Haiti got a richter 7 earthquake

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Michael Jackson : It Don't Matter If You're Black Or White

 

[angie II]

Does not matter black or white. They are humans in need of help.

Michael Jackson : It Don't Matter If You're Black Or White

"If you wanna be my brother it don't matter if you're black or white"
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[RonRon]

this is part of the doomsday 2012

 

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[SR Nathan]

Haiti Presidential Palace - Before and after - Source

A view of the badly damaged presidential palace - the center portion formerly 3 stories tall - after an earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on January 13, 2010. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz)

Still looks nicer than what we have, my significant other excuse of a walking piece of lard says.:p

 

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[RonRon]

That's beside the point. The fact remains that they are genetically BLACK.

This is horrible. People are dying... suffering, getting crushed by tons of concrete... and you sickos are just making fun of them. Who cares what their skin color is? Who cares what they believe? Who cares where they are from? They are human beings.... They bleed red, they have souls and/or conscience. I wonder if you all are though. I really do. Surely no one with a single ounce of humanity would say such horrible things. :oIo:

 

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The death toll in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake could run to tens of thousands, the country's president said on Wednesday. Photo: EDUARDO MUNOZ

 

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Haiti's president Rene Preval (R) talks with an assistant at Port-au-Prince's airport

Residents camp outside their houses for fear of a recurrence after the quake. Photo: Reuters

People sit at a park a day after the earthquake in downtown Port-au-Prince. Photo: AP

The damaged palace

 

[singveld]

NO SHIT 7 is huge earthquake.

even before the earthquake.

they are so poor, and eating m&d.

they are already fxxk type before the earthquake.

now, it is even worse.

we should help them, since they are christian after all, if muslim country dun help.

 

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Haitians left homeless in the aftermath of Tuesday's earthquake rest at a park in Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010.

Blood flows along the street in the aftermath of an earthquake in Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010

 

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The body of an earthquake victim is covered with the Haitian flag beside other casualties .

Haitians wrap of the body of an earthquake victim in Port-au-Prince January 13, 2010.

 

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The video shows buildings collapsing in Port-au-Prince, Haiti


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[Leongsam]

Who cares what their skin color is? Who cares what they believe?

You're being extremely naive. The skin colour of victims makes a huge difference to the way the world reacts to catastrophe.

Why abuse me (the messenger) when I have no control whatsoever over the sins of mankind?

:oIo:too.

 

[Da Ji]

Why abuse me (the messenger) when I have no control whatsoever over the sins of mankind?

:oIo:too.

Haha! Yes! Fuck that pappy doggy! You are doing the right thing! Up your points!

 

[General Veers]

Poor standards led to disaster

World
Home > Breaking News > World > Story
Jan 14, 2010

DISASTER IN HAITI
Poor standards led to disaster

<!-- by line --> <!-- end by line --> WASHINGTON - US ENGINEERS on Wednesday blamed lax building standards for the devastation in Haiti, where a powerful earthquake brought buildings crumbling to the ground, trapping thousands beneath rubble. 'The quality of construction in Haiti, even in buildings that are supposedly engineered construction, is not good at all,' said Farzad Naeim, president of the board of directors of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI). 'There's no question that the lack of quality control and not using engineering knowledge that is widely available had something to do with the massive devastation we're seeing,' said Mr Naeim, who edited the Seismic Design Handbook and is vice-president of a structural engineering firm in California.

From photographs he has seen of the devastation in Haiti, Mr Naeim said many of the larger buildings were built using nonductile concrete - described in a report presented at the World Conference on Earthquake Engineering in Beijing in 2008 as 'arguably... the greatest seismic life safety hazard in many urban centers worldwide because of the collapse potential'. Many of the buildings that collapsed in Haiti 'have been there for ages and generally older buildings are not up to the task. And the money is not there to bring them up to the task.' Ron Hamburger of the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations said the wreckage in Port-au-Prince was worsened by the fact that the powerful quake had its epicenter just a few miles outside the Haitian capital.

'A magnitude seven earthquake located 10 miles from the city is a very, very serious event,' Mr Hamburger said. 'Surviving an earthquake like that takes very rigorous design rules and building code and enforcement that things are actually constructed in accordance with the code... I have heard that Haiti does not have strict building code enforcement, and so it's likely even the things that people believed to be reinforced were not constructed or designed to an adequate standard.' -- AFP

 

[eatshitndie]

Re: Poor standards led to disaster

World
Home > Breaking News > World > Story
Jan 14, 2010

DISASTER IN HAITI
Poor standards led to disaster

<!-- by line --> <!-- end by line --> WASHINGTON - US ENGINEERS on Wednesday blamed lax building standards for the devastation in Haiti, where a powerful earthquake brought buildings crumbling to the ground, trapping thousands beneath rubble. 'The quality of construction in Haiti, even in buildings that are supposedly engineered construction, is not good at all,' said Farzad Naeim, president of the board of directors of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI). 'There's no question that the lack of quality control and not using engineering knowledge that is widely available had something to do with the massive devastation we're seeing,' said Mr Naeim, who edited the Seismic Design Handbook and is vice-president of a structural engineering firm in California.

From photographs he has seen of the devastation in Haiti, Mr Naeim said many of the larger buildings were built using nonductile concrete - described in a report presented at the World Conference on Earthquake Engineering in Beijing in 2008 as 'arguably... the greatest seismic life safety hazard in many urban centers worldwide because of the collapse potential'. Many of the buildings that collapsed in Haiti 'have been there for ages and generally older buildings are not up to the task. And the money is not there to bring them up to the task.' Ron Hamburger of the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations said the wreckage in Port-au-Prince was worsened by the fact that the powerful quake had its epicenter just a few miles outside the Haitian capital.

'A magnitude seven earthquake located 10 miles from the city is a very, very serious event,' Mr Hamburger said. 'Surviving an earthquake like that takes very rigorous design rules and building code and enforcement that things are actually constructed in accordance with the code... I have heard that Haiti does not have strict building code enforcement, and so it's likely even the things that people believed to be reinforced were not constructed or designed to an adequate standard.' -- AFP

i have no faith in many of the hdb blocks too.

 

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