Haiti-Total disaster!!

[allboxcars]

@Jermofoot:

@Brain:

I’m sorry but you have to be joking right? You can’t tell me that you didn’t know there were 50 states. Has the education system degraded that much?

To be fair, how many counties are in England?  How many provinces in France?

The US states are probably more well known, but still…

Well naturally we should know all the US states.
They refer to them all the time…

On TV somebody’s always from Detroit, Michigan or Miami, Florida.
Never Chicago, America.
Only foreigners need to say their country!

Even Canadians usually skip naming their province since that’ll just confuse people or make them think it’s a new state.
“Saskatche_what_? Ain’t that South of North Dakota?”

In fact, in my idle hours I have found it entertaining to throw the challenge at people to name all of the states. After 35 or so it gets a little tricky… too many start with M I think.

Anyway back to the newest state: Haiti.

[Guest]

I keep hearing that the US is going to take in Haitians. I hope this is not the case.

[Imperious Leader]

Julio Chavez says that type of thing. Typical for him.

[tkroll]

Julio Chavez says that type of thing. Typical for him.

aye. Sometimes when you’re a bleepity bleep bleep you gotta make lots of straw men to keep in power. BTW how much help did he send? Or did just mail them a get well card?

[Imperious Leader]

He cant ever help himself not look stupid. He has not done anything.

[a44bigdog]

From what I have heard the only Haitians being allowed into the US were ones already in the process of immigrating or being adopted. They are bringing these in and fast tracking the process to get them out of a bad situation.

[Amon-Sul]

there is so many violent acts… and ˝food fighting˝

the police cant establish an order
and various groups wreak havoc

after natural
there comes a social tragedy combined with it

[Amon-Sul]

and some commenters apoint that this earthquake just showed how weak UN is… and how unable to make a swift and decisive action…

Haiti are near USA

what would ve been if the earthquake happened in Vanuatu or Fidji…

[Jermofoot]

What I want to know is if the Dominican Republic is ok.

[tkroll]

I heard the Dominican Republic was untouched. Whether that was because the quake didn’t hit with the same severity there or if they were better prepared for it.

[a44bigdog]

Almost all the damage was done to Port Au Prince. The epicenter was located 6 miles below the actual surface of the earth under Port Au Prince. An outlying suburb has also been damaged by an after shock.

Since this was the capital of Haiti both the Haitian government, what there was of it, and the UN mission in country have been effectively removed. The UN lost 3 of its top deputies at its headquarters. Much of the senior leadership of the Haitian Police Force was lost when their headquarters and the Ministry of Justice buildings collapsed.

[Guest]

@tkroll:

I heard the Dominican Republic was untouched. Whether that was because the quake didn’t hit with the same severity there or if they were better prepared for it.

They were just far enough away from the epicenter.

[Amon-Sul]

there is an information that haiti lost 60 % of its BDP in 60 seconds

:((((((

[gamerman01]

Well, GDP is gross domestic product, a measurement of the size of a nation’s economy.

So I’m guessing it refers to the total size of Haiti’s economy.

[Guest]

Yeah I know what GDP is, but what is BDP? Is it a typo?

[gamerman01]

Probably is.  The B is right by the G.

[allboxcars]

Botswana Democratic Party.
They were holding a convention at the time.

[Amon-Sul]

BDP = GDP

sorry if i caused confusion

[Guest]

@Amon:

BDP = GDP

sorry if i caused confusion

You had better be sorry. I couldn’t sleep last night trying to figure out what BDP meant.

[cyan]

@Amon:

there is an information that haiti lost 60 % of its BDP in 60 seconds

:((((((

Haiti was poorest nation in the western hemisphere to begin with. Not to sound cynical but if anything the earthquake probably grew its economy. =/ if you include all the sympathy aid it received.