Haiti

On January 12, 2010, an earthquake hit the carribean country Haiti and devastated the capital city Port-au-Prince, killing over 150,000 people and leaving a very large number homeless.

To be honest with you, I have not heard of Haiti until this earthquake. I never heard of it in the news or anything. But why is this particular earthquake in haiti this popular in the news? It isn't the worst earthquake in history, it didnt have the most cases of death, but yet so many people are helping out in this attempt to help the haitians. Why? Why are more people helpng out Haiti then in like Chengdu or Sumatra?

Because Haiti has long been an impoverished country which has suffered alot due to earthquakes and such. Furthermore, this most recent earthquake was actually predicted a few years back by seismologists but because they were unsure of when the earthquake was, Haiti happily left the issue alone and did not evacuate.

Now, more and more people are sending out help to try and assist Haiti in pulling itself together, even celebrities giving to them. It may no be long if without help, Haiti may never be able to stand up to the world again. In order to help them do that, we must all play a part and encourage other people to help out.