Chilean earthquake vs. the Haitian earthquake.

In my opinion , Hait suffered SO much more . Their earthquake wasn't as strong BUT it was proven to be FAR more devastating . The death rate rose steadily MORE than 700 . As stated brfore in the previous post , Chile's death rate is about 700 . Hait's is MORE . Sad SAD fact . The Hatian earthquake has taken 220,000 lives. Mind blowing . That horrid . The amount of bodies they found and the condition they found them in ! Its hard to belive until you see the pictures of the destruction caused . The temblor was more shallow and closer to the Hatian CAPITAL ! So obviously , more lives were taken away . The deaths were mostly because of building collapsing , they did not expirence that in Chile .



This is an piece of an article .

" Earthquake scientists, building engineers and political scientists in Chile and the United States agreed that even though half a million homes were heavily damaged during more than 120 seconds of shaking, the fact that so many Chileans survived was a testament to the nation’s enactment and enforcement of stringent building codes.

Matt Yglesias says this just goes to show that effective government matters. He concludes that, contrary to the views of strawmen on the right, “Effective and well-enforced building codes in an earthquake zone can save many lives, and the same is true across an extremely wide swathe of public activities.” "



Saldy in Hati , that did not happen .  In Haiti, by contrast, there is no building code. Building and lives were destroyed . Most Haitians didn't know whether their president, Rene Preval, was alive or dead for at least a day after the quake. Also , in Chile , earthquakes were quite common . They were used to it . But in Hati , this was quite new to most of the Hatian people . Hatian people were not schooled like the Chilean people on how to react to earthquakes  – by sheltering under tables and door frames, and away from glass windows. I suppose now they will learn that as soon as schools have been established again . :)