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Huge waves hit Chile and Peru
BBC ^ | Friday, July 5, 2013 | Reged Ahmad reports

Posted on 07/07/2013 1:50:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

Waves as high as 7m (22 ft) have hit parts of Chile and coastal areas are on alert as high winds and tidal currents sweep across parts of South America's coast.

Footage showed huge waves surging onto the streets of Antofagasta in Chile where at least one injury was reported following the dangerous weather.

In Peru, parts of the country's coastline were hit with waves as big as 5m (16 ft) and the weather caused flooded streets in the seaside city of Chimbote.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Mexico
KEYWORDS: antofagasta; catastrophism; chile; chimbote; earthquake; hit; huge; peru; southamerica; tsunami; wave; waves
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Huge waves hit Chile and Peru

Huge waves hit Chile and Peru

1 posted on 07/07/2013 1:50:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; gleeaikin; 75thOVI; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; ...



2 posted on 07/07/2013 1:51:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Let me guess...global warming? If nobody said it yet, someone will.


3 posted on 07/07/2013 1:52:18 PM PDT by mkmensinger
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To: SunkenCiv

Rosie O’donnel practicing her belly flops?


4 posted on 07/07/2013 1:54:16 PM PDT by BipolarBob
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To: SunkenCiv

does this qualify them for a government bailout


5 posted on 07/07/2013 1:54:24 PM PDT by bigheadfred (barry your mouth is writing checks your ass cant cash)
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To: maggief

Check this out!


6 posted on 07/07/2013 1:54:54 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: SunkenCiv

Dang! My Niece is from Chile! I am concerned for her relatives. Thanks for the heads up!


7 posted on 07/07/2013 1:56:54 PM PDT by Monkey Face (No guns, no freeGoing to bed..om. Know guns, know freedom!)
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To: Cuttnhorse

ping


8 posted on 07/07/2013 1:58:19 PM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of oppression, and the democrats gleefully use them!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Good thing those youngsters can run fast. Daring mother nature is something that is a very risky proposition. Of course, everyone knows that when you are young, you are immortal.


9 posted on 07/07/2013 1:59:06 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: SunkenCiv

THE LINK MAKES YOU SIT THROUGH A 30 SECOND COMMERICAL

(grr I hate that...)


10 posted on 07/07/2013 2:00:12 PM PDT by Mr. K (There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and democrat talking points.)
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To: mkmensinger
Let me guess...global warming?

No..of course not...it's climate change... :)

The earth is "boiling over" as our maximum leader says..

11 posted on 07/07/2013 2:03:44 PM PDT by Popman
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To: SunkenCiv

Spring tides. Tonight is a new moon.


12 posted on 07/07/2013 2:07:40 PM PDT by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
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To: SunkenCiv

Simply brilliant...

13 posted on 07/07/2013 2:08:40 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Breaking News: Hillary not running in 2016. Brain tumor found during recent colonoscopy...)
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To: UCANSEE2
Apparently they've never been in the water with large waves.

You're never more insignificant.

14 posted on 07/07/2013 2:09:16 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: SunkenCiv

Antofagasta,.....Don’t we have troops there?


15 posted on 07/07/2013 2:09:27 PM PDT by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: skeeter

Got slammed on the ocean floor a couple times surfing and boogie boarding in high school


16 posted on 07/07/2013 2:10:30 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: Safetgiver

dont worry they have tenure


17 posted on 07/07/2013 2:12:26 PM PDT by bigheadfred (barry your mouth is writing checks your ass cant cash)
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To: Vendome

The only times in my life I’ve ever thought I might be finished was after being caught inside on an XL day. Tough to avoid panic.


18 posted on 07/07/2013 2:15:12 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: skeeter

Tough getting back in the water with blood coming out of your shoulder blades.

LOL

If you’re in the Pacific it’s cold enough to deaden the sting.


19 posted on 07/07/2013 2:18:26 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: SunkenCiv

What are the normal high tides there. Some places normally have 50 foot tides.


20 posted on 07/07/2013 2:18:45 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (If global warming exists I hope it is strong enough to reverse the Big Government snowball)
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