Free Calls to Chile Updated: 3/2/2010 11:36:21 AM(ET)
Please be advised of the following regarding free calls to Chile:
In the aftermath of the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile, Verizon Wireless has waived all calling fees for customers trying to reach loved ones in Chile.

o Retroactive to the time of the earthquake, customers with regular monthly bills can make calls to connect with family and friends in Chile at no cost when they¿re on our network in the U.S.
o These calls will be free for at least one week.
o Calls made while roaming are billed at normal rates.

Customers who want to text donations now can directly support Chile relief efforts by the following two groups. However, additional international relief organizations are expected to begin mobile giving campaigns soon.

o Text CHILE to 23583 to donate $10 to Habitat for Humanity
o Text CHILE to 20222 to donate $10 to World Vision

Note: The $10 contributions will be added to customers' regular monthly Verizon Wireless bill.

skindzer

Chile5114 Posts

March 02 2010 22:10 GMT

#182

Some pictures from today, im a volunteer (www.untechoparachile.cl) (a roof for chile) so i was managing (?) traffic and then rescuing food with the military.

skindzer

Chile5114 Posts

March 02 2010 22:10 GMT

#183

http://rapidshare.com/files/358051620/Quake.rar.html

skindzer

Chile5114 Posts

March 02 2010 22:22 GMT

#184

Oh, btw i dont know if i said this before but i live in Concepcion. The most damaged city, altough some small cities near here dont exit anymore, they got flooded.

Maenander

Germany4926 Posts

March 02 2010 22:23 GMT

#185

Hmm, I can't see any pictures in that archive. Might be just me though.
Anyways, you seem to be a great guy skindzer, I wish you good luck.

0kz

Italy1118 Posts

March 02 2010 22:26 GMT

#186

There are some pics from
Pelluhue - Chile.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/album.php?aid=202831&id=754044166&ref=mf

skindzer

Chile5114 Posts

March 02 2010 22:44 GMT

#187

RAR PICTURES

+ Show Spoiler +

DivaD

Chile74 Posts

March 02 2010 23:25 GMT

#188

O.o

0x64

Finland4601 Posts

March 02 2010 23:26 GMT

#189

Much respect for how well the country was prepared and how this is managed.
All my wishes to Chile!

Mohdoo

United States15725 Posts

March 03 2010 02:25 GMT

#190

My best wishes go out to Chile, stay strong guys! This whole thing has been making people in my area a bit paranoid. I live in Portland, Oregon, and from what I hear, we are somewhat overdue for a big earthquake ourselves. And with all the recent happenings, its hard to not be scared

dM-White

Chile341 Posts

March 03 2010 03:35 GMT

#191

Only for PPL @United States if you want to help us do this with your movil phone:

MSG of Text with the name of “CHILE” to this number 25383 to donate US$10 via Habitat for Humanity

MSG of Text with the name of “CHILE” to this number 20222 to donate US$10 vía World Vision

MSG of Text with the name of “CHILE” to this number 50555 to donate US$10 vía Operation USA

MSG of Text with the name of “CHILE” to this number 20222 to donate US$10 vía UNICEF

sorry for my bad english.-

thx you.

LeGo_MaN

Chile49 Posts

March 03 2010 03:47 GMT

#192

It was HUGE, I live on a 4th floor and the building shook like jelly. Apart from a lot of broken glass and stuff everyone I know is ok... the people that suffered the most were the ones from the south, closer to the epicenter.

the earthquake also put into discussion the quality standards of some buildings, which were literally destroyed after 1 min. They were no older than 5 years.

=O any thoughts'?

trulla

Chile303 Posts

March 03 2010 04:30 GMT

#193

Today was a little more back to normality. Many volunteers can't go to the damaged zone because there is no security or provisions yet for them. Things will stabilize soon, sine the military forces has taken control over most part of the zone. I'm waiting for a call to go work as volunteer to rebuild damaged towns.

VAMOS CHILE!

ps: even if we're hurt by this catastrophe and we're very thankful for the international aid provided to Chile, if you make donations please don't forget about haiti and africa.

trulla

Chile303 Posts

March 03 2010 04:32 GMT

#194

On March 03 2010 12:47 LeGo_MaN wrote:
It was HUGE, I live on a 4th floor and the building shook like jelly. Apart from a lot of broken glass and stuff everyone I know is ok... the people that suffered the most were the ones from the south, closer to the epicenter.

the earthquake also put into discussion the quality standards of some buildings, which were literally destroyed after 1 min. They were no older than 5 years.

=O any thoughts'?

buildings companies just SUCK, they didn't respect the law. Many people from those companies should go to jail.

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

March 03 2010 18:51 GMT

#195

Apparently there is another Tsunami warning for part of Chile after a big aftershock.

trulla

Chile303 Posts

March 04 2010 02:20 GMT

#196

On March 04 2010 03:51 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
Apparently there is another Tsunami warning for part of Chile after a big aftershock.

it was discarded.

Zato-1

Chile4253 Posts

March 04 2010 12:48 GMT

#197

One of the bigger problems we had in the end was government incompetence when responding to the earthquake.

Remember the hurricane in New Orleans? G.W. Bush's government was incompetent in the government response then. Looting and killing ensued in the resulting chaos, iirc.

That should've served as a lesson, but our president didn't want to send in the army to establish a curfew and help distribute supplies. What did we get? Arson and looting in the resulting chaos. Only after a day of those activities did the president agree to send in the army- which established a curfew, restored order and helped distribute supplies.

Furthermore, we have a government body called Onemi (Oficina Nacional de Emergencia) whose job it is to deal with natural disasters. Our navy corps told Onemi soon after the quake that there would be a Tsunami. The US Naval Oceanographic Office, pretty much the biggest authority on this in the world, predicted tsunamis after the quake. Onemi did nothing. In fact, people in some places were told there would NOT be a tsunami. This made the tsunami a lot worse than it had to be.

Furthermore, our ambassador to the UN claimed after the quake that Chile didn't need any disaster relief help. Only 72 hours after the quake did the authorities finally ask for help, which we really could use in the most affected places.

Sure, hindsight is 20/20. You can hardly expect the government to get everything right. But ours was closer to getting everything wrong in their initial reaction, which is hopelessly incompetent at best.

AnyOne

Chile547 Posts

March 04 2010 18:18 GMT

#198

was horrible to be here, i was very close from the epicenter
i lost my best friend and many others
i hope we can recibe help from the countrys that were not damaged by the earthquake

Maenander

Germany4926 Posts

March 04 2010 19:53 GMT

#199

On March 05 2010 03:18 AnyOne wrote:
was horrible to be here, i was very close from the epicenter
i lost my best friend and many others
i hope we can recibe help from the countrys that were not damaged by the earthquake

That's sad to hear, I wish you all the best.

trackd00r

Chile284 Posts

March 04 2010 20:28 GMT

#200

I was so scared that day.
I went to Santiago to a track sub-23 tournament in manquehue. I stayed that night at a friend apartment in the municipality of Ñuñoa. Ironically i played with my friend doing with card pyramids that night before going to bed. o_o

At 3:34 of the morning i woke up. The room was shaking slightly... I thought 'oh it's just a little temblor' then it shocked stronger... 'hmm this is a strong one' I was already used to feel this kind of stuff at night until it got really STRONG. 'oh shit, i gotta get out of here ASAP' We ran across the apartment to the exit. Fortunately, we were on a first floor. When we got out, a window next to us fell from the 5th floor. The earth was moving like crazy for 2 minutes. When I stopped, we hugged each other and stayed the rest of the night outside.

It wasn't until 8 o'clock when the lights went on again. Up to there, we only thought it was a strong tremor. It wasn't like that. It was an earthquake of 8.8. Of course, our card pyramid collapsed. At least the apartment and my house in Valdivia (yes, Valdivia) didn't went down. All my family is ok. We used the cards again to check the aftershocks the following days.