Chile 8.8 Magnitude 2010 Earthquake
That Chile 8.8 magnitude earthquake made a lot of people feel vulnerable.
This is true also for those who live in coastal areas where tsunamis are likely to hit. Thank God the expected tsunamis were not as bad as these were anticipated in the countries under the tsunami alerts. Chile is another story though and I really feel bad for those people who were affected by everything.
In the news, most people are on the streets or in parks living in tents because aftershocks are common and some are even very strong. For those with used travel trailers, they can stay their for the meantime.
Reports of looting is now being shown in the news and that is certainly saddening.
Haiti has not even started recovering yet and here is another country faced with another catastrophe this magnitude.
I remember my eldest daughter asking me why Haiti’s seem much more devastated than Chile even if the latter had an earthquake 500x or1000x (depending on the available literature one is referring to) stronger earthquake. This article helped me answer her question.
I don’t even want to think how this poor country of ours would fare if something like this happened.
God forbid.
