[DuncanWaring]

What has culture to do with the difference in the death tolls of Haiti and Chile?

The level of energy the populace is willing to devote to constructing strong buildings.

[oldleft]

Also, I don’t think Chileans are the types to wait for American search and rescue teams to show up before looking for people or wait for Danny Glover to throw a telethon before they start finding emergency food and shelter.