Posted on 01/14/2010 10:49:09 AM PST by Reaganesque
Click here for the zoomable photo.
Was this before or after the earthquake?...............
I hope you’re kidding.
Are you sure that’s not Detroit?
how is the image “zoomable”?
It’s zoomable on Google Earth if you download the overlay from yesterday.
One swimming pool, guess where.
I’ve got it on my screen. Looks normal................
Just put your cursor anywhere on the pic. It will turn into a + sign. Click
“Was this before or after the earthquake?...............”
I was in Haiti several times in the past.
That is a good question indeed. Frankly, I can’t tell the difference if it is in the past or present.
“I hope you’re kidding.”
I can tell you have never been to Haiti.
“One swimming pool, guess where.”
That jumped out at me too.
Hard to tell looking straight down from satellite imagery. Some of those large buildings with intact roofs are probably flattened but you can't see it without some slant view.
The Presidential Palace is just to the right of center in the photo.
“Hard to tell looking straight down from satellite imagery. Some of those large buildings with intact roofs are probably flattened but you can’t see it without some slant view.”
The problem is, Haiti has always been, is, and always will be in such god-awful shambles. Earthquake or no, there is no telling the difference whether that photo is past or present...(certainly an exageration on my part I admit).
Before I am accused of being insensitive (not by you), Haitians have always lived in the Stone Age and will continue to do so. They have no concept of a “better world.” They do not know any difference.
It’s like taking an animal out of the wild and trying to introduce it into a different (better) environment. It doesn’t work because the animal does not have a point of reference for comparison.
Okay. It is flack time on me.
C’mon, people. It’s obviously a post-quake photo. Look at the palace. And there’s more ... I definitely see a building on it’s side in this photo.
>”That is a good question indeed. Frankly, I can’t tell the difference if it is in the past or present.”
That’s what corruption does. With all the money we pour into that place in foreign aid, and the country is such a S*** Hole you can hardly tell if its been hit by a major earthquake or not. Sad.
Took me a moment to catch this, but the one thing to take note of is the absence of fires. Probably due to the lack of natural gas or oil. Nothing to spark a fire or fuel to burn when it is sparked.
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