Major quake hits Haiti; many casualties expected

My thoughts and prayers to the people there, they barely have the infrastructure to function under normal circumstances, with this, its going to be ugly.

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I feel for the common folk there. However, Haiti has been a money pit for decades. They have already asked the USA for money - we've spent billions there over the years, but the place is a festering sore in the region. No progress has been made in the past 100 years. I don't see what good sending money will do - their crooked politicians will enrich themselves and the common folk will continue to do without.

yes my prayers as well.

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Awful, and it's one of the places worst equipped to deal with it given the population and dynamics.

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The United States has immediately mobilized to address Haiti's catastrophe:

God bless America!

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And don't forget Canada's role. We have a huge Hatian population so naturally there are a ton of concerned people here.

Canada ready to help people of Haiti after devastating quake: PM

God bless Canada.

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If that is the case then why did they not ask Canada first and not the United States for Help?

I do agree that is not going to be easy putting things back together again after a quake like this, Alaska under went one much like this back in 1964.

This one was so out of the blue, from the maps there is little to no quakes in this area, so for one this big to hit...

I do wounder where the Aid is going to land, where the airports or ports closed because of damage?

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January 21, 2013: The End of an ERROR.

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters."
"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic."
"The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself."
---Benjamin Franklin

The latest update says that most of the capital city is destroyed. My heart goes out to them. Those of us who live in earthquake country know what it is to be cut off and not know anything and how hard that hits. Thousands are already lost over there. I hope that we can all get in and help and those people. This is terrible.

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It's good of you to provide that map of the epicenter. Thanks

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. . . Everything from toy guns that spark, to flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark, it's easy to see without looking too far, that not much is really sacred.

Not really relevant in this case. I agree that you shouldn´t send money into a bottomless pit, but here we´re talking about humanitarian aid in a crisis situation, which directly affects the life or death of many people... if that cost a few taxpayer dollars, so be it. Fine by me.

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We dont have any tax dollars. The govt spent it all and more. Maybe the rest of the world needs to take care of it for once.

It's going to come via helicopters flying off US Navy ships, just like during the Tsunami.

Matt

So we will borrow money from china to give it to Haiti, not a good idea.

Why not ask for donations from private americans. We will give, but lets not go further into debt to do it.

I just cnat wrap my head around spending taxpayer money rebuilding a country that for the last 100 years has proven it cant stand on its own. If they want the US to rebuild, and support them then become the 51st state and contribute to the pie.

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10-degree Map Centered at 20°N,75°W

There was a 5.3 aftershock in the last hour

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