What you see here is a quick glimpse on the aftermath of the Haitian Earthquake but in 2010. The earthquake that left thousands on Haitians killed and thousands more injured and 1.5 million homeless and with without supplies, and 14 billion dollars in damage.

 

            But why exactly was the earthquake in Haiti so deadly? Because if you really think about it the country and the people of Haiti were extremely vulnerable to some serious damage and causalities. Why? Well because the lack of preparation done to protect the people against natural disasters. The earthquake that struck Haiti was of only a 7.0 magnitude, which indeed is a large earthquake but usually cause moderate damage, due to the fact that there are many 7.0 magnitude earthquakes all the time and it doesn’t due as nearly as much damage as it did to Haiti. The country is terribly poor and filled with poverty, the building and homes are extremely old and barley supported so there was no dought that a moderate size earthquake would be horribly devastating. After the earthquake the hospitals had nowhere near enough staff, supplies and experience to deal with this disaster, and the president of the country took forever to deal with the situation, failing to get the hurting and suffering people the supplies they need to survive. The whole country was simply overwhelmed with this endeavor, there was nowhere enough preparedness for the country to survive a natural disaster.

The post disaster issues are just as big as the actual disaster that happened. The thousands of injured people began to riot and pillage for food and supplies because the efforts in helping the people in their recovery was taking too long so the people began fighting over supplies to help themselves. Thousands of dead bodies where just covering the streets and taking up so much rooms; the people didn’t know what to do with all the dead bodies other then dig up huge holes and throwing them in there.

The streets of Haiti overflowing with thousands of dead bodies
days after the earthquake

 

After the natural disaster there was one more issue completely taking over the country still to the present day. That is the Cholera outbreak that is sweeping the whole entire country. What is making the cholera outbreak even worse is the fact that the people of Haiti are homeless, poor, and low on supplies, which is making it more difficult to get cholera under control. Cholera is an infection in the intestines that when infected can kill you within hours of catching it, which is making the people of Haiti recovery process even harder. Thousands have died from the earthquake, and now thousands more dying of Cholera.

           

Patients overflowing the local health clinic
do to the cholera outbreak 

           The efforts in clear up and precaution for the next disaster when and where it shows up is already been under way. Of course rebuilding the nation and getting people back into homes is a huge priority, but getting the cholera outbreak under control is definitely slowing down the recovery process. The country is horrible dept. and sickness and the country seems to be falling apart, nation is dying and the efforts in preparing for the next disaster will not be good enough to protect the people, mainly due to the fact that there trying to fix the nation that has already been destroyed by just one disaster. They won’t be ready for the next one.

 



Presidents house in Haiti

This is a prime example of the damage done to the country, even the presidents of the nation home was basically almost destroyed. This shows the magnitude of the damage the earthquake proved to cost. Homes and structures all across the nation were destroyed and cost and estimated value of 14 billion dollars, putting the country in terrible dept.



 

 

The 7.0 magnitude earthquake took the lives of thousands, took the money of the country and destroyed the lives of the people of Haiti for possible the rest of their lives. All of which could have been prevented by more precautions set up by the Haitian government. But the only thing the nation of Haiti can do now is try their best to live on and rebuild.