EPT8.8 Earthquake hits Chile, Tsunami about to ensue - Page 5
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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nicoaldo
Argentina939 Posts
In the sidebar i read "8.8 Earthquake hits Chil.." I was thinking "OMG Chill got hit by an earthquake!" | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17399 Posts
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ShaLLoW[baY]
Canada12499 Posts
On February 28 2010 00:33 No_eL wrote: ps: I was playing sc:bw when the eqke started, at least i find some strat for defend me from a 2 hatch lurker rush with terran... i just need a fkng big earthquake! I'm sorry, but you have the single greatest crisis management ability I've ever seen. LOL. | ||
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StalkerSC
Canada378 Posts
On a more serious note, hope everyone is doing ok, Haiti's buildings were bad so the damage and Haiti is most likely alot more, Chile has a decent building code. | ||
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Semih
United States74 Posts
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meeple
Canada10211 Posts
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myfriendPlank
United States550 Posts
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obesechicken13
United States10467 Posts
Were the buildings designed with a movable foundation? E.g. the ground shakes, the house shakes with it so it doesn't crumble... Or what? Thicker walls? And what is the best place to hide from an earthquake. I know the arch of the doors are the strongest, but if you're at home, is it safer to go to your basement? or If you fear your house caving in maybe outside? What makes it that fewer people died in Chile than in Haiti... because this is important information. Imagine if an earthquake like this hit the California plate. o_O Anyways, I'm glad that the paranoia of the 1960 earthquake paid off. I really hope people from other parts of the world learn from this crisis. Gl TL Chileans. edit: reading about rebar supports in the walls going up to the higher walls and wooden structures. | ||
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WheelOfTime
Canada331 Posts
But then again, if that were to take place half the people in the world would have to move X_X | ||
p4NDemik
United States13896 Posts
On February 28 2010 07:01 obesechicken13 wrote: What makes it that fewer people died in Chile than in Haiti... because this is important information Just from what I understand its 1) no very large population immediately near to the epicenter - the earthquake occurred roughly halfway between Santiago and Concepcion rather than right next to one of those two large cities as was the case in Haiti, and 2) Chile is just much better prepared for this infrastructure-wise. Sounds like the Tsunami waves are just hitting Hawaii as we speak. My thoughts are with everyone affected by the earthquake and the Tsunami that's rolling across the Pacific atm. | ||
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zoLo
United States5896 Posts
On February 28 2010 07:10 WheelOfTime wrote: Well, people need to stop living at these disaster prone locations. But then again, if that were to take place half the people in the world would have to move X_X It's not that easy to just get up and move somewhere else because not everyone has the money to do it. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/05/0523_050523_moonquake_2.html | ||
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dronebabo
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PangO
Chile1870 Posts
On February 28 2010 07:15 p4NDemik wrote: Just from what I understand its 1) no very large population immediately near to the epicenter - the earthquake occurred roughly halfway between Santiago and Concepcion rather than right next to one of those two large cities as was the case in Haiti, and 2) Chile is just much better prepared for this infrastructure-wise. Sounds like the Tsunami waves are just hitting Hawaii as we speak. My thoughts are with everyone affected by the earthquake and the Tsunami that's rolling across the Pacific atm. We have good structures, by law. Haiti is the poorest contry on our continent. We just have earthquakes every year. This one, was pretty hard.  | ||
micronesia
United States24723 Posts
If someone can point me to a place that has no risk of natural disasters I'll be delighted to move there :3 | ||
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coltrane
Chile988 Posts
Let me see... | ||
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SagaZ
France3460 Posts
We were having a LAN party with some friends, playing left4dead2, hapily slaying mass of zombis and.. HOLYCRAP earth started shaking and everyone was like wtf?! at first, earthquakes are nothing new here but there's always some uneasy feeling when you feel the floor breakdancing down your feets. So yeah, we got out of the house asap when we saw that it was no ordinary earthquake. Stuff was shaking like crazy but nothing got hurt really bad in my neightbourhood. The worst thing was a chick like 2 house aways that got locked inside her house and we had to break the door to let her out. After that, we got some waiting to do, cause you don't really want to get back inside in the case that earth decides to do some encore show. From 3.30 AM to like 5AM with occasional shakings, worrying sick about family and friends cause telecomunication were out of services. Eventually we decided to come back inside and slept near the exit. action packed night but the good thing is that no1 in the vincinity got hurt. | ||
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coltrane
Chile988 Posts
The deaths count is on 214 and growing. Still no news about the tsunami on Talcahuano. | ||
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MorroW
Sweden3522 Posts
edit: omg saw other ppl thinking this too :D | ||
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