Seattle Quake

December 06, 2007
Seattle sits on the type of ground that would amplify the effects of an earthquake. Scientists can't offer a firm prediction when the next one will happen...only the certainty that it will. LINK: Youtube

Haiti: Inflatable Hospital photo gallery

A Médecins Sans Frontières inflatable hospital takes shape on a football field in Port-au-Prince. Related Boing Boing interview here. More photos at the LINK.

Previously:

* Haiti: HOWTO set up a plug-and-play hospital - Doctors Without Borders
* Cruise ship docks at private beach in Haiti for barbeque and water ...
* Haiti Earthquake Update: AIDG's Catherine Lainé, live from Haiti ...
* Haiti: News roundup, one week after earthquake
* Haiti, HAARP, and conspiracy theorists
* Haiti: News roundup, new satellite images, tweets from the ground ...
* Haiti: A call to "peoplefinder" site builders - open your data ...
* Haiti Quake: Ned Sublette update, open thread
* Donate $20 to Haiti, get $1481 worth of free RPGs
* Dr. Steve Brule: "For Your Haiti"
* Haiti: Photos from the ground, by AIDG's Catherine Lainé
* Haiti: Update from Doctors Without Borders team in Port-au-Prince ...
* Haiti Earthquake: link roundup, day two
* Haiti's real deal with the devil
* CrisisCamp London: creating solutions for Haiti
* What lessons should Americans take away from the 2010 Haiti ...

Haiti: Photos from the ground, by AIDG's Catherine Lainé

Catherine Lainé of the sustainable tech non-profit AIDG, who was featured in this Boing Boing Video interview on Friday, is in Haiti and has begun uploading photos of what she's witnessing there, as connectivity permits.



House are FLATTENED. Coming in to Port Au Prince, about 1 in 20 had collapsed, then 1 in 10. In Delmas 33 where we were earlier, it's 1:5. People are sleeping outside in makeshift settlements b/c either 1) their house was destroyed 2) their house had significant damage and is visibly unsafe or 3) they are not sure of their home's structural integrity and with all the aftershocks, they are taking no changes. Everyone has lost someone close to them or someone they knew... you can hear gunshots at night though. Daytime seems really safe.

She's uploading images to the AIDG Flickr stream. Unlike the Associated Press, hers are all licensed as Creative Commons images and may be freely re-blogged. Some images may not be properly tagged yet (her access to internet and electricity is sporadic in Haiti), but she's told us that is her intent. LINK: Boingboing, Via: Youtube

The world most dangerous places to live Because of Mother Nature

Ironically, this article was written before the recent earthquake in Haiti - and guess what?

Yes, you have guessed it already. Alongside places like Vesuvius (left) that most people would probably name when asked for a list of those places most dangerous to live because of Mother Nature, Haiti is already in there with a bullet at number four.

Find out the rest by clicking the link below. And please! Whatever country you live in, please make a donation, however small, to your nation's response to the earthquake crisis in Haiti. LINK

The world most dangerous places to live cause by Mother Nature | World Travel

Haiti Presidential Palace Before and After The Earthquake

It is difficult sometimes to imagine the damage that a natural disaster such as an earthquake can do - especially when you do not know the place(s) where the earthquake has happened. So, here is a before and after shot of the Presidential Palace in Haiti - as it was before the earthquake of 11 January 2010. Remember that this will be one of the more secure and well built structures on the stricken island. LINK

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To make a donation via UNICEF, please click this link.

The World’s Largest Earthquake-Safe Building

The new terminal at Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen Airport is the world's largest earthquake-safe building. You're looking at the over two million square feet of scaffolding that support it, all resting on top of giant geological roller skates.

Instead of being built on top of the soil, the whole structure rests on over 300 isolators. These giant bearings let the building move laterally during an earthquake. After Istanbul got rocked by a magnitude 7.4 monster in 1999, and another major quake predicted to occur within the next 30 years, you can see why engineers decided to make this massive building shake-resistant.

As terrible as a massive earthquake would be, it would be incredible to see a building this huge move from side to side. Maybe we will in a future "World's Strongest Man" event. [Wired, Via: Gizmodo]

Japan's earthquake rescue robot

The BBC's Richard Black takes a look at the development of a Japanese robot that could help rescue survivors after an earthquake. LINK