Hundreds feared dead in Haiti quake (2 Viewers)

[Dragon]

Been living with that for over 20 years. The trick is not to get too relaxed. Humans suck at assessing risk over longer periods of time.

There were two earthquakes here in 2009 (there are fissures in some walls in my house due to the second one ) and after that, I used to wake up every single night thinking it was going to happen again. Some of my friends have advised me to get psychological help

 

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[Enron]

Generally speaking, most natural disasters are those where training can only get you so far.

How many have you been through?

Because when I was in a few tornadoes growing up in Texas my parents kept a ready kit (water, flash light, radio, etc), and knew what to do in the event that one came. A we all still alive.

Granted nothing is certain, but knowing what to do in order to stay safe, and being prepared for common natural issues in your area can give you a greater chance to "survive".

The same reason I have a small snow shovel and a bag of kitty litter in my car trunk.
Or people that live in areas frequented by wildfire tend to build using less flamable materials.

 

[Bjerknes]

How many have you been through?

Because when I was in a few tornadoes growing up in Texas my parents kept a ready kit (water, flash light, radio, etc), and knew what to do in the event that one came. A we all still alive.

Granted nothing is certain, but knowing what to do in order to stay safe, and being prepared for common natural issues in your area can give you a greater chance to "survive".

The same reason I have a small snow shovel and a bag of kitty litter in my car trunk.
Or people that live in areas frequented by wildfire tend to build using less flamable materials.

Tornados are a somewhat different case, especially if you have a storm cellar. But even with underground shelter one is not guaranteed to come out unscathed from F4+ twisters.

Being thrown into a situation like a hurricane, flash flooding or what have you, even if you are trained at survival, you're still at the whim of nature.

 

[Dragon]

I would love to see a tornado in real life, as close to it as possible. It'd be a huge dose of adrenaline rush

 

[Bjerknes]

That was one of the things you were going to do with me.

 

[Dragon]

I know . I wouldn't do it with anyone else but you

 

[swag]

There were two earthquakes here in 2009 (there are fissures in some walls in my house due to the second one ) and after that, I used to wake up every single night thinking it was going to happen again. Some of my friends have advised me to get psychological help

That was me for a few months after that 6.9. Everytime I felt something shake, I was ready to jump under a table if need be. Weirder, I would walk in people's houses and look at things on the walls and immediately just think, "I wouldn't put that there -- it will fall on somebody."

Not exactly the life of the party stuff.

I would love to see a tornado in real life, as close to it as possible. It'd be a huge dose of adrenaline rush

I saw a big ugly green funnel cloud once over my Chicago neighborhood. That was as much as I got to see before it wiped out my grade school.

Then during tornado months we had to have drills all the time, which I hated: concrete floors, heads down with your hands behind your head, etc. It must have looked like Abu Ghraib for kids -- just without the electrodes on my testicles.

 

[Byrone]

Really horrible news.Thank goodness i have never had to experience any sort of natural disaster.

 

[Dostoevsky]

I've tested earthquakes but it wasn't anything catastrophic luckily.

New updates http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/14/haiti.updates/

I still couldn't find some rough number of deaths.

 

[IrishZebra]

At least 50,000 - Sky News

 

[Dostoevsky]

With chaotic scenes in and around the capital, Port-au-Prince, officials said it was impossible to gauge accurately the scale of the disaster, but the country's prime minister, Jean-Max Bellerive, told CNN the final death toll could be well over 100,000

 

[IrishZebra]

Yeah that's in the Sky News one

Haitian prime minister Jean-Max Bellerive said he feared the death toll could top 100,000, although figures were sketchy.

President Rene Garcia Preval later suggested it was more like 50,000, while a Haitian senator claimed it could be up to half a million.

 

[Salvo]

poor souls, may they all rest in peace...so sad.

 

[ĵџvє_вãвγ]

Unbelieveable..***..

 

[Dostoevsky]

I can't believe numbers are taken like that

50 000

100 000

500 000

 

[chester]

If any, let's hope it is more close to the first number then the last.

 

[Toro_Merda]

 

[Dostoevsky]

If any, let's hope it is more close to the first number then the last.

Yeah well, even if it's 50k, it's still horrible. So many deaths in one day, imagine funerals...it's sad.

 

[Salvo]

it makes me sick that some countries can fucken build the largest skyscrapers in history and others have 4 in 5 people poor, its so so wrong.

 

[chester]

Yeah well, even if it's 50k, it's still horrible. So many deaths in one day, imagine funerals...it's sad.

True, I think it will be a few mass funerals.

Horrible indeed.