Comments on: Tomas: Good news and bad news.

By: Eric Lund

Eric Lund — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:22:03 +0000

@stripey_cat: Lack of vegetation would be an issue even if the earthquake hadn’t happened. A few years ago Haiti got a close brush from a tropical storm, and the death toll from the resulting flooding was in the hundreds. I am told that it’s easy to spot the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic from the air: the Dominican Republic has trees, while Haiti has lost more than 98 percent of its original forest cover. That is one of the reasons why Haiti has remained an economic basket case.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:16:22 +0000

Peter, here is a list of what I blog about: http://tinyurl.com/3n4qan

By: Stephanie Z

Stephanie Z — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:48:36 +0000

Peter, if you want to know what kind of blog it is, I suggest you look at the title. It should tell you everything you need to know.

By: stripey_cat

stripey_cat — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:30:42 +0000

Eeep. Not least because all the soil disturbed by the earthquake won’t have had time to settle and develop a really robust vegetation binding again.

By: Peter Damian

Peter Damian — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:09:46 +0000

Hello again. I’m a bit puzzled about this blog. Is it a blog about elections (I find these very boring)? Or is it a blog about scientific models (I find these much more interesting)?