Earthquake in Chile

[OakLeaf]

Chilepepper, you okay? Don't we have someone else in Chile also? Stay safe, gals.

[shootingstar]

Here, they have just issued an emergency warning for tsunami after -effects for coast of British Columbia. Any after shock waves are expected to reach our coast at approx. 3:00 pm today. Wonder if they will allow British Columbia ferrries to run later today along the coast.

Keep in mind, there are thousands of people taking the ferries between Vancouver Island and Vancouver area for the Olympics. Last weekend, the ferries were packed with FOOT passengers, and alot less cars...which is atypical.

An emergency warning also given to Hawaii, Japan, etc.
Chile earthquake was 8.8 on Richter scale, which is strong.

[Trek420]

Strong is an understatement of an 8.8 Thoughts and prayers to our Chilepepper and all those in Chile. I'm sure phones much less internet are down, communication difficult. We might not hear details from any southern hemisphere TE'rs for a while.

[Chile Pepper]

Thanks, everyone. Your well wishes mean a lot. We are fine. We live about six hours north of the epicenter, so we had quite a scare last night (three minutes of some serious shaking), but there was very little damage to our immediate area. We lost a few chunks of concrete off the house, and a huge window frame came out, but thankfully the window stayed in place. My younger son is rather traumatized, but otherwise we are all doing fine--aside from being a bit, er, shaken up.

[Blueberry]

So glad you're OK!!! Thanks for checking in

[KnottedYet]

Chilepepper, so glad you are ok! Be safe.

SA and NA westcoasters, HI, and Japan, how are you doing?

Shttingstar: our warning is for less than 1 ft wave differences, so I doubt Vancouver or Tsawassen are going to have a problem with ferries. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...visory27m.html But this is NOT a good day to go surfing, diving, or swimming! Currents are going to be off and unpredictable.