Chilean Seaside Resort of Pelluhue Has Been Washed Away; Municipality Had About 1,000 Residents

February 28, 2010

[Steelfish]

BREAKING NEWS-Wall St. Journal Ticker Chilean seaside resort of Pelluhue has been washed away; municipality had about 1,000 residents

[REDWOOD99]

Whoa.

[proudofthesouth]

OMG. Prayers sent.

Any word on that Chilean island that was supposedly wiped out yesterday by a tsunami?

[freedomwarrior998]

I’m seeing various places report a population of 6,414.

[calex59]

Link to an article or did you see this in a dream?(sorry, couldn’t resist being cute). I would like a link though if that is possible.

[freedomwarrior998]

[PGalt]

Any word on that Chilean island that was supposedly wiped out yesterday by a tsunami?

(I wondered about that also) WOW! Thanks for posting, Steelfish.

[Steelfish]

http://online.wsj.com/home-page

[pillut48]

I found a snippet and pic in French, had google translate it, hope this works: http://tinyurl.com/yfc5jbe

[AirForceMom]

Some photos, very sad.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8541861.stm

[Gay State Conservative]

Yikes!

[Gay State Conservative]

I recall having seen a documentary somewhere (Nova,National Geographic,Discovery Channel,etc) saying that the Chilean coast is so tenuous...geologically speaking....that it wasn't a matter of *if* a cataclysmic earthquake/tsunami would occur there but *when*.

[wardaddy]

Back in my day there was a remote island off Chile's coast to the south that had an indig tribe of serious black magic Indian worshiping traditions and were rather primitive.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Oh prayers!

So this town was wiped out by the Tsunami that hit Chile’s coast after the earthquake?

Not enough time for the prayers to be sent up .... am sure this happened very soon after the quake....

Much of the world was asleep...

May God help those left alive and may He help all those living (or dying) through these “birth pang” events....

[narses]

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[McGruff]

Kind of reminds me of something.

[stormer]

The situation is the same along the northwest coast of the US.

[derekr44]

I served as an LDS missionary in Constitucion, the town just north of Pellehue. This hurts to see the devastation for these people. My heart is full for them.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

That third photo looks like a school. Don’t know how children would have fared if this tragedy had happened midday during the week. Thanks be to God.

[GonzoGOP]

Was there any chance to evacuate, or did these poor people get caught by surprise. IOW are we looking a property damage, that can be repaired, or thousands of dead, that can never be made right.