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Post by Breaker on Feb 27, 2010 21:00:03 GMT 10
I'm acutally kinda worried. As some of you may know from reading my Facebook, my grandfather died this past weekend and my mom has gone down there for the funeral. She's still there now, in coronel, which is right outside of Concepcion, the epicenter of the earthquake. Despite this, I don't have any truely bad feelings, I know the buildings are made to withstand earthquake activity. What I'm worried about is the tsunami, since my mom is staying at my late grandfather's house and it's like right there on the shore. We've tried calling landlines and through Skype, but all communication seems to be down. We have faith that everyone's alright (I have two cousins, an aunt, and an uncle living in the same house), but we're worried about the house. I mena, the last thing we need after grandpa's death is something like this. So, if anyone here has information, please leave it here, ASAP. Thanks. EDIT: According to this site ( here's a better map), there was a 6.9 aftershock off the coast of the Bio-Bio River, which is right in Coronel's general location. |
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Post by Sergeant Dull on Feb 27, 2010 22:49:45 GMT 10
I'm sorry to hear of your loss, Michael, I really hope nothing bad has happened to your family.
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Post by CoolCorky on Feb 28, 2010 0:49:06 GMT 10
Wait, when was this earthquake? This is the first I've heard of it.
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Post by Sergeant Dull on Feb 28, 2010 1:02:48 GMT 10
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Post by CoolCorky on Feb 28, 2010 1:10:31 GMT 10
Damn, that sucks.
Well Breaker, I of course hope all your family are OK and that you're able to contact them soon.
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Post by CoolCorky on Feb 28, 2010 5:25:14 GMT 10
HAWAII TSUNAMI WATCH: hitsunami.info/The fact that there are about 3 websites about this already just show the true speed of the modern world. The wave is expected to hit around 11:00AM local time (9PM GMT). |
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Post by Adramelech on Feb 28, 2010 7:11:47 GMT 10
That sucks, i'm sorry to hear about that. I hope that they are all alright.
I really hope that the people in both Chile and Hawaii are going to be okay.
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Post by Breaker on Feb 28, 2010 9:12:02 GMT 10
The family was able to get in touch with a cousin in Santiago (who is also okay). They were all able to evacuate alright up into the hills, but they don't know what damage was been done to the house. They're going to spend the night up in the hills to avoid aftershocks and any tsunamis.
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Post by Adramelech on Feb 28, 2010 9:23:53 GMT 10
The family was able to get in touch with a cousin in Santiago (who is also okay). They were all able to evacuate alright up into the hills, but they don't know what damage was been done to the house. They're going to spend the night up in the hills to avoid aftershocks and any tsunamis. Alright. At least, you know that they are definately alright  |
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Post by Eco on Feb 28, 2010 12:32:25 GMT 10
HAWAII TSUNAMI WATCH: hitsunami.info/The fact that there are about 3 websites about this already just show the true speed of the modern world. The wave is expected to hit around 11:00AM local time (9PM GMT). |
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Post by Breaker on Feb 28, 2010 15:44:32 GMT 10
Way to be totally after-the-fact, Eco.
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Post by Oberstleutnant Insipid on Feb 28, 2010 16:28:14 GMT 10
I hear the eastern coast of Aus also has a tsunami warning.
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Post by CoolCorky on Feb 28, 2010 20:05:42 GMT 10
I think people living on the coast have been told to keep off the beaches but I don't think it's going to be anything really serious.
I may be wrong though, I sort of live on the other side of the world to where this tsunami will hit.
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