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Why did so many people die in Haiti's quake?
BBC News ^
| February 14, 2010
| Lucy Rodgers
Posted on 02/14/2010 6:17:37 PM PST by EnjoyingLife
The devastating earthquakes that hit China on 12 May 2008, Italy on 6 April 2009 and Haiti one month ago [12 January 2010] all measured above 6.0 and took many lives. But why was the human cost so much greater for Haiti?
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: earthquake; haiti
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To: EnjoyingLife
Poor construction on buildings.
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posted on
02/14/2010 6:18:33 PM PST
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
To: EnjoyingLife
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posted on
02/14/2010 6:19:26 PM PST
by
sionnsar
(IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
To: EnjoyingLife
Being such a rich, advanced and modern country Haiti found its hi-tech systems vulnerable to earthquakes?
//sarc
Seriously. Its dirt poor. It needs liberty and capitalism, badly.
Plus when you get that high on the rochter scale, concrete basically turns liquid.
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posted on
02/14/2010 6:20:10 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Dignity is earned from yourself. Respect is earned from others.)
To: sonofstrangelove
Why did so many people die in Haiti's quake? Gezzz..They have to ask this question??
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posted on
02/14/2010 6:21:20 PM PST
by
dragnet2
To: sonofstrangelove
poor construction because of the lack of rebar in their buildings......steel costs are high when always imported.
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posted on
02/14/2010 6:21:28 PM PST
by
RSmithOpt
(Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
To: EnjoyingLife
For one thing, it appears their building codes prohibit the use of rebar.
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posted on
02/14/2010 6:22:36 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
To: sonofstrangelove
and rampant malnurishment amongst the populace. and lack of training and equipment to pull the injured from the rubble quickly. and the list goes on.
This is a situation with a host of contributing factors, rather than a single over riding factor.
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posted on
02/14/2010 6:22:44 PM PST
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: EnjoyingLife
Because we evil capitalist white Americans didn’t give up even more of our paychecks to build quakeproof housing for a noble and deserving third world hellhole.
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posted on
02/14/2010 6:23:07 PM PST
by
buccaneer81
(ECOMCON)
To: EnjoyingLife
Because the higher you can inflate the numbers, the more international (U.S) $$$ you can expect.
To: MrEdd
This is a situation with a host of contributing factors, rather than a single over riding factor
I agree with you.
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posted on
02/14/2010 6:24:00 PM PST
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
To: sonofstrangelove
Yes, you know if you live in LA. The building codes are super strict. They add many dollars to any construction on property.
Strict building codes, no pay offs = safety in earthquake conditions.
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posted on
02/14/2010 6:25:00 PM PST
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
To: MrEdd
They don’t even have a fire department. In the whole country.
I don’t think fire was a big issue. It just reveals the incredible lack of resources in what should be a reasonably wealthy country.
To: sionnsar
Corruption.True, for century's
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posted on
02/14/2010 6:27:04 PM PST
by
MilspecRob
(Most people don't act stupid, they really are.)
To: GeronL
I think its the sphincter factor scale
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posted on
02/14/2010 6:27:26 PM PST
by
al baby
(Hi Mom sarc ;))
To: sonofstrangelove
After the earthquake there was a cloud of dust that engulfed Port-au-Prince. That was obviously the first indicator of the mass destruction of the city. I can't imagine seeing that cloud of death in person.
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posted on
02/14/2010 6:27:45 PM PST
by
ATX 1985
To: EnjoyingLife
The dirt they could have used to reinforce their buildings they had to eat to survive.
To: ConservaTexan
The Haitians would have been inclined to inflate numbers to increase aid, as you suggest. On the flip side, the Chinese would tend to deflate numbers as a matter of pride.
To: BunnySlippers
I want to feel safe when I enter into a building in downtown LA that I will be able to survive and that the buiding will not collapse.
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posted on
02/14/2010 6:30:11 PM PST
by
ErnstStavroBlofeld
("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)
To: Texas Eagle
Bingo, I did not see one piece of rebar during ALL of the coverage.
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posted on
02/14/2010 6:30:26 PM PST
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