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Icyedge on 27 February 2010
AngelosL said:
Icyedge said:
AngelosL said:
Heard about it this morning.I think we have people from Chile in here and I hope everyone is OK...

Man it was the worst night and morning of my whole life. My girlfriend is from Chili, she now lives in Canada with me, her mother and brothers/ sister are also in Canada. But she was in Santiago de Chili for vacation, I received a call during the night from my parents, they were worried, but I didnt even knew yet. They told me what was going on, I was destruct. I mean its an 8.8 eartquake, there is going to be way more than 76 dead. The images was awful, street tear appart by gap of 3 feets, a lot of bridges collapse. But at around 10 AM I received a call, her and her family was at their farms in the most southern part of Chili (Punta Arenas), safe. But damn, it was the worst hours of my whole life. Probably cried a gallon of tears. My simpathy to others that live of have family in Chili.

What matters is that she and her family are safe!So dont even think about it man, it's all over now.I had a similar experience from some fires in 2007,So I can understand how you felt.Just Give her a big hug when she returns :)

Thx for the kind words, I was going to hug her anyway, but now its gives me one more reason to do so. Now I really wanna see her, luckily shes coming back in 2 weeks.



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radiantshadow92 on 27 February 2010

man that sucks, hope the best for the peeps that were hit



Kasz216 on 28 February 2010

Pastro was interestingly the first thing I thought of as well Stick. Hopefully he is.



Esmoreit on 28 February 2010

Mmm Pastro hasn't logged on since the day before the quake hit... and there are now over 700 reported dead. I just hope his connection has fallen out or that he is merely (and understandably) busy with more urgent matters.



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Icyedge on 28 February 2010
Esmoreit said:
Mmm Pastro hasn't logged on since the day before the quake hit... and there are now over 700 reported dead. I just hope his connection has fallen out or that he is merely (and understandably) busy with more urgent matters.

Connection doesnt works too well there at the moment, lets hope its just that.



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chubaca on 28 February 2010

The death toll has risen to more than 700 people...It's so sad to see my country like this. Destroyed buildings, highways, hospitals, schools, entire towns wiped out by the quake or tidal waves...people are rioting, ransacking supermarkets... I'm shocked and sad.



chubaca on 28 February 2010
Icyedge said:
Esmoreit said:
Mmm Pastro hasn't logged on since the day before the quake hit... and there are now over 700 reported dead. I just hope his connection has fallen out or that he is merely (and understandably) busy with more urgent matters.

Connection doesnt works too well there at the moment, lets hope its just that.

There are still places without electricity. We'll just have to wait.



Mr. sickVisionz on 28 February 2010

I don't think the world is coming to an end, but damn, shit's way outta wack. The weather in my area (same town all my life) has gotten crazier and more extreme over the years, huge hurricanes hitting the US is now the norm, super tsunami's in Asia, and now massive earthquakes back to back.

It feels like we're living in a history book where you read about stuff like a volcano burying a major metropolis or earthquakes leveling entire cities... except those were separated by hundreds of years and right now it'll all in the last 5 years.



Icyedge on 28 February 2010
chubaca said:
Icyedge said:
Esmoreit said:
Mmm Pastro hasn't logged on since the day before the quake hit... and there are now over 700 reported dead. I just hope his connection has fallen out or that he is merely (and understandably) busy with more urgent matters.

Connection doesnt works too well there at the moment, lets hope its just that.

There are still places without electricity. We'll just have to wait.

You really do have my simpathy, luckily my girlfriend will stay in punta arenas until the airport re-open. And how are you man, is your house still in good condition? Is your family and friends allright? Are you in santiago?



chubaca on 28 February 2010
Icyedge said:
chubaca said:
Icyedge said:
Esmoreit said:
Mmm Pastro hasn't logged on since the day before the quake hit... and there are now over 700 reported dead. I just hope his connection has fallen out or that he is merely (and understandably) busy with more urgent matters.

Connection doesnt works too well there at the moment, lets hope its just that.

There are still places without electricity. We'll just have to wait.

You really do have my simpathy, luckily my girlfriend will stay in punta arenas until the airport re-open. And how are you man, is your house still in good condition? Is your family and friends allright? Are you in santiago?

Yes, I'm in Santiago. All my family and the friends I've communicated with are fine. But I'm very worried for a friend whose entire family is from Constitución, in the most affected province. I haven't been able to contact him. Besides, being holidays, there's a chance he was there. The only thing I can do is keep calling.

And thanks for your words, man.