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Haiti is facing some monumental problems following the deadly earthquake. But, while watching TV accounts of the cleanup in the capital of Port-au-Prince, it struck me: What are they going to do with all the debris? And, even more unnerving, all the dead bodies?
Haiti (10,714 square miles) is about the size of Massachusetts ( 9,241 square miles). Because almost every building in the capital, including the Parliament building, was leveled by the earthquake, they have to remove what's left of them. But, to where?
Some of the debris might be able to be used again but a lot of it is simply beyond salvage. Two-thirds of Haiti is mountainous. That makes it difficult to find a dump large enough to hold all the debris. I suppose they could dump much of the concrete and steel into the ocean and turn it into man-made reefs. If that is environmentally safe.
As cold as it sounds, the bodies have to be disposed of. Many have been buried in mass graves. But as the body count rises, finding a place to bury them becomes more difficult.
Unfortunately, I have no answers to those questions. I wish I did.
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