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How to Earthquake Proof Your Home

Published by Tyler R. on March 15th, 2010

With all of the earthquakes and natural disasters plaguing our world today, it certainly wouldn’t hurt for you and your family to be as prepared as you can.  Your home is one of the safest places you can be in during an earthquake, especially if it is a single family home. No matter how earthquake sound your home is, the structure may still falter, and glass may shatter and small items are subject to breakage and larger item may fall and hurt someone or damage something. Find out if your home is bolted to its foundation. If it was built

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Money Transfers Offer Life To Haiti

Published by Don M. on January 20th, 2010

Money transfers that have been sent by family members to their loved ones in Haiti have slowed down and have almost completely stopped. This is not because the Haitians do not need the money or that their family members are not sending them money, but because the Haitians are unable to receive their money. Previous to the first Haitian earthquake almost $1.9 billion was sent to Haiti annually. Even before the earthquakes Haiti depended on the money transfers for daily living because they are one of the poorest countries in the world. Statistics have shown that over 1/3 of Haiti

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PrePaid Phone Cards Bring Hope to Haiti

Published by Don M. on January 19th, 2010

Five days after the 7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti and Americans are still watching the aftermath in shock. With very few safe buildings, the people are devastated and rely on foreign aid for the necessities of life. Many families still have not been able to reach their loved ones to find out if they are alright. For many Haitian people the phone systems have not been reliable, and must purchase a prepaid phone card in order to reach their families. At 11 a.m. Voilá, one of Haiti’s largest cell phone companies, had long line of people waiting to buy cell phones.

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Hope for Haiti Telethon

Published by Jared W on January 18th, 2010

The crisis in Haiti is continuing to worsen after the 7.0 earthquake hit the country last Tuesday. Many influential members of society have decided to do something to help raise money to aid relief efforts. There are unfortunately many people taking advantages of people’s generosity and creating scam fundraising sites. If you want to be sure that your money is going to an organization that will help the people of Haiti, join Check City in watching and participating in the Hope for Haiti Telethon on Friday January 22nd at 8pm. MTV will be filming and broadcasting the telethon while ABC,

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Earthquake Strikes Haiti

Published by Don M. on January 13th, 2010

A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti yesterday around 4:53 PM local time. The earthquake was centered 10 miles away from Port-au-Prince and is one of the the strongest earthquakes since 1770 in the area. Haiti is the second poorest country in the Western Hemisphere leaving them unprepared to cope with this disaster. About six of the nine million people who live in Haiti depend on agriculture or subsistence farming for their livelihood. Frequent natural disasters throughout the past have hindered their growth as a nation. In addition to the natural difficulties, Haiti does not have a reliable banking system that would boost the

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