[Sca-cooks] Chilean Earthquake (OT)

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Meisterin Katarina Helene
<meisterin02 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I wonder how Suey is doing down there?  It seems to have been as large a quake or even a little stronger than the one that hit Haiti.

It was much stronger than the Haiti quake.  8.8 vs. 7.0.  The
(relatively) good news is that Chile was much better prepared for such
a quake.  Reported death tolls are under 150, and the worst damage is
in the south of the country, away from Santiago, where Suey lives.
Though every death is a tragedy, it could have been far, *far* worse.

A lot of power and phone lines are down, so even if Suey and her
family are unaffected by the earthquake, she may not have Internet
connection.

Brighid ni Chiarain