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Over 200, 000 Lives Could Have Been Saved In Haiti
Thursday February 25, 2010 07:01 AM ET
The magnitude-7 earthquake in Haiti did not kill, but our buildings did. A five-person U.S. team evaluating the magnitude-7 earthquake that struck Haiti Jan. 12 says much of the massive loss of life might have been prevented. See pictures of the destruction caused by Haiti Earthquake: http://www.haitianphotoalbum.com/pictures-1
The team, led by University of Washington structural engineering Professor Marc Eberhard, said its main conclusion was that much of the loss of life could have been prevented by using earthquake-resistant designs and construction, as well as improved quality control in concrete and masonry work.
The researchers recommended simple and cost-effective earthquake engineering be emphasized in Haiti's rebuilding effort. See more pictures of earthquake resistant buildings: http://www.haitianphotoalbum.com/pictures-7
Eberhard said "A lot of the damaged structures will have to be destroyed. It's not just 100 buildings or 1,000 buildings. It's a huge number of buildings, which I can't even estimate."
Your opinion counts.
Do you think that we should move the Haitian capital to another location?
Should we destroy all standing buildings in Port-au-Prince and then start from scratch?
Should the Haitian Government establish (new) building codes for construction?
Reader Comments (6)
Bea Archer says:
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1. NO!!!! The Capital should not be moved to another location. 2. YES!!!! Destroy all and start from scratch. 3. YES!!!! New Building codes for everyone. There should be NO exception. Let's see what we can accomplish.....
Cesar Jean-jacques says:
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My brother, you are doing a fantastic job by receiving your daily email to inform me about Haiti. You are wonderful. Thank a million times.
Judith says:
Re: Over 200, 000 Lives Could Have Been Saved In Haiti
Morning, Keep up the good work on keeping everyone you can reach with what's going on with our mother land.
I thimk the government should start from scratch, because if they had code rettrictions on how to build and instructions that if it doesn't meet code standard that they would not aprove any further construction till it's done properly. We would not have found ourselves in this sad catastrophe that happen last month. They need to pay more attention to our country and the way things are been done, only then such horror like January 12th won't happen again. Even if we had another earth quake their would be less lives loss and most of all, we could have a better handle on providing help for ourselves.
Judith says:
Re: Over 200, 000 Lives Could Have Been Saved In Haiti
Morning, Keep up the good work on keeping everyone you can reach with what's going on with our mother land.
I thimk the government should start from scratch, because if they had code rettrictions on how to build and instructions that if it doesn't meet code standard that they would not aprove any further construction till it's done properly. We would not have found ourselves in this sad catastrophe that happen last month. They need to pay more attention to our country and the way things are been done, only then such horror like January 12th won't happen again. Even if we had another earth quake their would be less lives loss and most of all, we could have a better handle on providing help for ourselves.
Joel says:
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L'etat haithien doit prendre ces responsabilites en faisant respecter les lois etablies a combattre la corruption eliminant cette question de gre se pat ki moun ou kon nin those thing got to stop for all
Edgar King says:
Re: Over 200, 000 Lives Could Have Been Saved In Haiti
Hi Roland! You know! That thought ran through my mind! What with the delicate situation in the area, (earthquakes, tidal waves, monsoons, etc), that stronger reenforcements of building structures, reefs, and other disaster-preventative measures should, and would help prevent the overwhelming disasters that have become so repetitive in the region. I fully support your ideas in the change in improving the safety-measures prior to construction of all building-facets! Thanks for sending me your ideas. Good Luck my friend, and God's Speed to your people! EdnKing (Panama).
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