[RayChuang88]

This tragedy is particularly horrible for two reasons:

1) The epicenter was literally near the most densely-populated part of Haiti itself.
2) Most of the buildings in Port-au-Prince don't comply with anything close to modern earthquake safety standards.

As such, I could see a truly STAGGERING death toll. We may be talking way over 100,000 dead--and that's before diseases strike down even more of those affected.

But yet, I see a silver lining coming out of this tragedy. This could finally allow use to raze all of Port-au-Prince--which was mostly a shantytown anyway--and create a truly modern town with real modern public utilities.

[FrogMom]

“2) Most of the buildings in Port-au-Prince don’t comply with anything close to modern earthquake safety standards.”

I wondered about that. In all the rubble, I couldn’t see any rebar sticking up out of the concrete. Isn’t it a rather basic rule that you put reinforcement in concrete projects?

[Red in Blue PA]

Port au Prince COULD be a huge destination for travelers......if things were done right by their corrupt govt.

This disaster is Exhibit A in what CORRUPTION can do to innocent people.