muikabochi 208 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I didn't see this mentioned anywhere else, but wow... death toll could rise to above 100,000 people. Shocking. Link to post Share on other sites
mitchpee 10 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I made a post in important news of the day but I think it deserves its own thread. Really really tragic. Haiti was already the poorest country on this side of the earth. I guess the only silver lining to this (if any) is maybe now they will get some help. Too bad it has to take this many people's lives to notice. Link to post Share on other sites
foreversnow 5 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 This was really shocking - the news was awful when I went to bed but to wake up and here there could be up to 100,000 lives lost that is devastating. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I heard 500,000. That's from a population of 3 million. Link to post Share on other sites
foreversnow 5 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 How come after the Christmas Tsunamei in Thailand and India straight away there was donation points set up and donation pleas etc and thus far there is has been NOTHING. They are saying nearly every building has collapsed. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Quote: In the Search box, some of the biggest queries are for different ways to "text to help." For example, the Red Cross has set up a system where a cell phone user can text "Haiti" to the number 90999. The text message will result in a $10 donation to the Red Cross. So far, the campaign has been a massive hit. According to Mashable, the texting option has already raised over $800,000. Another popular option for cell phone users eager to help: Text "Yele" to 501501. Doing so will result in a $5 donation to Yéle Haiti, a grassroots organization started by singer and Haiti native Wyclef Jean. Over the course of the day, Web searches on Wyclef and his organization have soared to record highs. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 thurs, what country is that relevant to? (Don't forget that we have people from all over on here!) Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 sorry, that would be the Haiti neighbour. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 I havent seen one thing on JP tv. How shitty. I could be just missing it but...F'all really. I have spoken with other teachers and we want to start a fundraiser. At least something to help. That must be terrible Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Originally Posted By: thursday sorry, that would be the Haiti neighbour. Oh, the good ole yew ess of aye! Not relevant to anywhere else then. Link to post Share on other sites
Ringland 0 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Terrible thing Earthquakes, and always in poorer places on earth, such a tragedy..........I hope the donation money is handled better than the Tsunami millions,Banda aceh had hundreds of millions donated and 12 months later hardly anything done, except for the hard work of local people and a few trustworthy organisations......what money???. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Huh?? have a look at the USGS site - the quakes don't always happen in "poorer" places. look here 20 years ago, the Newcastle quake. Ring any bells? Not a "poorer" location, that. California = "poor? Gimme a break! No matter where the quake affects, the local resources aren't sufficient to cope with the magnitude of the damage. It may have taken centuries to get the place to the curent sutiation, and a single quake reduces that effort to rubble in minutes. The relief effort must NOT attempt to return a place to a condition such that another quake will just require an equivalent effort again. Surely, the aim of relief is to allow the locals to rebuild with more quake resistant buildings than previously existed? Or have I missed something? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Japan gets a lot of quakes. Link to post Share on other sites
Ringland 0 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Excuse my grammar, i meant more often than not tragedies of this magnitude always appear to happen to "poorer"regions. No doubt the relief effort will be massive from all corners of the globe, but in 12 months time i seriously wonder what we will see for the millions of dollars from donations that are surely on there way to Haiti as we speak. Maybe i missed something ? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 definitely some charity organizations eat into the funds more than othere. I've heard of one that takes 98% in adminstrative costs. That is disgusting. In my past donating I have trusted the Red Cross, Medicine Sans Frontier, Oxfam, Salvation Army. Link to post Share on other sites
Ringland 0 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Here Here..You have just named the very ones i truly believe are trying their very best and giving their all. Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 "Constant" gunshots were heard across the capital and shops were looted, as criminals and desperate locals fought for the scarce resources Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 This made me sick. Limbaugh is such an ass. I dont know how so many people can follow him and like what he "preaches" - He is a bigot, hypocrite, and just speaks out his ass...please shut him up. Link to post Share on other sites
gerard 6 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Pat Robertson. **** up. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Just read, that link is amazing! Seems there is little support for either of them. Thank goodness for that - some sense from leadership in the US. Seems a pity they cannot just shut these eejits up for good. They don't do anything much for anyone but themselves. Link to post Share on other sites
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