Haiti earthquake again

[death365]

What this I'm hearing about another huge earthquake in Haiti.

[Ben_spanna]

7.2 magnitude

[DMan7]

https://twitter.com/LastQuake/status/14 ... 4074976260

[K74T]

[DMan7]

[Rovin]

poor haiti cyar see their way , every now\then if is not 1 thing is another ...

[toyolink]

I have given up on trying to understand why this country just seems to exist for disasters.
If there are lessons to be learnt from these peoples experiences, I am at pains to understand what they are.
The pain and suffering these people must endure is just too much to ponder.

[Rovin]

reports say more than 200 ppl died yes ....

[Redman]

The body count is over 300 now.

Sadly it seems Haiti will pay eternally for not laying down to external influences.

Afghanistan better look out.

[daring dragoon]

black people born to suffer yes. everywhere in the world we black people under pressure and born to suffer.

[timelapse]

I have given up on trying to understand why this country just seems to exist for disasters.
If there are lessons to be learnt from these peoples experiences, I am at pains to understand what they are.
The pain and suffering these people must endure is just too much to ponder.

Geographical location, like Caparo in hard rain

[zoom rader]

black people born to suffer yes. everywhere in the world we black people under pressure and born to suffer.

That is not true

They live a good spoon feeding life here in Trini. Free everything

[zoom rader]

I have given up on trying to understand why this country just seems to exist for disasters.
If there are lessons to be learnt from these peoples experiences, I am at pains to understand what they are.
The pain and suffering these people must endure is just too much to ponder.

Maybe the Vodoo is the reason

[Rovin]

latest death toll over 700 ...

[shake d livin wake d dead]

And a TS may be not to far away

talk about sour

[Dohplaydat]

latest death toll over 700 ...

Damn, rip to all those lost

[shogun]

People of Haiti can't get a break.

[ScHoolboySoloQ]

Haiti was a very rich Caribbean country in the plantation days. I think it was the richest out of all countries in the western hemisphere. It is a Godless nation now. It is still very sad to see considering they have not recovered from 2010 and apparently it occurred along the same fault line as the one in 2010. These people need to clean up their Vodou practices.

"According to societal leaders, an estimated 50 to 80 percent of the population practices some form of Vodou, often blended with elements of other religions, usually Christianity."

Link:
https://www.state.gov/wp-content/upload ... REPORT.pdf

[The_Honourable]

Death toll is now 1,297... Tropical Storm Grace on its way...

[Dizzy28]

Didn't Grace weaken ? Not a TS anymore

Death toll is now 1,297... Tropical Storm Grace on its way...

[MaxPower]

black people born to suffer yes. everywhere in the world we black people under pressure and born to suffer.

Na man,

Many of our black brothers and sisters have made it and from literally nothing.

Lots of opportunities out there.

However, many blacks have to change their attitude and stop making excuses. Slavery is over.

[BUG]

black people born to suffer yes. everywhere in the world we black people under pressure and born to suffer.

Na man,

Many of our black brothers and sisters have made it and from literally nothing.

Lots of opportunities out there.

However, many blacks have to change their attitude and stop making excuses. Slavery is over.

Yes, let's completely ignore the history of external forces literally sucking the wealth out of Haiti and intentionally destabilising their politics for centuries.

But I digress, this is a thread about the earthquake in Haiti. MaxPower, if you would like to learn why Haiti is the way it is today feel free to create a thread and I will educate you free of charge.

[Gladiator]

Haiti was a very rich Caribbean country in the plantation days. I think it was the richest out of all countries in the western hemisphere. It is a Godless nation now. It is still very sad to see considering they have not recovered from 2010 and apparently it occurred along the same fault line as the one in 2010. These people need to clean up their Vodou practices.

"According to societal leaders, an estimated 50 to 80 percent of the population practices some form of Vodou, often blended with elements of other religions, usually Christianity."

Link:
https://www.state.gov/wp-content/upload ... REPORT.pdf

Thanks to Haiti Africans who were former slaves are now free and independant. Haitians fought for their freedom against the same Christian slave masters that forced them into slavery and ripped everything from them including their culture, their faith, their tribal religion, their names and their freedom.

It's a pity that now, liberated Africans living in the West, adore the slave master's Christianity and despise the "voodoo" that Haiti practices although the Haitians fought to preserve some aspect of their African herritage and culture.

Using religion as a reason for the coincidental fact that their graphical location is over a major fault line and located in the most active Hurricane belt int he world is akin to ignorance at the level of a primitive tribe that was enslaved by the white Christians hundreds of years ago.

The irony...

[redmanjp]

Didn't Grace weaken ? Not a TS anymore

Death toll is now 1,297... Tropical Storm Grace on its way...

maybe not but still could put a damper on rescue efforts if it dumps a tonne of rain

[The_Honourable]

Didn't Grace weaken ? Not a TS anymore

Death toll is now 1,297... Tropical Storm Grace on its way...

maybe not but still could put a damper on rescue efforts if it dumps a tonne of rain

Yeah just read it's down to a Tropical Depression, thanks for that.

black people born to suffer yes. everywhere in the world we black people under pressure and born to suffer.

Na man,

Many of our black brothers and sisters have made it and from literally nothing.

Lots of opportunities out there.

However, many blacks have to change their attitude and stop making excuses. Slavery is over.

Yes, let's completely ignore the history of external forces literally sucking the wealth out of Haiti and intentionally destabilising their politics for centuries.

But I digress, this is a thread about the earthquake in Haiti. MaxPower, if you would like to learn why Haiti is the way it is today feel free to create a thread and I will educate you free of charge.

http://trinituner.com/v4/forums/viewtop ... 2&start=30

9th post by masarati

[MG Man]

I have given up on trying to understand why this country just seems to exist for disasters.
If there are lessons to be learnt from these peoples experiences, I am at pains to understand what they are.
The pain and suffering these people must endure is just too much to ponder.

part of it is infrastructure
Buildings not built to code etc
Which in itself is a result of their tragic history

[shake d livin wake d dead]

1000+ deaths....dammm

TD Grace might make it a bit more difficult

[0rb1tz]

I have given up on trying to understand why this country just seems to exist for disasters.
If there are lessons to be learnt from these peoples experiences, I am at pains to understand what they are.
The pain and suffering these people must endure is just too much to ponder.

part of it is infrastructure
Buildings not built to code etc
Which in itself is a result of their tragic history

Masonry block construction in Haiti

L. Holliday1 , C. Ramseyer2 & F. H. Grant3
1. Division of Construction Science, University of Oklahoma,
Norman Oklahoma, USA
2. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Oklahoma,
Norman, Oklahoma, USA
3. Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Oklahoma,
Norman, Oklahoma, USA

Abstract

Most of the building failures in Haiti during the January 12th, 2010 earthquake
were CMU block buildings. It is the locally preferred building material. Since it
is difficult to import materials into Haiti, CMU block is made with local sand
(sometimes beach sand which includes a significant amount of salt) and
aggregate and only requires Portland cement to be imported. The blocks are
made in a press-type machine without steam and at comparatively little pressure.
The blocks contain as little as 1/30th Portland cement by volume and are left in a
yard to dry cure, rather than moist curing. The blocks are sometimes so weak
that they must be handled by workers with two hands or they break under their
own weight. Tests at the University of Oklahoma reveal the blocks have an
extremely low compressive strength (as low as 300 psi). Given the typical
construction techniques used in Haiti, which include heavy concrete slab roof,
focusing on hurricane resistance rather than earthquakes, the current CMU block
fabrication method was a recipe for disaster that was realized.
OU researchers worked with local Haitian organizations, primarily at
Christianville Mission, to improve the quality of CMU blocks in Haiti. They
provided guidelines for the CMU block mix, and curing instructions. Tests show
the compressive strength of the CMU block has increased by more than three
times with relatively little additional cost. This paper discusses the problems
with current fabrication techniques for CMU block in Haiti, changes which can
be made with relatively little cost or effort, and the resulting improvements in
block strength realized.

Keywords: masonry, Haiti, earthquake.
Earthquake Resistant Engineering Structures VIII 299
www.witpress.com, ISSN 1743-3509 (on-line)
WIT Transactions on The Built Environment, Vol 120, © 2011 WIT Press
doi:10.2495/ERES110251
https://www.witpress.com/Secure/elibrar ... 025FU1.pdf