Newspaper suggested Haitian earthquake — in 2008

Published 1/15/10

I just came across this while looking for info on Haiti. It’s a blog post written in 2008 called “Possibilty of Earthquake in Port-au-Prince?

A recent article in Haiti’s Le Matin newspaper has quoted 65 year old geologist and former professor at the Geological Institute of Havana, Patrick Charles, as stating that “conditions are ripe for major seismic activity in Port-au-Prince. The inhabitants of the Haitian capital need to prepare themselves for an event which will inevitably occur…”

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Here’s the article (in French) from Le Matin. Click here for Google’s translation.

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gnomic says:

Anyone can predict that something will happen. The trick is to be a bit more specific and clear about where and when.

January 24th, 2010 at 10:35 PM

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