| Home |
| Search |
| Today's Posts |
|
#22
posted to rec.boats
|
|||
|
|||
100K+ dead in Haiti?
nom=de=plume wrote:
wrote in message ... On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:40:09 -0800, "nom=de=plume" wrote: How horrible... perhaps those of you on the east coast/south can organize some sort of flotilla and help these poor people? MSNBC is saying it might even be 5 times that (~500k). Disasters in 3d world countries are always bad because they don't have building codes or the resources to respond to disasters like this. The building code issue should be a wake up call for the US too. We have lots of fault lines in the US that are NOT in California. Most of the US lives with a building code that assumes all loads are going to be straight down. From a Florida perspective, it is why I am not shocked when a little dust devil (they call a tornado) goes through the Mid Atlantic states and rips their houses up. An earthquake that would not even make a Californian look out the window, would destroy a large number of buildings in Memphis and St Louis (The New Madrid zone) Oh gosh... I haven't been watching the reports. I hope we (as a people) can help those poor people. Why do you try to contribute something to the Red Cross? |
| Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Forum | |||
| Racing stuff.....100 mph boats for under $100k, fun video. | General | |||
| Sailing Haiti | Cruising | |||
| Sailing to Cuba (and Haiti) | Cruising | |||
| Sailing to Cuba (and Haiti) | ASA | |||
| Our Hero is Dead, Dead, Dead | General | |||
![Don White[_4_] is offline](https://www.boatbanter.com/images/SultanThemeVB3R/statusicon/user_offline.gif)
Threaded Mode
