Powerful 7.3 quake rocks Haiti, sparks tsunami alert

[Xamonas Chegwé]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8455629.stm

Just saw this on the news. There has been a massive quake just 14 miles from Port-au-Prince. 7.3, that close to a major population centre, in a dirt-poor country with poorly constructed buildings spells disaster.

[cowiz]

7.3!!! Fuck that's a biggie!!!!

[Bella Fortuna]

The damage is going to be horrendous, I'm sure.


But on a slightly different note... from comments on CNN about the quake:

For those of you who have put this ... This is not the time to remind that HAITI IS THE POOREST COUNTRY IN AMERICA ... that's only in ya mind, ya should go visit Haiti one day... I' m From Haiti and very proud ! This is the time to keep them with ya prayer !

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Full precautions taken here in Missouri against tsunamis.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

The damage is going to be horrendous, I'm sure.


But on a slightly different note... from comments on CNN about the quake:

For those of you who have put this ... This is not the time to remind that HAITI IS THE POOREST COUNTRY IN AMERICA ... that's only in ya mind, ya should go visit Haiti one day... I' m From Haiti and very proud ! This is the time to keep them with ya prayer !

They do got a lot a prayer there. Fuck all else. But a lot a prayer.

[FedUpWithFaith]

The damage is going to be horrendous, I'm sure.


But on a slightly different note... from comments on CNN about the quake:

For those of you who have put this ... This is not the time to remind that HAITI IS THE POOREST COUNTRY IN AMERICA ... that's only in ya mind, ya should go visit Haiti one day... I' m From Haiti and very proud ! This is the time to keep them with ya prayer !

They do got a lot a prayer there. Fuck all else. But a lot a prayer.

Yeah, trust me, this is one place that would be better off washed off the map. Maybe some will float alive to the relative paradise we call Cuba.

[Bella Fortuna]

Actually my was about Haiti being the poorest country IN AMERICA...

[maiforpeace]

The damage is going to be horrendous, I'm sure.


But on a slightly different note... from comments on CNN about the quake:

For those of you who have put this ... This is not the time to remind that HAITI IS THE POOREST COUNTRY IN AMERICA ... that's only in ya mind, ya should go visit Haiti one day... I' m From Haiti and very proud ! This is the time to keep them with ya prayer !

They do got a lot a prayer there. Fuck all else. But a lot a prayer.

Yeah, trust me, this is one place that would be better off washed off the map. Maybe some will float alive to the relative paradise we call Cuba.

Yeah, well I think I'll trust my Haitian friend when they say that it wouldn't be better off washed off the map.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Actually my was about Haiti being the poorest country IN AMERICA...

"America" is this hemisphere, Bella.

[maiforpeace]

http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/haiti/?rc=fb_share2

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[Xamonas Chegwé]

They are talking of a death toll in the tens of thousands now.

[Trolldor]

"19 Australians"

That seems to be a rather important point to make here (In this country on the news).
19 Australians, without serious injury. Not a single fatality.
And for some reason it's important enough to repeat both while reporting the original news and then doing another segment on them alone.

[maiforpeace]

They are talking of a death toll in the tens of thousands now.

I cry for this poor country. No food, no water, no medical care...

I have a friend in the Secular Chat that is from Port Au Prince.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

They are talking of a death toll in the tens of thousands now.

I cry for this poor country. No food, no water, no medical care...

I have a friend in the Secular Chat that is from Port Au Prince.

They didn't have much before the quake. Poor sods.

[Chinaski]

A friend of mine gave me some figures... Great Britain sent 64 men, the US 3 teams and an aircraft carrier, France 130 men, Italy can't remember how many, Canada 2 helicopters, even Cuba and Venezuela are sending people, various countries have already spent millions of euros... Vatican, your turn.