Earthquake in Haiti: 500,000 dead

[Rei]

I don't know if any of you heard about this, but i did and i was completely shocked. Up to 500,000 dead people in one day cause of the worst earthquake in 200 years - 7.0 in magnitude in Haiti.The initial quake was later followed by twelve aftershocks greater than magnitude 5.0. Structures of all kinds were damaged or collapsed, from shantytown homes to national landmarks. It is still very early in the recovery effort, but millions are likely displaced, and thousands are feared dead as rescue teams from all over the world are now descending on Haiti to help where they are able.

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[ZetsuPOD]

I heard, terrible,..horrible. and I was hoping to go close to that area for holiday

 

[Caliburn]

How can you not have heard of it, though the paper this morning said it were 100 000 people, though the number was rising.

More than half of Europe is sending plains to Haiti and the VS just made a separate budget of 100 million dollars.

 

[-Andy-]

I don't know if any of you heard about this, but i did and i was completely shocked. Up to 500,000 dead people in one day cause of the worst earthquake in 200 years - 7.0 in magnitude in Haiti.The initial quake was later followed by twelve aftershocks greater than magnitude 5.0. Structures of all kinds were damaged or collapsed, from shantytown homes to national landmarks. It is still very early in the recovery effort, but millions are likely displaced, and thousands are feared dead as rescue teams from all over the world are now descending on Haiti to help where they are able.

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i heard it today at the TV ;[ its really sad when it comes to big numbers like this

 

[Zexis]

yeah, i heard of it too i feel bad for them

 

[Akiza]

Me too. I heard about it on the news and I saw it on the main yahoo page....all I can say is...wow. I hope for the best for all of them^^.

 

[Mugiwara]

WOOT? I haven't heard of this O_O It is indeed shocking, and sad, but its gods way of stabilizing the population on earth, because we're having problems with it >.> Just my point of view.

 

[Rei]

WOOT? I haven't heard of this O_O It is indeed shocking, and sad, but its gods way of stabilizing the population on earth, because we're having problems with it >.> Just my point of view.

that's cruel Mugi ...
many people died, including babies and children

 

[Zexis]

that's cruel Mugi ...
many people died, including babies and children

yeah :[

 

[Mugiwara]

that's cruel Mugi ...
many people died, including babies and children

yeah :[

I know, and it's sad, I feel sorry for both them and their family >.>

 

[Riku..]

Yeah, heard about this yesterday in school. A few friends have relatives there. Supposedly they were trying to call their family to see if they were ok but all of the electricity there went down, so nobody but Haiti itself knew what happened after the earthquake for a while. Even worse, the main earthquake took place in the capitol or very close to it, hence all of the casualties. =/

Anyway, wish the best for them.

 

[-~Krissy~-]

I saw this on the news and I couldn't believe it. If it's not hurricanes, it's earthquakes...I feel really bad for the people of Haiti. My parents were discussing it last night and talking about helping with the aiding and all that.

Plus I was reading articles today on the net and one particularly caught my eye.

"If you want to put the worst case scenario together in the Western hemisphere (for disasters), it's Haiti," said Richard Olson, a professor at Florida International University who directs the Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas project.

"There's a whole bunch of things working against Haiti. One is the hurricane track. The second is tectonics. Then you have the environmental degradation and the poverty," he said.

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I was basically thinking the same thing before I read that. Almost every week Haiti is on the regional news here. I only hope that they can pull through this though. =/

 

[Zexis]

last 200 years .. thats a loonggggg time. i wish i could be there to help :[

 

[Yoshitsune]

my parents are from haiti. when i heard this u could imagine how i felt.

 

[Zexis]

their home destroyed?

 

[Yoshitsune]

their home destroyed?

no they live in the us.

 

[Valkyria]

I thought it was 100k so that is huge rise. It's absolutely tragic. I hope they can recover quickly.

 

[Faceless]

After hearing of disasters like this it really pains me that this things doesn't really surprise me anymore. People, its time we should stop saying I don't really give a crap and start doing something for a change. Things will not get better, and I hope you guys are prepared for the worst. Pray that Haiti can survive this tragic loss.

 

[Michelle]

I don't know if any of you heard about this, but i did and i was completely shocked. Up to 500,000 dead people in one day cause of the worst earthquake in 200 years - 7.0 in magnitude in Haiti.The initial quake was later followed by twelve aftershocks greater than magnitude 5.0. Structures of all kinds were damaged or collapsed, from shantytown homes to national landmarks. It is still very early in the recovery effort, but millions are likely displaced, and thousands are feared dead as rescue teams from all over the world are now descending on Haiti to help where they are able.

Info and pics here:

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that's cruel Mugi ...
many people died, including babies and children

this is the most sad news i ever heard and the images made me cry and i felt useless because i can't help, the distance between my country and Haiti is so big...

 

[Caliburn]

The plundering has started, as expected -_-