Last time I check, they were on the same island, yet I haven't heard anything about the DR being affected by the earthquake.

1/18/2010 5:18:52 PM

Yeah, when Katrina hit New Orleans, I didn't hear about any trouble in Vancouver

1/18/2010 5:20:46 PM

DR isn't a squalid shithole that made a deal with the devil

1/18/2010 5:21:10 PM

It's kind of like how Los Angeles can be hit by an earthquake, but San Diego is okay.

1/18/2010 5:21:12 PM

DR didn't have any damage.

1/18/2010 5:21:32 PM

DR is also a richer nation than Haiti

Not that they're rich, but before the quake, DR had better infrastructure, hospitals, etc in the first place

1/18/2010 5:22:28 PM

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"Yeah, when Katrina hit New Orleans, I didn't hear about any trouble in Vancouver"

Yeah, because thats totally the same thing. Considering that the DR accounts for almost 3/4 of the island and you haven't heard anything about it is just a little odd.

^Yeah that makes some sense.



[Edited on January 18, 2010 at 5:24 PM. Reason : .]

1/18/2010 5:24:15 PM

http://www.ncsu.edu/blog/servicebreak/category/dominican/

1/18/2010 5:24:27 PM

1/18/2010 5:24:33 PM

Thats like saying Lil Webbie is a better rapper than Murphy Lee

1/18/2010 5:24:36 PM

Haha, my analogy was almost perfect.

Distance from Port-au-Prince to Santo Domingo: 113.61 miles.
Distance from Los Angeles to San Diego: 111.57 miles

1/18/2010 5:32:41 PM

Yeah, because earthquakes on that island can only strike the capitals.

Believe it or not, but Santo Domingo is not the only city in the DR.


But I do see what you are saying.

I honestly thought the island was a little smaller than that.

[Edited on January 18, 2010 at 5:35 PM. Reason : ,]

1/18/2010 5:34:29 PM

Quote :

"because earthquakes on that island can only strike the capitals."

of course not, but if you look at Bridget's picture, the epicenter of the quake happened to be right around Port Au Prince

i doubt the far north and west parts of Haiti were hit too badly if they even felt it

1/18/2010 5:37:11 PM

What's more interesting is how like 30 of the top 50 baseball players in the world come from DR

and like no one is from Haiti

1/18/2010 5:37:16 PM

dude, Bridget just showed you a map of the earthquake zone. clearly it is all inside Haiti. jeezx

1/18/2010 5:37:54 PM

like 30 of the top 50 dominoes players come from haiti though

1/18/2010 5:40:35 PM

^ Hahaha and you know this how?

[Edited on January 18, 2010 at 5:44 PM. Reason : oh mambagrl...n/m forget i asked]

1/18/2010 5:43:47 PM

Quote :

"because earthquakes on that island can only strike the capitals."

Quote :

"of course not, but if you look at Bridget's picture, the epicenter of the quake happened to be right around Port Au Prince"

I lucked out on that.

1/18/2010 5:46:37 PM

this thread...

1/18/2010 5:47:53 PM

Quote :

"like 30 of the top 50 dominoes players come from haiti though"

One of the first settlers was an excellent domino player so everyone on the island inherited his skill.

1/18/2010 5:51:10 PM

It's genetics.

1/18/2010 5:51:33 PM

DOMINO MOTHERFUCKER

1/18/2010 5:52:01 PM

lack of domino skills lead to people being shot for not paying up after losing. eventually only the good domino players could mate and spread.

1/18/2010 5:57:12 PM

This theory holds true in Baltimore.

1/18/2010 5:58:02 PM

dice, but whatever....

1/18/2010 5:59:34 PM