+170 Isn't it stupid how Haiti had a little earthquake and we sent tons of money to them and had all these fundraisers but Chile just had one of the biggest earthquakes ever recorded and we're only worried about some little waves hitting Hawaii, amirite?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

my brother is in hawaii

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Haiti had a pretty big earthquake.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I actually know a ton of people who are extremely concerned about Chile. Myself included. I have family there. They'll get the help they need.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

The Chile earthquake killed less than 1000 people. I'm not saying that isn't bad, but Haiti's killed at least 300,000 people and destroyed basically an entire city because the buildings weren't built to code. Add that to being the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and you have your reason

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Thank you =] That's just what I was going to say, only better written.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Exactly. And I'm sure there's going to be some help going out towards Chile too.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Chile is on top of some shifting tectonic plates, making it volatile for earthquakes; it's happened before and they were way better prepared for an earthquake than Haiti. They aren't as poor and there were better and stricter building codes. Not to say that the loss of life in Chile isn't horrible, but Haiti was affected way worse.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

That's what I'm sayin'

by Anonymous 14 years ago

It's because Chile isn't as poor as Haiti is, so their building are built stronger. Also, Chile isn't directly on a fault line like Haiti is, so the earthquake didn't affect them as badly.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

it was a week or two before Haiti started to get help, I'm sure Chile will too, as soon as its over

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Chile is rich and Haiti is poor.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Way more people died in Haiti. Haiti needs our help way more than Chile does. Get your facts straight.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Since when is a 7.0 magnitude earthquake "little"?? Do you understand the Richter Scale??

by Anonymous 14 years ago

eh Haiti can fix itself

by Anonymous 14 years ago

do some research before you post :]

by Anonymous 14 years ago

That's because Hawaii was hundreds of miles away from the epicenter of the earthquake by Chile, and Haiti was 10 miles away from the epicenter of that earthquake. It's totally not stupid.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

I think that the poster got the point...he/she was clearly wrong.

by Anonymous 14 years ago