Dear Haiti,



Seriously, it's 2011. 3rd world country shit ain't cute anymore

Signed,
the rest of the fucking world

PS: yours was only 7.0...nice building code, dicks>> ^Selektaa:

Dear America,
Please STFU.
Love,
Haiti

>> ^Selektaa:

Dear America,
Please STFU.
Love,
Haiti

Co-signed,
New Zealand
Japan
and Chile

Added that for you

Dear America,

Please STFU.

Love,
Haiti

That's pretty amazing...you'll never see America doing that with say Cuba, Haiti, or Nicaragua.

Now its going to be Japan aid, every year something like this happens, Haiti, Katrina, Sri Lanka etc..

Their infrastructure is going to be raped once this is over and done with.

>> ^poolcleaner:
>> ^paganif1:
Yes. Yes I think it is. I know most sifters are super proud Atheists, but God help us.
>> ^notarobot:
Haiti, Chile, New Zealand, and now Japan? Is the earth trying to shake us off or what?
Some live updates on the Japanese situation are here:
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/asia/live-blog-japan-earthquake


And what exactly would God be helping us from?


Lord, please help us to steer clear of your wrath, for it is great, and you're kind of a dick.

>> ^paganif1:

Yes. Yes I think it is. I know most sifters are super proud Atheists, but God help us.
>> ^notarobot:
Haiti, Chile, New Zealand, and now Japan? Is the earth trying to shake us off or what?
Some live updates on the Japanese situation are here:
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/asia/live-blog-japan-earthquake



And what exactly would God be helping us from?

>> ^notarobot:

Haiti, Chile, New Zealand, and now Japan? Is the earth trying to shake us off or what?


Don't forget the new volcanic activity in Hawaii...the plates are a'moving, and the magma plume's looking for a new path of least resistance. All in all, if there's a message, it's that we should appreciate the period of relative climatic and geological stability that have given us these wonderful tools and toys, and we should dedicate ourselves to do whatever is necessary to hold onto them a little while longer. Perhaps one should be using them less as toys, and more as tools.

I think I see what you mean: It's hard to compare Mercalli readings from different places due to the differences in structural integrity, population density, etc. ie: a mercalli intensity of VI in one place could be read as II for an earthquake of the same magnitude in a less populated area.

Similarly, an earthquake with magnitude 7 may not even cause any damage (though unlikely in a populated area).



>> ^DerHasisttot:

I mean: The Scales are almost meaningless at the point when human beings are in danger: The released energy denoted in the antiquated Richter scale can have immensely different effects from place to place. The Mercalli-scale measures damages at one specific point, if referred to in the media. (And the media often forgest to say which scale is being used.)
For example, the Christchurch earthquakes: The first earthquake had the same amount of points as the catastrophic Haiti earthquake, and was compared by the NZ media, which enraged me at the time: The quake's proximity to densely populated areas, the geology, ground water-levels and building-density+height were not taken into account. Additionally, for example, paved roads, gas-lines and other infrasctructure weigh immensely on the aid-efforts and damages.
To give accurate information using the Mercalli-scale, the media would have to tell the exact place and radius of the referred number. If they tell the Richter scale, it's only relevant for seismologists and scientists, the actual damages and consequences vary too much.

I mean: The Scales are almost meaningless at the point when human beings are in danger: The released energy denoted in the antiquated Richter scale can have immensely different effects from place to place. The Mercalli-scale measures damages at one specific point, if referred to in the media. (And the media often forgest to say which scale is being used.)

For example, the Christchurch earthquakes: The first earthquake had the same amount of points as the catastrophic Haiti earthquake, and was compared by the NZ media, which enraged me at the time: The quake's proximity to densely populated areas, the geology, ground water-levels and building-density+height were not taken into account. Additionally, for example, paved roads, gas-lines and other infrasctructure weigh immensely on the aid-efforts and damages.

To give accurate information using the Mercalli-scale, the media would have to tell the exact place and radius of the referred number. If they tell the Richter scale, it's only relevant for seismologists and scientists, the actual damages and consequences vary too much.

>> ^residue:

what do you mean by "soil, humidity and other factors outweigh the scale accuracy?" the richter scale is just the quantitative product of readings from seismometers. mercalli scale records qualitative damage from structures
>> ^DerHasisttot:
My news-sources say 8.8, previously 8.9. Although the (I guess) mercalli-scale is not sooo good either. In the end, soil, humidity and other geological factors outweigh the accuracy of such a scale any day. AS seen here vis-vis tsunami. But if you give me a source i'll change it of course.

Yes. Yes I think it is. I know most sifters are super proud Atheists, but God help us.

>> ^notarobot:

Haiti, Chile, New Zealand, and now Japan? Is the earth trying to shake us off or what?
Some live updates on the Japanese situation are here:
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/asia/live-blog-japan-earthquake

Haiti, Chile, New Zealand, and now Japan? Is the earth trying to shake us off or what?

Some live updates on the Japanese situation are here:
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/asia/live-blog-japan-earthquake

>> ^bobknight33:

Why lies? The man has done nothing to indicate this . He believes in GOD. There is nothing wrong with that.
>> ^gwiz665:
lies



I hope you aren't familiar with Robertson. Your absolutely right on there being nothing wrong with believing in God. That is not what most thinking people have against Mr. Robertson. Instead, they hold it against him that he repeatedly stirs up fear and/or hatred and claims to be doing it in the name of God. That's something that should make him MORE offensive to those that do believe than to those that don't.

Mr. Robertson on the Haiti disaster:
"It may be a blessing in disguise. ... Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it. Haitians were originally under the heel of the French. You know, Napoleon the third, or whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, we will serve you if you will get us free from the French. True story. And so, the devil said, okay it's a deal. Ever since they have been cursed by one thing after the other."

Those devil worshipers had it coming and maybe they can turn this into a blessing by abandoning their heathen ways. Pat's record needs to be better known so nobody defends him by accident anymore thinking he's being persecuted for believing in God. He's being persecuted for acting like God is the same kind of hateful fear monger that he himself is.

(I've secretly replaced blankfists stats on capitalism with wikipedia's democracy index, let's see if he is as easily persuaded.)

Countries with Full Democracy (democracy index number)
82 -- Australia (9.22)
78 -- United States (8.18)
82 -- Japan (8.08)

Countries with a Flawed democracy
81 -- Israel (7.48)
80 -- Italy (7.83)
71 -- Philippines (6.12)

Countries with a Hybrid regime
66 -- Russia (4.26)
70 -- Honduras (5.76)
65 -- Pakistan (4.55)
59 -- Senegal (5.27)
30 -- Haiti (4.00)

Countries with Authoritarian regimes
47 -- Nigeria (3.47)
45 -- Afghanistan (2.48)
40 -- Zimbabwe (2.64)
64 -- North Korea (1.08)

From their website:

Current life expectancy in nations where capitalism has significant presence (abbreviated list)
82 -- Australia
78 -- United States
82 -- Japan
81 -- Israel
80 -- Italy

Current life expectancy in nations where capitalism has only modest presence (abbreviated list)
71 -- Philippines
66 -- Russia
70 -- Honduras
65 -- Pakistan
59 -- Senegal

Current life expectancy in nations where capitalism has little or no presence (abbreviated list)
30 -- Haiti
47 -- Nigeria
45 -- Afghanistan
40 -- Zimbabwe
64 -- North Korea