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Major magnitude 7.3 quake hits Haiti - USGS (Breaking!)
Reuters UK ^ | 01/12/2010 | n/a

Posted on 01/12/2010 2:22:15 PM PST by Pyro7480

A major magnitude 7.3 quake hit the impoverished country of Haiti Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

The epicentre of the quake, which was initially reported a magnitude 7.0 off the coast, was located inland, six miles (10 km) west of Carrefour, close to the capital Port-au-Prince and was only 20.5 miles (30 km) deep. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere....

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: carribean; catastrophism; earthquake; eq; haiti; haitiearthquake; haitiquake; haitiquake2010; portauprince; seismicevent; usgs
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To: Rebelbase

Absolutely heart breaking. I can’t even imagine.


241 posted on 01/12/2010 7:59:36 PM PST by MsLady (If you died tonight, where would you go? Salvation, don't leave earth without it!)
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To: MsLady

Yeah, the guy on CNN summed it up. He said they weren’t prepared to deal with day to day affairs, and something like this would be tough for an advanced country.


242 posted on 01/12/2010 7:59:44 PM PST by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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To: MsLady

My spirit breaks. We have had a Compassion child there for years, they have know idea the condition of the school or the children.


243 posted on 01/12/2010 8:01:42 PM PST by svcw (The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves. GW)
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To: TaraP

Amen!!!!


244 posted on 01/12/2010 8:02:44 PM PST by MsLady (If you died tonight, where would you go? Salvation, don't leave earth without it!)
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To: Rebelbase

They way he’s done every thing else, it’ll be two weeks before he even says anything about this. That’s ok, it’ll give all the Christian charities time to get in and really help out.


245 posted on 01/12/2010 8:05:01 PM PST by MsLady (If you died tonight, where would you go? Salvation, don't leave earth without it!)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IySBl2aq-A

Footage from CBS shot shortly after the quake.

VirginiaMom


246 posted on 01/12/2010 8:05:34 PM PST by VirginiaMom
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To: svcw

It’s truly heart breaking. The missionary that FoxNews talked to said he jumped on his bike and went around the town he said there were buildings collapsed everywhere and the hospital had collapsed too :( I can’t even imagine that level of misery. I don’t think there was much he could do, the sun was setting when it happened. They don’t have much of an infrastructure and now I’m sure they have none. God have mercy on Haiti and mercy and protection for svcw’s little compassion child.


247 posted on 01/12/2010 8:12:22 PM PST by MsLady (If you died tonight, where would you go? Salvation, don't leave earth without it!)
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To: Richard Kimball

She’s adorable!!! All the best, my FRiend!!

I guess Anderson Cooper is going down there and said he’s going to try to get to Port Au Prince in the morning....


248 posted on 01/12/2010 8:12:22 PM PST by cleveland gop (SARAH, SARAH, SARAH!!!)
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To: Richard Kimball

No kidding :( it’s almost unbearable to think about it.


249 posted on 01/12/2010 8:14:09 PM PST by MsLady (If you died tonight, where would you go? Salvation, don't leave earth without it!)
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To: Petronski
Clouds of Concrete

Incredible.

250 posted on 01/12/2010 8:22:22 PM PST by Lando Lincoln (Gee, it looks like climate change was man-made after all!)
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To: gleeaikin

Y’know, there may even be an FR topic about Port Royal. That was a tsunami event, reputedly the only survivor was a guy sobering up in the hoosegow. A guy I used to know from Montserrat (he left a good job down there, close to retirement, because of the little volcano problem; eventually he went back and finished up his service just so he could retire on pension) often spoke of Guadaloupe, which had a volcanic eruption a century or so ago. Seems like there was a prison survivor that time as well?


251 posted on 01/12/2010 8:28:03 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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To: MsLady

It is unbearable to think about. When I see the pictures of the bodies, I keep thinking this was someone’s parent, child, friend. Horrific.


252 posted on 01/12/2010 8:30:11 PM PST by mplsconservative
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To: Petronski

Wow! It looks like the 2nd floor has pancaked onto the first.


253 posted on 01/12/2010 8:32:26 PM PST by onemiddleamerican (FUBO - and all your terrorist buddies, too!)
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To: justsaynomore

Amen. A high school girl from our church, who intends to be a missionary full time, went to Haiti on a short term trip a couple years ago and it changed her life. She came back overwhelmed by the difference in life there vs here and the pictures she showed were just incredible and heartbreaking. But the people were lovely and giving, despite their utter poverty.

Another friend is in the process of adopting a young Haitian orphan, has been going through that process for going on 2 years now. His orphanage is just outside Port-au-Prince and who knows how he is right now, and I’m sure my friend is distraught with worry.

These are precious human beings, and many of them died today because they happened to live in one of the poorest nations on earth.


254 posted on 01/12/2010 8:39:07 PM PST by agrace
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To: AppyPappy
"Both of my pastors are in Haiti right now."

May God protect them and guide their efforts.

255 posted on 01/12/2010 8:43:31 PM PST by AGreatPer (Impeach Obama)
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To: Bon mots
Thanks for your comments and analysis. I found them honest and refreshing. The pictures are incredibly instructive.

Some readers will interpret your remarks as racist. I did not find them so. The problem is the society. The people of Haiti are free to create whatever kind of society they want. They can copy the surceases of their island neighbor if they choose to.

When you say "Haiti is reaping what it has sown" I did not interpret that to mean the earthquake but rather the poverty.

256 posted on 01/12/2010 8:46:27 PM PST by Upstate NY Guy
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To: Richard Kimball

She’s beautiful! Have you ever gone down to visit?


257 posted on 01/12/2010 8:48:25 PM PST by knittnmom ("...only dead fish 'go with the flow'". - Sarah Palin 7/09)
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To: knittnmom

No. My daughter is also sponsoring a child there but it’s around $2000 each for us to visit, and that’s not in the budget.


258 posted on 01/12/2010 8:54:49 PM PST by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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To: Upstate NY Guy

correction: successes


259 posted on 01/12/2010 8:56:42 PM PST by Upstate NY Guy
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To: oldleft
Actually, third world countries tend to do fairly well in earthquakes due to single story construction with lightweight materials.


260 posted on 01/12/2010 8:56:57 PM PST by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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