Posted on 02/26/2010 11:01:09 PM PST by dragnet2
On the radio KFI LA..
Washed away??? Seriously? Is that just a description or has the island literally been taken out?
Forecasters predict arrival of #tsunami waves on California coast about 1:30 p.m. local time (4:30 p.m. ET)
Besides that- it was the middle of the night when people were sleeping.
I had no idea that tsumani waves could last that long.
Good grief!
28th aftershock, magnitude 5.2, in Metropolitana region of #Chile - U.S. Geological Survey
Earthquake also felt in Ohio, with no damage.
“Some residents looted pharmacies and a collapsed grains silo, hauling off bags of wheat, television images showed”
I will probably get flamed, but this is a true SHTF moment and I would be hauling off medicine and bags of grain myself. Survival is a bitch. And if we want to get technical, if that grain silo is collapsed, the insurance would cover it and it wouldn’t be fit for sale anyway. Same for the medicine in the pharmacy.
Yep, that isn’t looterguy hauling off beer (although in a SHTF moment, some beer wouldn’t be bad either, LOL), I would be a looter if I didn’t have my own paranoid stash as I do now.
Great map!
(BFD)
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/84035-wh-closely-monitoring-chilean-earthquake
The White House is “closely monitoring” the aftermath of a massive earthquake that shook Chile on Saturday that killed at least 78 people, press secretary Robert Gibbs said.
The quake destroyed several buildings and has reportedly triggered a tsunami.
“We are closely monitoring the situation, including the potential for a tsunami. Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Chile, and we stand ready to help in this hour of need,” according to a White House pool report.
Relentless- I just looked at the map and you can’t even see how many little squares there are on top of that area.
Washed away??? Seriously? Is that just a description or has the island literally been taken out?
I see shit face has to get involved. Go back to having dinner parties Barry.
Talking to someone IN Chile right now. He says that there have been at least 10 aftershocks in 8 hours, many deaths, and they are being told that more earthquakes are coming. He says that the south of the country is falling apart. Not sure what he means by that... But a lot of damage most likely.
A tsunami advisory was issued for the coast of California and an Alaskan coastal area from Kodiak to Attu islands.
An advisory means there may be strong currents, but that widespread inundation is not expected to occur.
Jordan Scott, a spokesman for the California Office of Emergency Management, said the state was monitoring the situation and that it’s up to local communities to prepare.
My daughter has a friend just north of Concepcion, in the town of Chillian. She has texted her, but there is no reply as yet. Prayers up for Zarella and her family.
CNN video from Talcahuano, Chile along the coast shows water well inland into the town, the buoy registerd 7.7 feet, the actual tsunami had to be a fair amount higher to send water so far inland.
40 Meter Tsunami Wave Smashes Juan Fernandez Island
SANTIAGO, Chile (Hollywood Backstage) - There have been unconfirmed reports that a gigantic 130 foot Tsunami wave has hit Juan Fernandez Island swallowing the Island after the massive 8.8-Magnitude Earthquake stuck off the coast of Chile.
http://www.hollywoodbackstage.com/world/tsunami-chile-352.php4
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