There has been an 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile. 78 people are known to be dead. According to a meteorologist on MSNBC or CNN- I watched both this morning, so I don’t remember which station it was- it hit at 3:30 a.m. their time (1:30 Eastern), which is bad because almost everyone was indoors, where buildings are more likely to fall and kill inhabitants.
Obviously, there’s not much we can do. Pray and hope. For Americans who have friends and family in Chile, call the U.S. Bureau of Consular Affairs at 1-888-407-4747.
February 27th, 2010 at 2:10 pm
Let’s hope the governments of the world have learned their lesson from Haiti, and will have enough sense to stay out of the way during the recovery effort.