Up not so early this gray, chilly, NYC morning.
Like most people I've been following events in Haiti. It's good to see so much support flowing so generously now, but I do wonder what will be happening six months from now, a year from now. It was endemic poverty that killed 100 thousand plus people. The same magnitude earthquake in California killed only about 63 people in a much more densely populated area only a few years ago. Quality building materials and quality construction cost money and make a very real difference. Life and death difference.
Like most people I've been following events in Haiti. It's good to see so much support flowing so generously now, but I do wonder what will be happening six months from now, a year from now. It was endemic poverty that killed 100 thousand plus people. The same magnitude earthquake in California killed only about 63 people in a much more densely populated area only a few years ago. Quality building materials and quality construction cost money and make a very real difference. Life and death difference.
quicksand:
That's interesting what you say about endemic poverty...I did not know about the comparable California earthquake. I visited Port-au-Prince 8 years ago for a missions trip in one of the area orphanages and it was just amazing (from an American standpoint) to see several families sharing a cinderblock foundation with no roof as their living quarters.
scandal_:
why thank you, a lady always enjoys a compliment 