Posted on 02/26/2010 11:01:09 PM PST by dragnet2
On the radio KFI LA..
I hope they hung around
http://twitter.com/ElliottYamin
Elliott Yamin is in Chile (this guy was on American Idol)
It looks like Bill Crosby may also be in Chile.
I’m going to bed, too.
Despiértame cuando pase el temblor.
That’s what I learned in elementary school; that the Richter scale was an exponential scale that advanced by a factor of ten.
An 8.0 earthquake is 10 times the size of a 7.0.
A 9.0 earthquake is 100 times the size of a 7.0.
Mr. Hollis, my fifth grade science teacher, has his credibility on the line here.
Is Mr. Hollis right or is he wrong?
I remember the ‘71 Sylmar quake and the ‘94 Northridge quake, but an 8.8 would be almost 100 times the size of the 7.2 ‘89 Bay Area quake.
There are so many tweets going, many in foreign language
Possible Tsunami travel times
http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2010/02/27/725245/02/ttvu725245-02.jpg
Wow big EQ news.
We just got to bed and no tv for the Lenten season so I thought I would read a little here to get to sleep.
And wallah a HUGE quake.
We are on the Oregon Coast (have a emerg alert radio) and have this is our first year getting a temp permit to shuttle folks around to/fro the huge Seafood and Wine fest.
With the Thousands of tourists here to ye haw a tsunami warning/event would not be good at all. LOL Nervously.
We are going to get up and out early to shuttle the people around again and as they continue to feast/fest Ill bet no one has a clue
about Chile or the fact that they are in a tsanami zone here.
They wouldnt know what hit them anyway. : )
Alot of spanish & asian on all of these grrr
your right from the english tweets I’m gathering it’s grim, most news coming from 200 mi away
I don’t know much about the Richter scale, I just assumed it was the same as a exponential scale that I used in engineering school. It’s been awhile but your description of 10x sounds right to me.
me either don’t belong but I’ve learned to follow the tweets
WHERE is your coast???
CNN reports that a tsunami “advisory” has been issued for Hawaii. Easter Island is also in the path.
UPDATE — Bridge with overturned cars about to collapse, elevated highway partially collapsed. - TV Chile
UPDATE — Bridge with overturned cars about to collapse, elevated highway partially collapsed. - TV Chile 1 minutes ago via web
Thanks turned to it at 3am CST
he was in Santiago yes?
6.9 aftershock.
around 1:30 eastern
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