Man, I hate that. Prayers up for those poor folks. At least the airport is reported to be functional, so aid flights can head there ASAP.
Anyone remember the movie way back about Haiti, zombies, and an American dude getting the zombie treatment then buried alive? Heck, I've got it on VHS but it's buried...
I just saw an estimate of 500,000 potential casualties. That might be high but you can bet there will be 10's of thousands. Schools, hospitals, office buildings, government buildings all collapsed.
"What's "poor" about it are the construction standards"
True. Same thing all over the world. Turkey gets quakes, big ones, and thousands die trapped in unreinforced concrete buildings. It's a travesty. One of their fault lines gives a little every few decades, and the epicenter keeps moving west down the fault. Istanbul is in for a big one within the next few decades, and the buildings there are centuries old. I can only imagine the death toll.
So far, Cuba is on the short list of countries that have not agreed to send aid, and they are their closest neighbor. Also absent are Middle Eastern countries with the exception of Israel.
Not really, those same countries didn't help during the Tsunami of 2005, and that mostly affected Muslim countries. I'd say they're just being consistent, not racist.
So far, Cuba is on the short list of countries that have not agreed to send aid, and they are their closest neighbor. Also absent are Middle Eastern countries with the exception of Israel.
Those evil Jews. How dare them lend a helping hand.
I'm watching, " The Next Megaquake" on the Science Channel which explores a magnitude 9.0 quake off the coast of the Pacific Northwest causing massive devastation in Seattle, etc and a massive sunami affecting Japan, Hawaii, etc.
They should break Robertson's foot, give him a towel to wear, no medicine, no water, no food and drop his a$$ in the middle of that destroyed city and see if he develops a little compassion... what a f'in moron... he is an emberassment to America...
In defense of Robertson and (to a lesser extent) Glover.
That Robertson has a severe case of foot in mouth disease is obvious, but his heart is in the right place. He has sent millions of dollars in aid (especially medical supplies) to Haiti since the earthquake. What have you done?
Glover never said that AGW caused the earthquake. If you read the transcript it reads more like he was comparing the response to the earthquake by the US (especially) and the World as a whole to the response to AGW in Copenhagen. That is his view, which I disagree with totally, to which he is entitled to (and welcome to). So yes, Glover's remark was stupid, just not THAT stupid.
Where did you find a transcript for Glover on that? Some of it sounds pretty muffled, but it sure sounds like he blamed what happened on global warming. He wouldn't be the fist to blame earth quakes on global warming.
I agree, the dialog is hard to follow on that telephone interview. Perhaps that's why I am inclined to give Glover the benefit of the doubt. I know what I get like talking on the phone....