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**KacypeJeope** · 02-28-2010, 08:24 AM

Very few people died or were injured, even though news reports say the Chilean quake was 501 more powerful than the one in Hayti.

Somebody is looking out for those Chileans! (either that or they're just smarter at how they design their buildings to withstand natural disasters.)

as the haitian in the quoted article noted, construction standards are very important. Of course, the prosperity that has allowed them to build so much to these standards is also important. Chile recently elected to switch parties for the first time in their modern democratic history (post-Pinochet). The idea that this is somehow penance for the Allende debacle (as muddled as it was) is preposterous but I take it doom was tongue in cheek. For those who don't know, my parents are living in santiago. I spoke with two of their neighbors today and they seemed somewhat indignant that CNN kept showing the worst scenes over and over. they insisted that Santiago has not collapsed and indeed my parents had gone out to dinner. All bets were off for concepcion much closer to the quake. one can only hope the next CA quake will be sustained as well, 8.8 ain't no joke

02-28-2010, 08:24 AM	#16
KacypeJeope Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 455 Senior Member	Very few people died or were injured, even though news reports say the Chilean quake was 501 more powerful than the one in Hayti. Somebody is looking out for those Chileans! (either that or they're just smarter at how they design their buildings to withstand natural disasters.) as the haitian in the quoted article noted, construction standards are very important. Of course, the prosperity that has allowed them to build so much to these standards is also important. Chile recently elected to switch parties for the first time in their modern democratic history (post-Pinochet). The idea that this is somehow penance for the Allende debacle (as muddled as it was) is preposterous but I take it doom was tongue in cheek. For those who don't know, my parents are living in santiago. I spoke with two of their neighbors today and they seemed somewhat indignant that CNN kept showing the worst scenes over and over. they insisted that Santiago has not collapsed and indeed my parents had gone out to dinner. All bets were off for concepcion much closer to the quake. one can only hope the next CA quake will be sustained as well, 8.8 ain't no joke
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