Another massive quake may threaten Haiti

Nine News ^ | January 24, 2010 | Jean-Louis Santini

[JPG]

Time for Haiti to use another primary building material: rubber coated styrofoam.

[arthurus]

Construction norms for earthquakes are great if you can pay for them. The resources in Haiti are not going to pay for any such standards in construction beyond, perhaps, the presidential palace.That edifice will surely be rebuilt to level 8 standards even if the rest of Haiti has to be starved to do it. Alternatively, tropical thatched huts and wood construction would be indicated except there aren’t any trees in Haiti...

[omega4179]

The Devil may yet make another deal with Haiti, or not.

[Malesherbes]

John Edwards may be forced to cut short his mission of mercy.

[Malesherbes]

John Edwards may be forced to cut short his mission of mercy.

[RipSawyer]

generate a tremor measuring up to 7.2 - slightly higher than the original quake -
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This is misleading, the first quake was a 7, the scale is logarithmic so a magnitude 8 is TEN times as powerful as a 7. This means that a 7.2 is MUCH stronger than a 7, not just slightly stronger.

[Palladin]

Sounds good to me!

[Palladin]

...or in Detroit.