Originally posted by dgtempe
reply to post by tarifa37

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Originally posted by dgtempe
reply to post by tarifa37

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its the high number, unfortunatly.

We should probably observe a moment of silence and then pray.

Here we go. I heard it like the others on CNN and FOX. I hope to God its a mistake, and you should get some sleep before you bite someones head off.

Calm down please.

I'm not angry just remembering that there are real people out there that could be effected by this and saying as fact that its the larger one without any links or back up is irresponsible and could cause unnecessary worry. It in fact is more likely to be .40 meters not 40 meters. Its morning here in the UK so won't be going to bed for some time yet.


BTW they just discussed this on cnn and said it would be very unlikely . Lets hope so.

[edit on 27-2-2010 by tarifa37]

[edit on 27-2-2010 by tarifa37]

SURFS UP SUCKAAAAS !

President Michelle Bachelet said 47 people were killed and that more deaths were possible, as the US government reported aftershocks in Chile measuring 6.2, 5.6 and 6.9

A 3-meter tsunami wave hit on Saturday the Robinson Crusoe island, the largest in the Chilean Juan Fernandez archipelago, following a powerful earthquake which struck Chile earlier in the day, the country's president, Michelle Bachelet, said.

"A village on the island is half-flooded, people have been evacuated to higher elevations," the president said, adding there had been extreme damage from the tsunami.

The 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit the Latin American country in the early hours of Saturday. The tremor occurred some 89 kilometers (55.3 miles) to the north of Chile's second largest city Concepcion, some 341 kilometers (212 miles) from the capital of Santiago.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center put out a warning along the coastlines of Chile and Peru, and issued a tsunami watch for Colombia, Ecuador, Antarctica, Panama and Costa Rica.

Some 50 nations have been placed under a tsunami advisory. Areas of concern are the Hawaiian Islands, French Polynesia, Australia, and Japan. Russia's Far Eastern region was also advised, but local emergency authorities have stated that the region is in no danger.

BUENOS AIRES, February 27 (RIA Novosti)