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Ok...so about the Haiti thing. All these eartquakes, aftershocks and tremors are destroying the country. It's horrible...I know this. But I can't

Posted by Jim (aka Jim) Jan 21 '10, 10:49

help but wonder...what about the Dominican Republic? They're the other half of the same island. Has the DR just been pretty much untouched by everything?

Seems like it's a small enough piece of land that a huge earthquake would fuck up both countries...but I've heard nothing about the DR.

Help a brutha!

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I don't think "destroying the country" is the right phrase. - Ender Jan 21, 10:56 3
- though it will be interesting to see the effect this has on the rural areas as people continue to flee the city... -- nm - znufrii Jan 21, 10:57
- 9 million people in haiti, 3 million lived in PAP ... which pancaked. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 10:57
- Yeah, the rest of the country was already in this pisspoor shape. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 21, 10:56
The distance between the Port Au Prince and the easternmost big city on the island is like Pittsburgh to Indianapolis. -- nm - Max Jan 21, 10:54 4
- I just think it's amazing that something this massive with this much destructive power could destroy one country - Jim Jan 21, 10:56 3
  - The destruction here isn't due to the strength of the quake, it was only a 7.0, it's because the buildings are so poorly built. - Ender Jan 21, 11:03 2
    - To be fair, IIRC, if the epicenter of the quake was as close to SF as it was to Port au Prince (with the ensuing aftershocks), the damage would still - musubi Jan 21, 11:06 1
      - The epicenter of the '89 quake was a bit further away, but the 89 quake was .1 bigger and still only killed 63 in a region with over 7 million people. -- nm - Ender Jan 21, 11:13
related: Does anyone know whether there are decent roads connecting DR and Haiti? -- nm - loosilu Jan 21, 10:52 5
- I heard this last week. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 21, 10:54 1
  - "At times, it just turns into a rutted dirt road � this is the main road linking Port-au-Prince to Santiago in the Dominican Republic." Thats what - loosilu Jan 21, 10:57
- I believe ther are - I've heard some of the DR border towns have really stepped up to help Haitians in need. -- nm - decline Jan 21, 10:54 1
  - I've heard that some relief organizations are landing stuff at ports in DR and transporting via land to Haiti -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 10:54
- based on what I've heard, it sounds like there are roads, but I have no idea if they're decent. - Beryllium Jan 21, 10:53
The Dominica Republic didn't make a pact with Satan. -- nm - When in Dano Jan 21, 10:52
Here's the shake map. -- (link) - Reagen Jan 21, 10:52 5
- it was in *exactly* the worse spot. -- nm - Andie Jan 21, 10:55 1
  - The Ming Vase and Faberge Egg Museum/Orphange. -- nm - Reagen Jan 21, 10:56
- bummed that this isn't a map that shows you where to get the best milkshakes -- nm - When in Dano Jan 21, 10:55 2
  - someone could do a google maps mashup of that -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 10:56
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Those scientists have really gotten their earthquake machine down to pinpoint accuracy -- nm - decline Jan 21, 10:51
pretty much unscathed. -- nm - Andie Jan 21, 10:50
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don't you know earthquakes don't travel across country borders? duhhh -- nm - GWAA Jan 21, 10:50
Because it was such a shallow quake, the major effects were almost entirely contained in Haiti. -- nm - Reagen Jan 21, 10:49 1
- also, the major population centers of DR are way on the opposite side of hispaniola, due to the mountainous terrain in the middle of the island -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 10:50
DR had very little damage on the initial quake.....if any at all -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 21, 10:49 2
- Holy shit...that' -- nm - Jim Jan 21, 10:49 1
  - that's amazing. -- nm - Jim Jan 21, 10:50
Yes, the DR is virtually unscathed by this. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 21, 10:49

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