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8.8 Earthquake in Chile [Update at #277]
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Posted on 02/26/2010 11:01:09 PM PST by dragnet2

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To: Choose Ye This Day

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...


1,861 posted on 02/27/2010 3:31:32 PM PST by ican'tbelieveit (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team# 36120), KW:Folding)
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To: floriduh voter
In 2004 and 3005, there was hurricane after hurricane.

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

1,862 posted on 02/27/2010 3:31:36 PM PST by Pylon (Tagline: (optional, printed after your name on post):)
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To: GeronL
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)


1,863 posted on 02/27/2010 3:31:55 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Chuck DeVore - CA Senator. Believe.)
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To: SE Mom

LOLOL!!!

Okay, now I am breaking.

:D


1,864 posted on 02/27/2010 3:32:31 PM PST by maggief (sdcs)
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Off for a bit, prays for Chile and all.


1,865 posted on 02/27/2010 3:33:47 PM PST by yield 2 the right (GO USA! BRING HOME SOME GOLD!)
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To: NormsRevenge

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


1,866 posted on 02/27/2010 3:33:48 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: dragnet2
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...

1,867 posted on 02/27/2010 3:35:00 PM PST by !1776!
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To: stormer

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


1,868 posted on 02/27/2010 3:36:10 PM PST by Choose Ye This Day (If we will not be governed by God, we must be governed by tyrants. -- William Penn)
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To: dragnet2
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...

1,869 posted on 02/27/2010 3:37:00 PM PST by !1776!
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To: dragnet2
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.
1,870 posted on 02/27/2010 3:37:22 PM PST by stormer
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To: stormer

wealthier


1,871 posted on 02/27/2010 3:38:21 PM PST by stormer
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To: NormsRevenge

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


1,872 posted on 02/27/2010 3:39:43 PM PST by GeronL (Political Philosophy: I Own Me (yep, boiled down to 6 letters))
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To: GeronL

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.


1,873 posted on 02/27/2010 3:41:14 PM PST by Choose Ye This Day (If we will not be governed by God, we must be governed by tyrants. -- William Penn)
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To: Choose Ye This Day

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.


1,874 posted on 02/27/2010 3:42:06 PM PST by stormer
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To: maggief
Photobucket A man looks at a collapsed road in Santiago Saturday Feb. 27, 2010.
1,875 posted on 02/27/2010 3:42:19 PM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat veteran)
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To: Choose Ye This Day

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


1,876 posted on 02/27/2010 3:42:33 PM PST by GeronL (Political Philosophy: I Own Me (yep, boiled down to 6 letters))
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To: Choose Ye This Day

Looks like a small, very coastal city.

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


1,877 posted on 02/27/2010 3:43:48 PM PST by GeronL (Political Philosophy: I Own Me (yep, boiled down to 6 letters))
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To: GeronL

Hugo’s Fault!

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


1,878 posted on 02/27/2010 3:44:25 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Chuck DeVore - CA Senator. Believe.)
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To: stormer

SAhe said she’s suing.


1,879 posted on 02/27/2010 3:48:13 PM PST by Choose Ye This Day (If we will not be governed by God, we must be governed by tyrants. -- William Penn)
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To: NormsRevenge

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


1,880 posted on 02/27/2010 3:49:12 PM PST by GeronL (Political Philosophy: I Own Me (yep, boiled down to 6 letters))
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