltonJay
("You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.")
To: Truth666
Still any doubts that it was a massive wave ?Yes. The city in question, Gonaives, would have been blocked from a tsunami from an earthquake to the north of Hispanola.
Please try applying a bit of geography and a modicum of common sense before peddling your theories on FR, please.
63
posted on
09/21/2004 10:29:57 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
(Kerry could have left 'Nam within a week if Purple Hearts were awarded for shots to the foot.)
To: dirtboy
Much of the might of the wave could still come in through the Windward Passage.
64
posted on
09/21/2004 4:28:28 PM PDT
by
Truth666
To: HamiltonJay
http://www.sltrib.com/nationworld/ci_2418551
Gonaives ... was hardest hit ... But surveillance flights disclosed that the floods and mudslides had also gutted at least one-third of the homes in Port de Paix, an impoverished northern coastal town of 35,000, said Guy Gauvreau, country director for the World Food Program.
The rivers of runoff destroyed homes, farms and roads throughout the mountainous terrain of northern and central Haiti, inflicting as yet uncalculated damage to cities including Hinche, Maissade, Terre Neuve and L'Estere.
Wait ... 4 days later they are telling us that
they just discovered at least one-third of the homes in a town of 35,000 were gutted ?
65
posted on
09/22/2004 4:00:55 AM PDT
by
Truth666
To: Truth666
Much of the might of the wave could still come in through the Windward Passage.Waves don't do 180 degree turns - they can be bent, but not that much. There is no way a tsunami generated to the north of Hispanola can hit a city with a southern exposure. No way.
66
posted on
09/22/2004 6:12:37 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
(Kerry could have left 'Nam within a week if Purple Hearts were awarded for shots to the foot.)
To: dirtboy; HamiltonJay; All
67
posted on
09/22/2004 7:46:11 AM PDT
by
Godzilla
(9/11 - Never Forget, Never Forgive)
It DID cover the island, many helichoppers flew over its co-ordinates, and waves recede. It WAS above sea level,barely, and just because hurricanes pull water over an island, it does not diminish ground, nor raise an ocean. we see satellite pix of ouragons. Satellites dont see clouds, the coloration we see is upraised water, swirling around. Water recedes Ilê-de-la-tortue was submerged.
68
posted on
09/22/2004 3:41:57 PM PDT
by
Slip
(Slip)
To: Slip
CONFIRMED - 6 days LATER !
Fears were growing for remote L'iles de la Tortue, which was was hit by a tsunami.
Yolette Etienne, Oxfam's Haiti spokeswoman, said: "The situation is extremely serious. I don't know how much more we can take. It is difficult to assess the extent of the crisis, but many have died and others have had their homes and livelihoods destroyed.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/naturaldisasters/story/0,7369,1310561,00.html
69
posted on
09/24/2004 4:02:41 PM PDT
by
Truth666
To: Truth666
any more news? It is the 27th... has the UN or mainstream media investigated further?
To: ValerieUSA
still total blackout from the UN - apart from the "nothing happened there" from September 23.
71
posted on
09/27/2004 4:02:10 PM PDT
by
Truth666
To: All
72
posted on
09/30/2004 11:26:59 AM PDT
by
Truth666
To: dirtboy
It wasn't just the Bahamas earthquake, in that day ...
Somehow there are still people that manage to keep the truth alive - standing above the swamp of lies
http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_nnaj.html
USGS: Magnitude 5.7 - NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
2004 September 18 07:07:48 UTC
73
posted on
10/01/2004 7:35:34 AM PDT
by
Truth666
To: Truth666
It wasn't just the Bahamas earthquake, in that day ... That earthquake is still NORTH of Hispanola. Please tell me how a tsunami to the north of the island can hit a city with a southern coastal exposure.
Somehow there are still people that manage to keep the truth alive - standing above the swamp of lies
You ain't one of them - you're adding to the swamp with your nonsense.
74
posted on
10/01/2004 7:39:14 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
(Kerry could have left 'Nam within a week if Purple Hearts were awarded for shots to the foot.)
To: dirtboy
First of all I'm not stating that the same tsunami that ravaged Island La Tortue also ravaged Gonaives, however I would not completely dismiss that either.
Secondly this new finding hints at what probably happened : a swarm of quakes.
75
posted on
10/01/2004 7:57:49 AM PDT
by
Truth666
To: Truth666
First of all I'm not stating that the same tsunami that ravaged Island La Tortue also ravaged Gonaives, however I would not completely dismiss that either. The pictures you posted as "evidence" were from Gonaives.
Secondly this new finding hints at what probably happened : a swarm of quakes.
Swarms of earthquakes generally don't cause tsunamis.
76
posted on
10/01/2004 7:59:20 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
(Kerry could have left 'Nam within a week if Purple Hearts were awarded for shots to the foot.)
To: dirtboy
The pictures you posted as "evidence" were from Gonaives.
I didn't post the pictures from Gonaives as evidence that probably many thousands were swept away from La Tortue island. The basic facts why I think La Tortue was hit by a tsunami are :
- reports (after 2 days) that the UN helicopters couldn't find it
- total blackout about the north coast and La Tortue ever since
- reports (after 5 days) that a tsunami hit La Tortue
The pictures of Gonaives, the only location that was made public, just helps to complete the puzzle.
77
posted on
10/01/2004 8:11:52 AM PDT
by
Truth666
To: dirtboy; deport; Admin Moderator
Hey, the guy who posted this thread is still making insane claims to this day.
We are still waiting for him to retract his claim that the Island of Gonaives was wiped off Earth from the hurricanes of 2004.
here is an image to verify he is lying, check the date:
http://www.digitalglobe.com/images/qb/gonaives_sep23_2004_dg.jpg
I have friends who work out of Palm Beach that deliver supplies there, so yes, it still exists.
I think you'll find they are a previously banned poster.
To: dirtboy; deport; Admin Moderator
To: RedBloodedAmerican
We are still waiting for him to retract his claim that the Island of Gonaives was wiped off Earth from the hurricanes of 2004.Won't happen. A zealot like this one doesn't admit his errors.
80
posted on
12/31/2004 7:26:45 PM PST
by
dirtboy
(To make a pearl, you must first irritate an oyster)
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