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Thread #126512   Message #2813678
Posted By: Bill D
16-Jan-10 - 12:22 PM
Thread Name: Major Earthquake in Haiti - 12 January 2010
Subject: RE: Major Earthquake in Haiti - 12 January 2010
There have been worse earthquakes...(like in China)..but there it was in a huge country with places for people to go and some roads & landing strips for relief vehicles...and a central government which had resources.
This is too many people in too small a space, with no roads/streets in many places in the city, no power, almost no government, and many people who will decide that "survival of the fittest" applies.
You don't just drive a truck up in the middle with food and water for a thousand when 100,000 will try to get it.
It will be a nightmare devising a distribution system that both gets supplies where they are needed and keeps the suppliers safe.