# Haitian earthquake **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 13, 2010, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/haitian-earthquake/78159 "2010-01-13T12:02:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/haitian-earthquake/78159/1 "2010-01-13T12:02:23Z")
Surprised no one posted about this yet. I saw it on the news last night and didn’t really pay much attention. Just figured, “yeah, earthquakes happen all the time”. Now today they’re talking about 100000 people dead, maybe as high as 500000. :eek: ![http://www.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/World/Haiti%20Earthquake_Paul(5).jpg](http://www.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/World/Haiti%20Earthquake_Paul(5).jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/haitian-earthquake/78159/2 "2010-01-13T12:05:52Z")
nuts, but in over populated areas with cluttered infastructure they are asking for it. ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/haitian-earthquake/78159/3 "2010-01-13T12:08:09Z")
it’s been all over twitter all day ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/haitian-earthquake/78159/4 "2010-01-13T12:09:58Z")
they’re saying 100 thousand people dead? Maybe up to 1/2 million? Holy fuck ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/haitian-earthquake/78159/5 "2010-01-13T12:10:07Z")
Yeah. 7.0 with the epicenter a few miles from the capital? Yikes. Even if it is the only 4th world country in the west, apparently there’s some massive destruction. Was the DR affected too? ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/haitian-earthquake/78159/6 "2010-01-13T12:21:31Z")
So insane. 7.0 is fucking nutso ---
**Author:** ![ShiftDead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shiftdead/32/7508_2.png) [@ShiftDead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShiftDead)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/haitian-earthquake/78159/7 "2010-01-13T12:26:02Z")
> Canada, European nations and countries across Latin America have mobilized supplies and aid for the island nation. > But one geographically close country is conspicuously absent from the roster of helping hands. > Cuba, which had evacuated some of its residents as a precaution in case the earthquake triggered a tsunami, has so far not offered any assistance publicly to its devastated island neighbor. GO CUBA! :ham: ---
**Author:** ![wickedcivy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wickedcivy/32/7295_2.png) [@wickedcivy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/wickedcivy)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/haitian-earthquake/78159/8 "2010-01-13T12:29:20Z")
even more insane, up to 18 or so after shocks averaging 5.0. cant imagine what that would feel like after the main 7.0 ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/haitian-earthquake/78159/9 "2010-01-13T12:31:39Z")
Half million no way?!? I mean maybe but, holy crap that seems crazy! ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/haitian-earthquake/78159/10 "2010-01-13T12:35:15Z")
Most people forget (myself included) that the Richter scale is logarithmic base 10. You see 7.0 and think, “well how bad could it be, CA just got hit by a 6.5”. But a 7.0 has about 5 times the energy as a 6.5. Another way to look at it, a 6.5 is about 5.6 megatons of TNT. A 7.0 is 32 megatons. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/haitian-earthquake/78159/11 "2010-01-13T12:37:54Z")
It’s really fucking tragic. Hurricane Katrina killed: 1,836 This earthquake, at minimum, killed 54 times that number. At maximum 272 times. Insane. POP USA: 310,000,000 POP Haiti: 8,400,000 percent of population lost: USA: .0006% Haiti: 1.19% Insane. ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/haitian-earthquake/78159/12 "2010-01-13T12:39:53Z")
That is really sad. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![A.J](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@A.J](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/A.J)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/haitian-earthquake/78159/13 "2010-01-13T12:40:00Z")
> [@Just Karter](#): > > nuts, but in over populated areas with cluttered infastructure they are asking for it. really? ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/haitian-earthquake/78159/14 "2010-01-13T12:44:42Z")
> [@A.J.](#): > > really? Yes really. Think of it as an earth quake, somewhere in the middle of nowhere farm state, vs one in NYC either way to lose 500k in one shot is insane. they lost what 200k in the psunami ? ---
**Author:** ![Geoff](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geoff/32/6104_2.png) [@Geoff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geoff)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/haitian-earthquake/78159/15 "2010-01-13T12:45:52Z")
> [@Just Karter](#): > > the psunami 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/haitian-earthquake/78159/16 "2010-01-13T12:48:34Z")
Does 500,000 Haitian deaths negatively effect any US market? 😛 Blows though. Edit: If 200K are indeed lost from a wave and 500K lost in a shake, you’d think who ever was left would move. 700K people lost, is insane. ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/haitian-earthquake/78159/17 "2010-01-13T12:52:06Z")
> [@Geoff](#): > > 🙂 I typed wave at first, but figured people would get but hurt. Either way 12 inches of water shouldnt have killed 200000 people. Katrina would have been avoided if idiots didnt build below sea level. ect. ect. ---
**Author:** ![turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbo_ls1_ss/32/7303_2.png) [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/haitian-earthquake/78159/18 "2010-01-13T12:53:27Z")
i want to know what that feels like (without dying!) i also want to see a tornado before i die. i do not want the tornado to cause my death. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/haitian-earthquake/78159/19 "2010-01-13T12:54:10Z")
tsunami ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/haitian-earthquake/78159/20 "2010-01-13T12:56:41Z")
Edited my post to a more pertinent example. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/haitian-earthquake/78159.md?page=2)