Tag: earthquake

  • Haiti Earthquake 2 Year Anniversary

    Today is the two year anniversary of the Haiti earthquake.  It has been easy to live here and not think too much about how this is the same place where a quarter of a million people died within a few days from the effects of it.  Yes, there is rubble scattered around and some buildings…

  • Goudou… Goudou… Goudou…

    You may be wondering what in the world Goudou (pronounced goo-doo) means.  We recently found out that unofficial word for “earthquake” in Creole is “Goudou” because they say that’s what it sounded like.  Most of you know that Haiti suffered a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake on January 12, 2010.  At least 220,000 people died and…