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Strong quake hits Haiti, collapsing hospital
AP/YahooNews ^ | 1/12/10

Posted on 01/12/2010 2:37:29 PM PST by Kartographer

An Associated Press videographer saw the wrecked hospital in nearby Petionville, and a U.S. government official reported seeing houses that had tumbled into a ravine.

No further details on any causualties or other damage were immediately available.

"Everybody is just totally, totally freaked out and shaken," said Henry Bahn, a visiting official with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. "The sky is just gray with dust."

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News
KEYWORDS: carribean; earthquake; eq; haiti; haitiearthquake; haitiquake; haitiquake2010; portauprince; usgs

1 posted on 01/12/2010 2:37:30 PM PST by Kartographer
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To: Kartographer

prayers


2 posted on 01/12/2010 2:38:06 PM PST by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - Read it and weep)
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To: Kartographer

It’s going to be bad I’m afraid, it doesn’t take much in Haiti to produce massive death tolls.


3 posted on 01/12/2010 2:38:28 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Kartographer

Tsunami warnings up for Cuba and surrounding islands...


4 posted on 01/12/2010 2:43:35 PM PST by Beaten Valve
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To: Kartographer

prayers for these folks.


5 posted on 01/12/2010 2:54:38 PM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spirito Sancto.)
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To: Kartographer; wardaddy

What other tragedy can strike that God-forsaken island?


6 posted on 01/12/2010 2:54:38 PM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: Kartographer

OMG 7.0 in a country like that is just going to be terrible.

Prayers.


7 posted on 01/12/2010 2:57:42 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: Kartographer

What caused the quake?


8 posted on 01/12/2010 3:00:23 PM PST by Clara Lou
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To: Clara Lou

“What caused the quake?”

The earth moved.


9 posted on 01/12/2010 3:03:50 PM PST by Revel
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To: Clara Lou

Voodoo, perhaps.


10 posted on 01/12/2010 3:04:36 PM PST by FES0844
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To: Clara Lou
What caused the quake?

A combination of the military-industrial complex bombing innocent freedom fighters in the middle east and Republicans driving suv's.

(works for everything else...)

The real question is: What did Obama know and when did he know it?

11 posted on 01/12/2010 3:05:48 PM PST by uglybiker (BACON!!)
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To: Kartographer

Prayers up.


12 posted on 01/12/2010 3:10:57 PM PST by DemforBush (Never mind that *bleep*, here comes Mongo!)
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To: Kartographer

Prayers.


13 posted on 01/12/2010 3:13:58 PM PST by LucyJo
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I wonder how many of our tax dollars will Obama send?

Sorry about the disaster, but the US has thrown millions of dollars at Haiti over the years, with no good result. Let the UN take care of Haiti. I'm tried of taxpayer dollars being handed out to nations that won't help themselves. We have enough problems of our own here.

14 posted on 01/12/2010 3:19:31 PM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: Clara Lou
What caused the quake?

The extra weight of water caused by the melting glaciers from global warming put too much pressure on the fault.

15 posted on 01/12/2010 3:30:32 PM PST by Raycpa
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What caused the quake?

You know...........George Bush!


16 posted on 01/12/2010 4:17:22 PM PST by Cheryllynn
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To: Raycpa

What caused the quake?

You know...........George Bush!


17 posted on 01/12/2010 4:17:33 PM PST by Cheryllynn
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To: Raycpa

What caused the quake?

You know...........George Bush!


18 posted on 01/12/2010 4:17:38 PM PST by Cheryllynn
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