The Haitian Earthquake Disaster

[Venom'sDad]

The fact of the matter, no one really cares about the conditions down there; otherwise, the infrastructure would have been rebuilt to modern times, long before the Earthquake. You know what I mean?

 

[Carcharodon]

"No one" meaning...?

 

[Bim]

UPDATE: CHOLERA OUTBREAK SPREADING BEYOND HAITIAN BORDER
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/11/17/haiti.cholera/index.html?hpt=T2

Yeah, one case was reported here too. A a 32 year old Haitian construction worker who returned Friday from a visit to Haiti. I really hope it doesnt go beyond that

Big protests in Haiti against the UN though, because supposedly UN peacekeepers from Nepal are the ones responsible for the start of the outbreak in the first place, something the UN denies, of course. http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/11/18/haiti.cholera/index.html

 

[zanos]

I wouldn't be surprised if the plague broke out in Haiti. This is Haiti we're talking about here.

 

[Marx]

I think the whole situation is reaching the boiling point.

 

[Marx]

UPDATE: CHOLERA OUTBREAK HAS REACHED HAITI'S LARGEST PRISON
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/11/19/haiti.cholera/index.html?hpt=T2

 

[Marx]

ANOTHER MAJOR QUAKE COMING?
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2031863,00.html?hpt=T2

 

[enterthemadness]

This isn't good. Will Haiti be forced to just leave, like the people just go to other islands?

 

[Marx]

UPDATE: HAITIAN CHOLERA OUTBREAK DEATH TOLL CLIMBS ABOVE 1,300
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/11/22/haiti.cholera.alert/index.html?hpt=T2

 

[Dr. Evil]

This isn't good. Will Haiti be forced to just leave, like the people just go to other islands?

Many will probably try to cross the border to the Dominican Republic.

 

[Bim]

ANOTHER MAJOR QUAKE COMING?
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2031863,00.html?hpt=T2

Oh hell no, say it isnt so! now that`s a very scary thought. That`s not good to me either, considering i`m neighbor with Haiti. But yes, last week there were a few shakes... one even snapped me out of my sleep. I really hope another big one isnt coming to this area, but the truth is it`s a high probability for the entire island. I`ll take a gazillion hurricanes over an earthquake any day of the week

UN worries its troops caused cholera in Haiti: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/cb_haiti_origins_of_cholera

 

[Sebastos]

ANOTHER MAJOR QUAKE COMING?
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2031863,00.html?hpt=T2

That's no good at all....

But,

It's sure to renew discussion about whether Haiti should rebuild away from its overpopulated southern capital

This definitely needs to happen. I spent three weeks in Haiti back in August, the land that's there would blow your mind away if you saw it. It truely is a shame to see all of it go to waste....

 

[Marx]

UPDATE: HAITI STILL IN RUINS ONE YEAR LATER
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/01/06/haiti.earthquake.anniversary/index.html?hpt=C1

I cannot believe some of the major buildings in the capital still have not been touched. (Cathedral, Presidential Palace, etc.)