Powerful 7.3 quake rocks Haiti, sparks tsunami alert

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Re: Powerful 7.3 quake rocks Haiti, sparks tsunami alert

Post by maiforpeace » Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:11 pm

Chinaski wrote: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.
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From what I understand the Catholic Bishop of Port au Prince died in the earthquake. :ddpan:

Then of course, there are the carpetbaggers...

As Wallets Open for Haiti, Credit Card Companies Take a Big Cut :nono:
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Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Thu Jan 14, 2010 8:21 pm

The latest is that they have asked people to temporarily stop sending planes in as the airport is too full with planes unloading supplies and volunteers.

They are now talking in terms of a possible 6-figure death toll as well. :nono:

I hope to Darwin that they use a bit of the aid money to create a sustainable future for the country, rather than just patching things up and leaving the Haitians sitting in the same old shanty town, waiting for the next hurricane / earthquake / etc. to wreak havoc.
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Re: Powerful 7.3 quake rocks Haiti, sparks tsunami alert

Post by maiforpeace » Sat Jan 16, 2010 4:45 pm

I just got a pop up message from Lavasoft that offered to donate $10 for Haiti relief if I purchased their latest version of software.

Fucking more carpetbaggers. :nono:
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Re: Powerful 7.3 quake rocks Haiti, sparks tsunami alert

Post by charlou » Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:53 am

As this thread is about a natural disaster involving great loss and suffering and humanitarian effort, all the posts pertaining to that abhorrent cretin, Pat Robertson, have been moved to the thread, Pat Robertson.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Jan 17, 2010 12:44 pm

World famous scientist discovers cause of quake.
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Re: Powerful 7.3 quake rocks Haiti, sparks tsunami alert

Post by maiforpeace » Sun Jan 17, 2010 6:52 pm

He's having a delusion that he's still the president in the movie 2012. It's HAITI DUDE. :ddpan:
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Re: Powerful 7.3 quake rocks Haiti, sparks tsunami alert

Post by Deep Sea Isopod » Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:39 pm

According to equake (firefox add-on) Haiti has just had another 4.6 quake.
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Re: Powerful 7.3 quake rocks Haiti, sparks tsunami alert

Post by Twoflower » Sun Jan 17, 2010 9:39 pm

I want to go help.
I'm wild just like a rock, a stone, a tree
And I'm free, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I flow, just like a brook, a stream, the rain
And I fly, just like a bird up in the sky
And I'll surely die, just like a flower plucked
And dragged away and thrown away
And then one day it turns to clay
It blows away, it finds a ray, it finds its way
And there it lays until the rain and sun
Then I breathe, just like the wind the breeze that blows
And I grow, just like a baby breastfeeding
And it's beautiful, that's life

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Re: Powerful 7.3 quake rocks Haiti, sparks tsunami alert

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:22 pm

Pluto2 wrote:I want to go help.
Unless you have a skill that is needed you can help best by staying away.
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