Haiti Earthquake

[Dark]

inb4flaming

 

I have a few nitpicks about Obama's decision.

 

Why are we helping the Haitians with their problem? We are spending a ton of money (mind you, we are already in a deficit) to help these people, but are they really that important? Do they have anything important in terms of exports that are, for the lack of a better word, important? Can they help us or do anything in any way? Not really. It's a pretty poor country. So why not let them help themselves? I understand America is the big moderator in the world, but stupid money wasting is the cause of our problems.

 

Second, I disagree with feeling sorry for the Haitian people. To be quite honest, and with no disrespect, they had it coming. We are living on Earth. If you can't deal with a hurricane, earthquake or meteor storm, then get the hell out and move somewhere else. Just like New Orleans. A city under sea level... next to a gulf. And Los Angeles. A city... right ON a fault line. If the Haitian people don't have technology to deal with a 7.0 earthquake, maybe they should move to a place where their current technology can deal with natural disasters that are obviously going to come.

[έκλειψη]

Good point, Dark.

 

I spoke with my parents about that with New Orleans, and got punished across the face.

 

Yeah... Logic doesn't work with my parents, being hyper-religious and all.

[galesonic]

Well, for being a Haitian, I basically know whats going on in Haiti. I have family there, and we lost contact 1 week before the quake. When we heard of the quake, everyone was worrying about them. I didn't since kinda it didn't affect me (don't say 'I'm heartless' or other crap like that. I can't be sad for family I don't know about and I hardly doubt most of the people will do the same thing). So since then, everyone in my family were trying to get calls from them, but nothing yet. We already know that Haiti will be restored back to its own self in little time (about a year or two, depending on whats happening later in the year). The only problem that WILL affect everyone in the world is that officials will buy land to industrialize and use the Haitians to bring their buisness up. There's even people who say they are usuaing money they get for certain things will go to Haiti to restore it, but they will not and already are being searched by the FBI. In the eyes of most buisness, it will be open season. To others, a major tragedy.

[T. Sankara]

ITT: Natural disasters can be avoided if you go somewhere that your technology can overcome nature.

 

That's the dumbest sheet I've ever heard.

[Dark]

ITT: Natural disasters can be avoided if you go somewhere that your technology can overcome nature.

 

That's the dumbest s*** I've ever heard.

 

Not... at... all... what... I... said.

 

Haitians have mud houses. They were hit with a 7.0 earthquake. BIG DESTRUCTION.

 

Alternate scenario:

 

Haitians have mud houses. They move to XYZ. They were hit with a 3.5 earthquake. MINOR DESTRUCTION.

 

If your technology isn't advanced enough to deal with a natural disaster, then you are stupid for continuing to live there. And when a natural disaster comes that is too much to handle, it's your own fault.

[galesonic]

ITT: Natural disasters can be avoided if you go somewhere that your technology can overcome nature.

 

That's the dumbest s*** I've ever heard.

 

I agree with this.

 

But, the problem is, that buinesses will make the Haitians beleive that (I doubt it since they are really smart, though, they can't be considered as the smartest people since they don't have a 'school system that able to be recognized' by most of the world government. Either way,buiness will choke that idea down people's throats no matter what.

[The Borg]

Maybe Obama should give them an option: Join the US or no help.

[galesonic]

ITT: Natural disasters can be avoided if you go somewhere that your technology can overcome nature.

 

That's the dumbest s*** I've ever heard.

 

Not... at... all... what... I... said.

 

Haitians have mud houses. They were hit with a 7.0 earthquake. BIG DESTRUCTION.

 

Alternate scenario:

 

Haitians have mud houses. They move to XYZ. They were hit with a 3.5 earthquake. MINOR DESTRUCTION.

 

If your technology isn't advanced enough to deal with a natural disaster' date=' then you are stupid for continuing to live there. And when a natural disaster comes that is too much to handle, it's your own fault.

[/quote']

 

...You really are an idiot. People cannot see it coming and for that, you make it so that they know it coming. I suggest you live a mile in someones shoes BEFORE you even consider the fact.

 

Also, personally as a Haitian I am offended by that. So what, if they can't make decent houses, a home's a freaking homes. If you were there and you had no money at all to get out of the 'stupid country' you're basically calling, you would do the same thing.

[The Borg]

You know this was predicted 2 years ago.

[Dark]

Actually, It was predicted awhile ago that Haiti was going to have a large-scale earthquake. No one heeded any warning.

 

I didn't insult their houses. Their houses could be made out of metal for all I care. What I'm saying is that, if it's inevitable that a natural disaster is going to cause major destruction, then get the hell out.

 

Maybe not 100%, but you can find pretty accurate readings of how much of a danger you are in, in terms of hurricanes and earthquakes.

[έκλειψη]

Sorry guys, I gotta agree with Dark.

 

If you know you have a 99.99% chance of getting screwed over by nature, why the hell would you stay there?

 

The only reason I live near the New Madrid Line (OSHI-!) is because my parent say nothing will happen.

 

I'll solve that and move when I go to college, given a massive event doesn't happen in 3 1/2 years.

[T. Sankara]

Okay. Then I suppose the next time there's a natural disaster we should all let it slide and say "OH IT WAS GONNA HAPPEN AND THEY DESERVE IT". Hopefully it will be Louisiana again, so I can die and never have to listen to this idiocy again.

[The Borg]

Guys this was predicted 2 years ago. When this is predicted they should have evacuated.

[Dark]

Whose fault is it for hurricane Katrina causing destruction? Obviously it's the Earth. The Earth didn't like Louisiana, because it had the word Louis, and that was the Earth's past boyfriend. So the Earth sent a hurricane to destroy everything.

 

Seriously, don't act like an idiot. New Orleans is under the sea level, and it's right next to the damned sea. If no one lived there and a city wasn't established, destruction would not have happened? Am I saying you can get rid of natural destruction? NO. I am saying you can greatly reduce it by not being an idiot and making cities under sea level or next to fault lines.

[T. Sankara]

Guys this was predicted 2 years ago. When this is predicted they should have evacuated.

 

Did you ever stop to think maybe they couldn't? Did you stop to think of the living conditions they already have' date=' and apply it further? Do you think they honestly had the money to get on luxury airliners with all their baggage and fly to somewhere safer?

 

 

These people were already living hell. I doubt they could have made much farther out.[hr']

Whose fault is it for hurricane Katrina causing destruction? Obviously it's the Earth. The Earth didn't like Louisiana' date=' because it had the word Louis, and that was the Earth's past boyfriend. So the Earth sent a hurricane to destroy everything.

 

Seriously, don't act like an idiot. New Orleans is under the sea level, and it's right next to the damned sea. If no one lived there and a city wasn't established, destruction would not have happened? Am I saying you can get rid of natural destruction? NO. I am saying you can greatly reduce it by not being an idiot and making cities under sea level or next to fault lines.

[/quote']

 

Because from the beginning where Louisiana was formed, it was ALWAYS under sea level.

 

Shut the funk up.

[The Borg]

Getting over the mountains and then some and begging the Domican Republic to let them stay might have helped. Or they could have made rafts and escape.

[T. Sankara]

Getting over the mountains and then some and begging the Domican Republic to let them stay might have helped. Or they could have made rafts and escape.

 

Sure they could have. You also have to consider that this is practically a third-world country. I don't mean to call them simpletons, but they not have had the knowledge to make said rafts. -_-

[Azmodius]

inb4flaming

 

I have a few nitpicks about Obama's decision.

 

Why are we helping the Haitians with their problem? We are spending a ton of money (mind you' date=' we are already in a deficit) to help these people, but are they really that important? Do they have anything important in terms of exports that are, for the lack of a better word, important? Can they help us or do anything in any way? Not really. It's a pretty poor country. So why not let them help themselves? I understand America is the big moderator in the world, but stupid money wasting is the cause of our problems.

 

Second, I disagree with feeling sorry for the Haitian people. To be quite honest, and with no disrespect, they had it coming. We are living on Earth. If you can't deal with a hurricane, earthquake or meteor storm, then get the hell out and move somewhere else. Just like New Orleans. A city under sea level... next to a gulf. And Los Angeles. A city... right ON a fault line. If the Haitian people don't have technology to deal with a 7.0 earthquake, maybe they should move to a place where their current technology can deal with natural disasters that [b']are obviously going to come[/b].

 

I was going to post something the same.

[Dark]

Because from the beginning where Louisiana was formed, it was ALWAYS under sea level.

 

The formation of a place and the formation of a city are two different things. If some mountains get destroyed, no one cares. If a city gets destroyed, everyone cares. Let's assume Louisiana was established as a city in 1000 AD. I'm probably way off, but who cares? In 1000 years, I doubt that a city would move from above sea level to under sea level.

 

You aren't applying logic to this situation, and are randomly blurting out anything that comes to mind.

[The Borg]

Some one must have that knowledge.

[T. Sankara]

Because from the beginning where Louisiana was formed' date=' it was ALWAYS under sea level.[/i']

 

The formation of a place and the formation of a city are two different things. If some mountains get destroyed, no one cares. If a city gets destroyed, everyone cares. Let's assume Louisiana was established as a city in 1000 AD. I'm probably way off, but who cares? In 1000 years, I doubt that a city would move from above sea level to under sea level.

 

You aren't applying logic to this situation, and are randomly blurting out anything that comes to mind.

 

I call it erosion. Every year, hundreds upon hundreds of our wetlands that keep us safe from the sea are erased, and slowly change the city's foundation.

 

GO READ A BOOK.

[Dark]

Because from the beginning where Louisiana was formed' date=' it was ALWAYS under sea level.[/i']

 

The formation of a place and the formation of a city are two different things. If some mountains get destroyed, no one cares. If a city gets destroyed, everyone cares. Let's assume Louisiana was established as a city in 1000 AD. I'm probably way off, but who cares? In 1000 years, I doubt that a city would move from above sea level to under sea level.

 

You aren't applying logic to this situation, and are randomly blurting out anything that comes to mind.

 

I call it erosion. Every year, hundreds upon hundreds of our wetlands that keep us safe from the sea are erased, and slowly change the city's foundation.

 

GO READ A BOOK.

 

And, obviously, the rate of erosion is so fast that it can decrease the height of a large area by 100 feet in a matter of a few hundred years.

 

You may be reading books, but you are only getting half of the factual information.

[T. Sankara]

Because from the beginning where Louisiana was formed' date=' it was ALWAYS under sea level.[/i']

 

The formation of a place and the formation of a city are two different things. If some mountains get destroyed, no one cares. If a city gets destroyed, everyone cares. Let's assume Louisiana was established as a city in 1000 AD. I'm probably way off, but who cares? In 1000 years, I doubt that a city would move from above sea level to under sea level.

 

You aren't applying logic to this situation, and are randomly blurting out anything that comes to mind.

 

I call it erosion. Every year, hundreds upon hundreds of our wetlands that keep us safe from the sea are erased, and slowly change the city's foundation.

 

GO READ A BOOK.

 

And, obviously, the rate of erosion is so fast that it can decrease the height of a large area by 100 feet in a matter of a few hundred years.

 

You may be reading books, but you are only getting half of the factual information.

 

So why don't you give me all the funking facts instead of poppin off at the mouth?

[έκλειψη]

I support Dark on Louisiana.

 

If you need to build dams to start a city, YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.

[Dark]

Here is your fact. Just note the sarcasm.

 

And, obviously, the rate of erosion is so fast that it can decrease the height of a large area by 100 feet in a matter of a few hundred years.

 

If you need some help with that:

 

The rate of erosion is not fast enough that it can decrease the height of a large-scale area like New Orleans by a hundred feet in such a short amount of time. Erosion, while it does happen, is a very time-consuming process before it amounts to much.