Comments on: Ubon Ratchathani Can Help Haiti http://ubonblog.weloveubon.com/ubon-ratchathani-haiti/ Articles and information about travel, living, accommodation, tourism and more in and around Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:06:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Darwin http://ubonblog.weloveubon.com/ubon-ratchathani-haiti/comment-page-1/#comment-830 Darwin Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:10:34 +0000 http://ubonblog.weloveubon.com/?p=522#comment-830 Hopefully they will recover with a little help from their friends. Hopefully they will recover with a little help from their friends.

]]> By: Michael Hare http://ubonblog.weloveubon.com/ubon-ratchathani-haiti/comment-page-1/#comment-828 Michael Hare Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:04:47 +0000 http://ubonblog.weloveubon.com/?p=522#comment-828 It certainly is an absolute tragedy in Haiti. A country so poor and to have this happen. I often think that we are blessed in Thailand. One thing is for sure, if an earthquake struck here most buildings would fall down. Maybe pillars would still remain but all those walls built with little bricks would fall down like a pack of cards. There never seems to be any reinforcing betwen the pillars. As a Kiwi we read about the Montana hotel in Port-au-Prince. A NZ lady working at the UN there just managed to get out of the collasped UN building, rushed back to the Montana hotel where her family was staying. She dug out her 2 year daughter alive but lost her husband and 2 other daughters aged 5 and 7. I wionder if Haiti will ever recover. It certainly is an absolute tragedy in Haiti. A country so poor and to have this happen.

I often think that we are blessed in Thailand. One thing is for sure, if an earthquake struck here most buildings would fall down. Maybe pillars would still remain but all those walls built with little bricks would fall down like a pack of cards. There never seems to be any reinforcing betwen the pillars.

As a Kiwi we read about the Montana hotel in Port-au-Prince. A NZ lady working at the UN there just managed to get out of the collasped UN building, rushed back to the Montana hotel where her family was staying. She dug out her 2 year daughter alive but lost her husband and 2 other daughters aged 5 and 7.

I wionder if Haiti will ever recover.

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