This post marks my final piece of a three-post-series special for Thanksgiving. This post, as well as the previous posts, will remind us what we have to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.
This post also happens to be my final post for 2011. I'm taking the month of December off in order to enjoy my holidays, contact graduate programs, and find a ton of new blog material. Keep sharing, and commenting though, I'll still be on and off! See y'all on January 5th, 2012!
The 7.0 magnitude Haiti Earthquake of January 2010 was one of the biggest disasters of the 21st century. The Haitian government estimated the death toll at 316,000 which would make it the third largest earthquake death toll in history. Because of Haiti's poor building codes and a general lack of decent infrastructure, the damage was very widespread and severe. Humanitarian aid came from many different countries though and worked hard to get medical supplies, food and drinking water, and clean up crews in. The country is still rebuilding and still in need of many kinds of aid. As many of my readers are in developed nations and countries that would recover from disaster much more quickly than Haiti, it is crucial to remember to be thankful. Thankful that we live in countries that can get food, medicine, and drinking water to areas of need in a matter of hours.
December 22, 2007
January 16, 2010
That's the partially collapsed National Palace after the earthquake.
You can find it yourself on Google Earth using these coords: 18°32'35.34"N 72°20'19.26"W
Check back January 5th, 2012 for ...???
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