Posted on 08/16/2021 9:17:56 AM PDT by Red Badger
Video posted to social media showed residents pulling stunned survivors out of the rubble of destroyed homes, hospitals, schools and churches.
Haitians scrambled overnight to try to find survivors trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings after a major earthquake killed more than 1,200 people and injured 5,700 in the Caribbean country Saturday.
The 7.2-magnitude quake injured hundreds more and flattened churches, homes and government buildings.
The temblor, which was felt in Cuba and Jamaica and was followed by a string of aftershocks, hit around 5 miles from the town of Petit-Trou-de-Nippes, just over 90 miles west of the capital, Port-au-Prince, at a depth of about 6 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Video posted to social media showed residents pulling stunned survivors out of the rubble of collapsed buildings after homes, hospitals, schools, churches and other buildings were damaged or destroyed.
The earthquake was a terrifying reminder of the devastating temblor that rocked Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, 11 years ago, killing tens of thousands of people.
For Lydie Jean-Baptiste, 62, memories of the trauma have come flooding back.
"The neighbors, I saw them running and running. I said, 'What's wrong?' They said, 'Earthquake!' and I rushed to the front door," Jean-Baptiste told Reuters. "I felt really, really scared."
For a long time afterward, she said, she slept outside.
Yvon Pierre, the former mayor of Saint Louis du Sud, said he would sleep outside because of the aftershocks.
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The Clinton foundation has mobilized.
Boxcars at the ready for loading with ‘donations’....................
Chelsea needs a new dress.
It’s their fault for living there and being Satan worshippers
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Chelsea needs a new facelift....................
They’d have a better life in Africa actually.
darn right they have.
As its plane is landing to take stock of where all the money will be made/stolen, and with the storms making an ocean crossing all but impossible, the humanitarian planes will be taking off to fly them to southern Florida.
Well it looks like they’re on their own again
Poor Haiti. That place can’t get a break. Between bad government and bad weather and geological conditions, it’s a wonder anybody ever remains there.
She needs a new face, period.
May I suggest, Haiti, that you stop worshiping Satan, and these disasters might just be averted going forward.
Typical Haitian: "I don't mind the earthquakes and the hurricanes, but now we have to put up with those damned Clintons again!"
Its just bad government, you never hear any of this happening on the Dominican Republic side ...
Actually, while the government is the big problem, the DR side does have better weather. And apparently most of the earthquakes also happen at the Haitian end.
Dang you people are fast.
I believed her. She was one ugly, scary looking woman.
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Everything should be alright because VP Harris said she’s taking care of it.
My only question...how was she able to trigger an earthquake so she could sidestep the Afghanistan mess?
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