Haiti vs Chile earthquake... a MUST read!

by Prov1320 5 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  Prov1320

  CNN posted a very interesting comparison between the two earthquake (sorry JWs, the end is not near):

  Palisades, New York (CNN) -- About six weeks ago, a large earthquake devastated Haiti and killed over 200,000 people. Saturday, a huge earthquake releasing 500 times more energy, devastated Chile and killed hundreds.

  So why did the smaller earthquake kill so many more people? And why the sudden spate of disastrous earthquakes in the Americas?

  No, the apocalypse is not coming. No, the two earthquakes are not linked in any way. And no, Pat Robertson, you can't blame the Devil or the French. The real answers, for those comfortable with science and the Enlightenment, are tectonics and poverty.

  full article: http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/02/28/stark.chile.quake.haiti/index.html?hpt=C1
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  Mad Sweeney

  I'm still not convinced that the French aren't behind this. . .
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  snowbird

  Thanks.

  Sylvia
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  jwfacts

  Great article. It is very frustrating that is this day and age people still get apocalyptic delusions every time there is an earthquake.

  Due to science and the resulting improved building standards, Chile only had a few hundred die from the quake. Hundreds of years ago the death toll would have been in the thousands as was the case in poverty stricken Haiti.
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  Elsewhere

  It all comes down to building codes and the amount of corruption in the inspection processes.
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  shamus100

  I"m not going to mention any names.

  **cough sinnis**