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Haiti and the surrounding regions are tectonically f'cked, unfortunately.

At least the United States is relatively close by, so humanitarian assistance isn't super far away. I remember the US deploying its hospital ships, among other resources, to assist Haiti in the aftermath of the 2010 quake, under operation 'Unified Response.' [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Unified_Response

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Haiti gets big earthquakes quite rarely: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Haiti

Before the 2010 disaster, Port-au-Prince had not been hit since 1770.

Normally big earthquakes are extremely rare. In just the last 300 years Port-au-Prince got an 8.0, 7.5, and 7.0 that’s very rapid especially in geologic terms.

The problems go deeper than geology, unfortunately.

(Figuratively/literally.)

. o O ( How do they go literally deeper than geology? )

The wormhole to the gamma quadrant exits near Haiti.

I’ve got some self-sealing stem bolts that may help.

That's missing the specific point I was attempting to make.

That may have been my fault.

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