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7.0 earthquake In Haiti
Topic Started: Jan 12 2010, 08:33 PM (3,142 Views)
brittany

Haitii is 80% Catholic mixed with a little voodoo. The arch bishop of Haiti was killed.
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Jan 14 2010, 06:04 AM
My husband asked, "Was there any damage in Dominican Republic?"
I haven't heard of any reports of damage in the Dominican Republic.

The earthquake was centered very close to Port-au-Prince. It was also very shallow. That indicates just what we've seen, extreme local damage.

The Dominican Republic has a more stable government and that is an indicator of better building codes. I expect there was some damage there, but not newsworthy when compared to the devastation in Haiti.
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brittany
Jan 14 2010, 08:34 AM
Haitii is 80% Catholic mixed with a little voodoo. The arch bishop of Haiti was killed.
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Edited by Kerri P., Jan 14 2010, 08:46 AM.
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Jan 14 2010, 06:04 AM
My husband asked, "Was there any damage in Dominican Republic?"
My friend that lives on the island says that the island is fine. They did not have any damage from the Haiti quake, they could only feel it because it was so strong.
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brittany
Jan 14 2010, 08:34 AM
Haitii is 80% Catholic mixed with a little voodoo. The arch bishop of Haiti was killed.
Err...make that Haiti is nominally Catholic, with a whole lot of voodoo mixed in.

Haiti was a French colony in the 18th century; that half of the island of Hispaniola brought more wealth back to France (from the sugar/rum trade) that ALL the North American colonies of Great Britain.

To keep that sugar trade going, the French wanted the laboring population kept in total ignorance--they literally did not often know what lay over the next hill, let alone how to read, etc. This specifically included not promoting Christianity (which would have lead to reading, knowledge, etc.)

Hence, the African primitive religions and superstitions were never replaced with Christianity in Haiti the way they were on other nearby islands which were under a different government.

What education and Christianity there is in Haiti has gotten there over many obstacles and after many difficulties.

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Jan 14 2010, 09:20 AM
brittany
Jan 14 2010, 08:34 AM
Haitii is 80% Catholic mixed with a little voodoo. The arch bishop of Haiti was killed.
Err...make that Haiti is nominally Catholic, with a whole lot of voodoo mixed in.

Haiti was a French colony in the 18th century; that half of the island of Hispaniola brought more wealth back to France (from the sugar/rum trade) that ALL the North American colonies of Great Britain.

To keep that sugar trade going, the French wanted the laboring population kept in total ignorance--they literally did not often know what lay over the next hill, let alone how to read, etc. This specifically included not promoting Christianity (which would have lead to reading, knowledge, etc.)

Hence, the African primitive religions and superstitions were never replaced with Christianity in Haiti the way they were on other nearby islands which were under a different government.

What education and Christianity there is in Haiti has gotten there over many obstacles and after many difficulties.

Blame it on Reuters.

http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-45364720100113


1 of 1Full SizeVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Wednesday ordered that the Roman Catholic Church's extensive worldwide charity network be immediately activated to help the victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti.

Speaking at his weekly general audience, the pope also appealed to the international community and individuals to be quick and generous in their aid.

"The Catholic Church will immediately activate (its aid) through its charity institutions in order to respond to the most urgent needs of the population," he said.

A major earthquake struck the capital of impoverished Haiti on Tuesday, flattening buildings and burying hundreds, possibly thousands, of people under the rubble, witnesses said.

The Catholic Church has one of the world's largest and most capillary charity networks.

"I appeal to everyone's generosity, so that these brothers and sisters of ours who are living through a time of need and pain receive our concrete solidarity and the effective help of the international community," he said.

Around 80 percent of Haiti's 10 million-strong population is Catholic and 16 percent Protestant. However, most Haitians also practice voodoo, a mixture of Christian and African beliefs.
(Editing by Elizabeth Fullerton)


Edited by brittany, Jan 14 2010, 09:45 AM.
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brittany

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/world/americas/15haiti.html?hp
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brittany

Rev. Al is one his way. Seriously.
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Kerri P.
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President 0 has put his face back in front of the t.v. cameras yet again this morning to talk about the quake in Haiti.
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brittany

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/6987916/Haiti-earthquake-aerial-and-satellite-photos-of-Port-au-Prince-from-the-air-and-space.html

arial photos
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Who's running Haiti? No one, say the people

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Desperate Haitians turned rubble-strewn streets and parks into makeshift hospitals and refugee camps on Thursday in the absence of any noticeable response from authorities in Haiti after Tuesday's earthquake.

With the 7.0 magnitude earthquake collapsing the presidential palace, a string of ministries and the headquarters of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the country, Haiti faces a dangerous vacuum in security and government.

The Caribbean nation of 9 million people, the poorest in the western hemisphere, has a turbulent history of conflict, social turmoil, dictatorship, fragile institutions and devastating natural catastrophes.

Many in the capital Port-au-Prince picked away at shattered buildings with bare hands, sticks and hammers hoping to find loved-ones alive. Thousands of homeless people began to set up their own camps anywhere they could, the biggest right opposite the collapsed presidential palace.

"Look at us. Who is helping us? Right now, nobody," said Jean Malesta, a 19-year-old student who was the only survivor when her apartment building collapsed from the powerful quake that has killed thousands, possibly tens of thousands.

She and a dozen others lay under a tent they had set up in the park opposite President Rene Preval's palace. His weak and under-resourced government appears totally unequipped to handle the crisis, its officials in disarray and nowhere to be seen.

'WE ARE ON OUR OWN'

"So far, they have brought us nothing. We need water, food, shelter, everything, but we are on our own," Malesta added, to cries of agreement from women sitting and lying around her.

A major international aid effort has not yet kicked in, although plenty of small groups, many from the United States, have scrambled quickly, moving personnel into Haiti by plane and overland from neighboring Dominican Republic.

"The problem is that unlike traditional disaster situations we have few local partners to work with, because most of them have had their buildings destroyed and are looking for their own dead and missing," said Margaret Aguirre, a senior official with International Medical Corps...snipped

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N14205092.htm

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I listened to a US Coast Guard Official who said the Port-au-Prince port was severely damage. It is really a mess.

FAA halts air traffic to Haiti, no room for planes

WASHINGTON (AP) - All civilian flights from the United States to Haiti were halted Thursday at the request of the Haitian government because there is no room at the earthquake damaged Port-au-Prince airport for more planes and no fuel to spare for departing aircraft.

The Federal Aviation Administration ordered the "ground stop" on flights Thursday morning after the Haitian government said it would not accept more flights into Haitian airspace, said a U.S. official who wasn't authorized to speak publicly and asked not to be named.

At the time, there were 11 flights circling the heavily damaged airport, but no more ramp room to store planes once they had landed, the official said.

There was also very limited jet fuel available for planes leaving Haiti, the official said.

The air traffic control tower at Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport was destroyed in Tuesday's earthquake...snipped

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100114/D9D7MIE00.html


Update! From CNN airport is open and planes landing
Edited by Baldo, Jan 14 2010, 06:05 PM.
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Joan Foster

The suffering just seems unimaginable.

It's very sad and very frightening.
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Joan Foster

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/81492217.html

Amazing story...!
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What I couldn't believe is the local news tonight. The local churches were asking for donations, what did the people drop off, clothes. I always thought the list was water, food, shelter, medical, which would include generators and fuel. The last thing these people need now is clothing. I always thought it was better to be naked and be alive then to be dressed and be dead.

I remember doing a rescue like this back in the 1990's, when I was in the Marine Corps reserves. We did a real time rescue, almost like this, each officer or senion NCO was in charge of certain elements of the rescue, mine was medical. The disaster area sent out for a hospital ship, our response from the Naval Command, was we have the ship and crew, but not enough medical personnel. The command waited a day and then sent the ship. When I saw this disaster it brought me back to that drill, we were in actual communication, with the people that would make these decisions. I can't believe how similiar this is to that drill. The security by the military, having to ask the State Department, where they want us. The NGO's and how to evacuate US Citizens, from the disaster.
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