18 January 2010
Haiti Earthquake – video of the liquefaction damage to the main dockyard in Port-au-Prince
Posted by Dave Petley
Following up on my post yesterday on the nature of the liquefaction damage to the main container port in Port-au-Prince, CNN has a video from the site. The video is here:
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/15/haiti.harbor/index.html
The recording appears to have been shot in this area (this is the post earthquake Google Geoeye imagery):
The video clearly shows the liquefaction features, the collapsed wharves and the damaged cranes and notes how much work is needed to reinstate all of this. There is no sign on the video that this work has started.
Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
Remarkable analysis, Dave. Keep the updates coming.
Tip: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA12495
Good post. Perfect analysis of the situation.Nice update.
Marvelous depicting of the situation Dave, truley wonderful.
uuuh no, this video is the saddest thing I've seen in my life .. must give a terrible fear to be in a similar situation .. we must help these people