Posted on 02/26/2010 11:01:09 PM PST by dragnet2
Yikes- a 50 story building in Concepcion has collapsed.
GigiGraciette TV Chile reports that 15 story building - only 2 yrs old - has collapsed into 4 floors. #TerremotoChile
I THOUGHT I heard 50 story- perhaps I misheard and it was 15 story.
Chile earthquake: Easter Island evacuation as tsunami brings disaster to Pacific islands
-It appears Hawaii is definitly gonna get hit with a surge of tsunami waves. The deep ocean buoys have recorded a tsunami event.
Poop
Not sure, reports coming out fast and furious ... some mistakes in translation are certain.
-Just like the multiple ripples from a rock thrown in the water.
I am very much concerned, it was around this time of year back in 1964 when the Good Friday quake hit. I just woke up, my cats have gone absolutely ballistic, they are trying to tell me something.
IF I do not post it means I have lost the internet. I am barely connecting right now, probably just busy which is weird cause everybody else around here is still asleep.
NEW: Quake is 1,000 times stronger than the one in Haiti
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/27/chile.quake/?hpt=T1&imw=Y
CNN reporting UStream Live Concepcion - older buildings before 1960 don’t seem to have the structural damage that new construction has - pavement/street is “broken” streets actually collapsed
Santiago airport closed next 24 hours
Intellencia Cathedral completely collapsed
Santa Domingia Church side of building collapsed
Most of historic buildings in historic district have completely collapsed
In every block there is something fallen
“chemical industry” fire, fire at local university - no police no emergency crews
no water/electricity/people in parks
be safe; critters don’t lie. My dog flipped out before we had our measly 4.6 earthquake in Ohio 24 years ago. meh
keeping my fingers crossed...
I”m hoping I’m getting bonus points from the Wasilla kids by NOT calling them..looks like it’s 20+ hours till possible impact.
How much of your internet runs beneath the ocean floor? Best of luck to you!
from your UK link...
The extent of the tsunami’s ferocity is not yet known, but it has already reached the southern Juan Fernandez Islands, about 400 miles off the coast of Chile, where it was reported to have caused “serious damage”.
I bet I know where Anderson Cooper, Geraldo and Greta will be later today...
Imagen del Edificio en Concepción que se partió en dos y quedó en el piso
We can only hope that they keep Geraldo.
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