Bajaworker
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Earthquake
Our house after the Quake unliveable, we will rebuild we LOVE Baja and the People, also the tent city of the Couapua (?) Indians on the Rio Hardy.
They also have a relief tent set up for supply's if you can.
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Oso
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The tribe is known as Cucupa in Mexico and Cocopa in the US but in their language they pronounce it Kwapa.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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Bajaworker
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Sorry the pictures did not post will try later
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David K
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Welcome to Nomad... if you need heklp posting photos, just ask!
See: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=24603 for how to post a photo.
[Edited on 4-11-2010 by David K]
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DENNIS
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Earthquakes happen in other places and the world pees all over itself trying to help.
It happens in Mexico ten miles from the border and we hear nothing.
US / Mex relations are really strained, I know, but where is the rest of the world when help is needed? Does Mexico deny that need? That's what they
do at the border after hurricanes have torn hell out of the place.
Just wonderin'.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
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Bajahowodd
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Earthquakes happen in other places and the world pees all over itself trying to help.
It happens in Mexico ten miles from the border and we hear nothing.
US / Mex relations are really strained, I know, but where is the rest of the world when help is needed? Does Mexico deny that need? That's what they
do at the border after hurricanes have torn hell out of the place.
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There's more than one factor at work here. I think you have alluded to the Mexican pride issue, whereby it would appear to be a sign of weakness to
ask for help. That said, I'm guessing that many countries around the world made at least some level of inquiry. However, there are also facts and
pereceptions at work. For instance, although the Haiti earthquake was not as powerful as the Mexicali quake, estimates run from a low of 92,000 deaths
to a high of 230,000 in Haiti. How's that for ballparking? Anyway, last I heard, there were only two reported deaths arising from the Mexicali quake.
Chile is another animal altogether. They are relying on a multi-billion dollar rainy day fund they acculumlated from mining profits. The Haitians had
little more than the clothes on their backs.
[Edited on 4-11-2010 by Bajahowodd]
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Cypress
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Comparing Mexico to Haiti? 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Earthquakes happen in other places and the world pees all over itself trying to help.
It happens in Mexico ten miles from the border and we hear nothing.
US / Mex relations are really strained, I know, but where is the rest of the world when help is needed? Does Mexico deny that need? That's what they
do at the border after hurricanes have torn hell out of the place.
Just wonderin'. |
Well, there's a little PR conflict. Mexico initially bragged there was little structural damage from the quake due to its strong building codes.
Later they determined 80% of downtown was gone and now they report 25,000 people without homes. Everyone in Mexico is apparently too busy fighting
politics to notice. They wanted to put the best spin possible on the quake (it was Easter weekend after all) and that overshadowed the "please send
help, there are 25,000 homeless" message.
IMO Mexico would bus all 25,000 of them to Rosarito Beach for a six months stay before they would ask for serious help. If they did ask- the
international outpouring would be overwhelming I would think.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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Calexico had quite a bit of damage and it was a good thing it was Spring Break. I guess one of the schools will not be able to open the rest of the
year.
When we lived in Calexico, it was interesting to see people from other parts of California act as if the Imperial Valley did not exist---certainly not
in California! It seems to be a little that way with Mexicali and that area.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
Comparing Mexico to Haiti? |
Only the willingness to respond by the world community.
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Udo
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If anyone in the US tried to help by bringing in relief supplies, construction materials, blankets, food, and clothes, we would have been stopped at
the border and made to pay duties.
| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Earthquakes happen in other places and the world pees all over itself trying to help.
It happens in Mexico ten miles from the border and we hear nothing.
US / Mex relations are really strained, I know, but where is the rest of the world when help is needed? Does Mexico deny that need? That's what they
do at the border after hurricanes have torn hell out of the place.
Just wonderin'. |
[Edited on 4-11-2010 by udowinkler]
Udo
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by udowinkler
If anyone in the US tried to help by bringing in relief supplies, construction materials, blankets, food, and clothes, we would have been stopped at
the border and made to pay duties.
| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Earthquakes happen in other places and the world pees all over itself trying to help.
It happens in Mexico ten miles from the border and we hear nothing.
US / Mex relations are really strained, I know, but where is the rest of the world when help is needed? Does Mexico deny that need? That's what they
do at the border after hurricanes have torn hell out of the place.
Just wonderin'. |
[Edited on 4-11-2010 by udowinkler] |
The South Bay Campus of the First Unitarian-Universalist Church of San Diego along with the Border Angels had a caravan of supplies in eight vehicles
they took down yesterday to the Mexicali Valley---don't think they had any problems. One never knows.
[Edited on 4-11-2010 by DianaT]
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DianaT
One never knows.
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In the immortal words of K-Rico, "It's a crap-shoot."
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