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Kymmy

13-01-2010 08:05

Haiti Earthquake

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

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A 7.0-magnitude quake which hit south of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince is feared to have killed hundreds of people across the Caribbean country.

One picture really does show how bad it was

(from the bbc news site the Haitian presidential palace)

joglynne

13-01-2010 08:42

Re: Haiti Earthquake

It sounds really bad out there. I hope the UK helpers sent out there stay safe.

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Lancashire firefighters are flying out to the earthquake-hit country of Haiti to help in a massive search and rescue mission.
Eight firefighters from the region plus eight from Greater Manchester were flying out on Thursday just hours after the devastating earthquake struck

http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Lancashire...rcy.5976690.jp

chris9991

13-01-2010 21:45

Re: Haiti Earthquake

Can't believe that there have been so few replies on this thread.

The scale of the disaster is so sad

iFrankie

13-01-2010 21:48

Re: Haiti Earthquake

you might of noticed that youtube have a help the victims banner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxrBi...feature=ticker

its so sad, we're so lucky.

Damien

14-01-2010 13:33

Re: Haiti Earthquake

It's awful. Heard today that at least tens of thousands of people are dead. Maybe raising as higher or higher than 100,000. People are still trapped under buildings, they lack the machines to lift the rubble and do that they can with their hands.

bjorkiii

14-01-2010 14:18

Re: Haiti Earthquake

I have never known another country suffer so much pain and suffering what with this, hurricanes and papa doc duvalier , it seems to be jinxed :mad:.

Damien

14-01-2010 16:31

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8458516.stm

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One man with tears in his eyes pointed to his young daughter lying on the dirty tiled floor.

She has two broken legs and a large gash in her head. Her sister is already dead.

"Ca va?" her father asks. "Oui," she replies softly - but she is not okay.

:( and there is nothing we can realistically do

Charlie_Bubble

14-01-2010 17:14

Re: Haiti Earthquake

Yes, there is. Go to Disasters Emergency Committee and donate. If you want to do something to help, give them some money. You personally can't help, but the money will get through to people who can help them. :)

Damien

14-01-2010 17:58

Re: Haiti Earthquake

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Originally Posted by Charlie_Bubble (Post 34945011)

I did Red Cross but it's still nothing in the scheme of things :(

deadite66

14-01-2010 18:10

Re: Haiti Earthquake

a nice juicy disaster for the media to get their teeth into bet they even cheer when the amount of people dead are released.

soicky

14-01-2010 18:20

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Originally Posted by deadite66 (Post 34945064)

a nice juicy disaster for the media to get their teeth into bet they even cheer when the amount of people dead are released.

:confused:

chris9991

14-01-2010 18:24

Re: Haiti Earthquake

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Originally Posted by Damien (Post 34945053)

I did Red Cross but it's still nothing in the scheme of things :(

If we do all we can, then who knows, maybe it can accomplish something

injuneer

15-01-2010 08:46

Re: Haiti Earthquake

Problem is not much aid can get through yet because of blocked roads etc, people are getting desperate & resorting to desperate measures, there have already been attempts to hi-jack aid trucks. There wasn't much in the way of law & order before the earthquake struck!

Taf	15-01-2010 13:10

Re: Haiti Earthquake

Anarchy seems to be appearing as living victims demand instant help... bodies piled high used as road blocks to allow them to raid aid trucks I heard earlier.... looting in many areas (I don't really blame them if they're after food, water and shelter)... outlying townspeople getting very upset thinking only the capital is going to get aid...

This could get nastier day by day....

Hom3r

15-01-2010 13:23

Re: Haiti Earthquake

The hard thing is that it will take time for the aid to get to the airports.

They have then got to load the plane in a careful order to maintain balance.

Its then got to fly there.

Unloaded, distributed.

All will take time, which alot of victims don't have

Damien

15-01-2010 13:57

Re: Haiti Earthquake

Hearing the stories is terrible. That BBC article I posted was just awful. People still stuck under buildings dying when surrounded by people because there isn't enough help.

Taf	15-01-2010 14:02

Re: Haiti Earthquake

Surviving population of millions in a small area yet very few news reports show any of them doing much to help themselves or those trapped... or are the reports wrong?

Hugh	15-01-2010 15:15

Re: Haiti Earthquake

They appear to be trying in some of these pictures.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/8460599.stm

Damien

15-01-2010 15:25

Re: Haiti Earthquake

They lack a lot of the resources needed. Such as the machinery to lift heavy rubble. A lot of people simply are not in the right state of mind nor health to help and others are too worried about missing or dead family members.

Taf	15-01-2010 16:54

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Harrowing scenes the UK media will probably sanitize

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=265_1263558337

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=df3_1263532738

Damien

16-01-2010 19:05

Re: Haiti Earthquake

Today all profits from sales at Popcap (who make excellent games such as Peggle) will go to Haiti. Also any profit from sales from now until the end of February on the Bungie store will go to Haiti:

http://www.bungie.net/news/content.a...s&link=BeAHero

iFrankie

16-01-2010 19:08

Re: Haiti Earthquake

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As a powerful aftershock hits stricken Haiti, emergency teams were struggling to get aid to those in need.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Wor...able_Buildings

Just awful, if only we could do something aswell as giving money :(

TheDaddy

19-01-2010 06:30

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Originally Posted by Frankie07 (Post 34946253)

Just awful, if only we could do something aswell as giving money :(

Well we can squabble over who's in charge and who is doing the most :rolleyes:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ccupation.html

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