Cracks in building at Azua hospital. Photo elnuevodiario.com.do
Santo Domingo.- The Emergency Operations Center (COE) reported that the tremor felt 5:35am Thursday caused cracks in at least eight constructions in the southern mountain city of San José de Ocoa.
COE director Juan Manuel Méndez said they’ve received information that traffic on the road to and from the community of El Pinar, Azua province, has been cut off on rockslides.
The official also reported rockslides in the Southern Highway in the span near the community El Numero, adding that emergency crews were sent to work to restore traffic on those roads quickly.
Written by: josean, 5 Jan 2012 8:37 AM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
Pictures of the METRO please?
Written by: xwill7, 5 Jan 2012 9:53 AM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
josean,
Call your illegal buddy to patch the cracks on the concrete. 100 pesos and he will work all day for you
From: United States, FREEPORT, Long Island.... (Look, beyond the words)
Now, just add water and watch the damage start to accumulate...... I bet they wish they had Allstate ins..
From: United States, FREEPORT, Long Island.... (Look, beyond the words)
William,
That's the mentality that brings in the illegals from the farside.....
Written by: xwill7, 5 Jan 2012 10:03 AM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
roberto,
I never hire them, I give any spare work to Dominicans that need $
From: United States, FREEPORT, Long Island.... (Look, beyond the words)
Hope so, cuz that's how the so called maestro de contrucion function in DR and that's probably the reason why the photo there shows a crack at the joints
Written by: riosm, 5 Jan 2012 10:44 AM
From: United States
Nothing like travelling 50 mph + underground during a massive quake hoping the power doesn't go out bringing everything to a halt in total darkness with no hope of rescue for at least one week if ones super lucky.
Written by: xwill7, 5 Jan 2012 10:54 AM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
I have never heard of anyone having ins for their home in DR lol
From: Canada
It was a 5.3 apparently. Now, is it the last? Will individuals and government have proper expertise to verify cracks?
From: United States, FREEPORT, Long Island.... (Look, beyond the words)
Will individuals and government have proper expertise to verify cracks? <------NOW THAT'S A PIPE DREAM
Written by: antonio1, 5 Jan 2012 1:44 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Av Santa Rosa, La Romana
Anthony, I agreed…..this nut cake is an imbecile
Written by: josean, 5 Jan 2012 3:32 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
disappeared
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
The metro has not been affected at all ...although this will be sad news to all who for some reason want to see it fail ,,can not understand why anyone wants to see the Metro be affected by a quake or flood ..You could easily feel the quake in the capital
Written by: kennyB, 5 Jan 2012 4:36 PM
From: United States
Ricardolito,
Only a Anti-Dominican with no moral compass.
Written by: josean, 5 Jan 2012 4:49 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
Where has anyone said that they want the METRO to be affected?
We just want it to be INSPECTED!
Since many of us, and I would venture to say the majority of the public as well, don't have the blind faith an allegiance you have to the rulers of this extremely “honest and transparent,” FAILED NARCO STATE!
From: Dominican Republic, Civil Rights and Peace Activist for Our Dominican People
yOYU STUPID FEAKIN MORON!! sSantiago schools had cracks all over and the govermenbt do not go to fix them but build a feaking university in freking Haiti, what's wrong with you people????!??!?!? OK excuse my writing, I had few glasse of wine, th emeaning is the same.....
Written by: josean, 5 Jan 2012 8:00 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
This is why they must INSPECT!
“Residents of tall buildings are unaware if the buildings are suitable to withstand an earthquake of great magnitude”
“They also express that the majority of the buildings usually must have emergency stairs although there are some that do not have such an important security measure.”
“SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic.-In the wake of the earthquake that struck this Thursday the Dominican Republic of 5.3 on Richter, panic has not ceased in the majority of people living in apartments of high-rise buildings in Santo Domingo and they say that they do not always know if the place where they live are prepared for these types of disasters.”
http://www.noticiassin.com/2012/0....mblor-de-tierra-de-gran-magnitud/From: United States, FREEPORT, Long Island.... (Look, beyond the words)
tu madrina
Written by: shimoy, 5 Jan 2012 10:18 PM
From: Jamaica
They should spend the money and get their crap built properly the first time !
Written by: josean, 6 Jan 2012 6:54 AM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
X I want people to CLEARLY understand your statement:
'Written by: xwill7, 5 Jan 2012 9:53 AM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
josean,
Call your illegal buddy to patch the cracks on the concrete. 100 pesos and he will work all day for you"
My response to x:
None are available they are all building your METRO or panhandling in Santiago!
From: Canada
With practically every building I have seen in the country built out of cement blocks, one can only wonder when a nasty quake will bring all these lego building block structures to the ground ... very scary the seemingly singular use of these blocks ... steel (steal) anyone?
People must be remelting the manhole covers to make rebar in this country, why else would so many manhole covers be missing from the middle of the roadways?
Written by: RoyStone, 6 Jan 2012 7:12 PM
From: Australia
Josean, maybe the Metro will be the only safe place when the big one comes?
Not only are many houses made out of concrete blocks without compliance to any building codes, but the windows and doors are covered in bars and will make a rapid escape in times of collapse and / or fire very difficult.
Still, we have Jesus.
Written by: BASTA, 7 Jan 2012 6:33 AM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs
“Residents of tall buildings are unaware if the buildings are suitable to withstand an earthquake of great magnitude”
LITTLE
Written by: RoyStone, 7 Jan 2012 6:45 AM
From: Australia
As it turned out, one rock-pile on the road was in fact a speed-hump, and the other was a barricade to protest over power-cuts.
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Pictures of the METRO please?
Call your illegal buddy to patch the cracks on the concrete. 100 pesos and he will work all day for you
That's the mentality that brings in the illegals from the farside.....
I never hire them, I give any spare work to Dominicans that need $
Ricardolito,
Only a Anti-Dominican with no moral compass.
Where has anyone said that they want the METRO to be affected?
We just want it to be INSPECTED!
Since many of us, and I would venture to say the majority of the public as well, don't have the blind faith an allegiance you have to the rulers of this extremely “honest and transparent,” FAILED NARCO STATE!
This is why they must INSPECT!
“Residents of tall buildings are unaware if the buildings are suitable to withstand an earthquake of great magnitude”
“They also express that the majority of the buildings usually must have emergency stairs although there are some that do not have such an important security measure.”
“SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic.-In the wake of the earthquake that struck this Thursday the Dominican Republic of 5.3 on Richter, panic has not ceased in the majority of people living in apartments of high-rise buildings in Santo Domingo and they say that they do not always know if the place where they live are prepared for these types of disasters.”
http://www.noticiassin.com/2012/0....mblor-de-tierra-de-gran-magnitud/
X I want people to CLEARLY understand your statement:
'Written by: xwill7, 5 Jan 2012 9:53 AM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
josean,
Call your illegal buddy to patch the cracks on the concrete. 100 pesos and he will work all day for you"
My response to x:
None are available they are all building your METRO or panhandling in Santiago!
People must be remelting the manhole covers to make rebar in this country, why else would so many manhole covers be missing from the middle of the roadways?
Not only are many houses made out of concrete blocks without compliance to any building codes, but the windows and doors are covered in bars and will make a rapid escape in times of collapse and / or fire very difficult.
Still, we have Jesus.
LITTLE