8.8 Earthquake in Chile [Update at #277]

KFI LA http://www.kfiam640.com/pages/jk2010.html ^

[ican'tbelieveit]

I am convinced the Chile media is trained by our media. Listening to a translation earlier on CNN: it has been 12 hours and no official government report on casualties or damage...

[Pylon]

In 2004 and 3005, there was hurricane after hurricane.

Well I'm glad to see we make it past 2012. :-)

[NormsRevenge]

a Clinton Bridge or What lies ahead on The Path to ObamaCare Reconciliation?

A destroyed bridge is seen next to Talca some 300 km (186 miles) south of Santiago February 27, 2010. A huge magnitude-8.8 earthquake struck Chile early on Saturday, knocking down homes and hospitals, and triggering a tsunami that rolled menacingly across the Pacific. REUTERS/Victor Ruiz Caballero (CHILE - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT)

[maggief]

LOLOL!!!

Okay, now I am breaking.

:D

[yield 2 the right]

Off for a bit, prays for Chile and all.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Got to come back to this later....going out for some errands...

[!1776!]

The fact remains, more have been killed in tornadoes than earthquakes in the U.S.

I haven't seen any numbers regarding that "fact" (and there is that 1906 quake headstart to overcome) but would be happy to agree with you if you could provide the numbers.

On the true risk side, I think you have a mistaken sense of potential risk. The fact remains - each year several extrememly energetic tornadoes occur, the same can't be said about earthquakes - and I hope it stays that way since an extremely energetic tornado has a massively smaller probability of massive death and destruction than an extremely energetic eartquake.

TO each their own I guess...

[Choose Ye This Day]

She can vent all she wants. But suing a builder because an 8.8 quake made the building uninhabitable?

[!1776!]

You bet, floods, tornadoes and hurricanes are the real big killers in the U.S.

I hope it stays that way. An 8.8 EQ in a densly populated area of CA could change that math in a massive way in a matter of minutes...

[stormer]

Far more people have been killed worldwide in EQs than in tornadoes. Earthquakes have been responsible for the destruction of whole societies, and the potential worst case scenario in an earthquake dwarfs the most violent, long lived tornado.

[stormer]

wealthier

[GeronL]

Are those vinyards back there. Uh oh.. someone is going to have a problem getting wine to market.

Venezuela blog says the Santiago damage looks like Hugo Chavez has been running the country for 11 years.

http://daniel-venezuela.blogspot.com/2010/02/earthquake-in-chile.html

[Choose Ye This Day]

Yes, the politician on now says she considers it a tsunami. She says she’s no expert in these things, but she calls it that. Looks like it only came a few blocks onto land, though.

[stormer]

You’re missing the point. The woman is not suing anybody. She’s directing her frustration at the only party she can think of - she doesn’t know what else to do.

[SE Mom]

A man looks at a collapsed road in Santiago Saturday Feb. 27, 2010.

[GeronL]

I don’t think anyone will hold the builder responsible for an 8.8 quake

[GeronL]

Looks like a small, very coastal city.

Looks like most big Chile cities sit between two rows of mountains, safe from tsunami.

[NormsRevenge]

Hugo’s Fault!

Not sure what effect this will have at the grocery store. we get a lot of fresh stuff from chile..

[Choose Ye This Day]

SAhe said she’s suing.

[GeronL]

Including the grapes from that farm where the bridge collpased!! Oh the hugh manitee!