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**KacypeJeope** · 01-03-2010, 05:43 PM

It's not going to wreck their economy. The Kobe quake didn't wreck Japan's economy, did it? Did the Anchorage quake wreck Alaska's? The 1906 or 1989 San Francisco ones California's?

We're not talking about a Third World country here; we're talking about a well-developed Second World one. There's only one thing that could wreck Chile's economy, but it's not going to happen for a whiles yet.

war?

Interestingly, much fo the devastation of the 1906 quake was caused by the incompetence and corruption of the SF municipal government.
If it bleeds it leads. As far as I can tell, CNN was running non-stop coverage and showing the worst (concepcion and the areas hit by the ensuing tsunami). Chile ahs not asked for international help AFAIK. IT certainly is going to hurt their economy but wreck is probably too strong a word. However, if you want to help, you can buy chilean produce and wines. as for haiti, had one of their dictators hired competent economic ministers they'd be a lot better off. chile benefits from luck (dictator adopted a relatively decent economic system), stability (since then it's been a largely peaceful nation), and long term trends (commodities). nonetheless, it would be wrong to imply that no one is suffering. this was one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded and even one of the aftershocks was more powerful than the haiti quakes.

01-03-2010, 05:43 PM	#2
KacypeJeope Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 455 Senior Member	It's not going to wreck their economy. The Kobe quake didn't wreck Japan's economy, did it? Did the Anchorage quake wreck Alaska's? The 1906 or 1989 San Francisco ones California's? We're not talking about a Third World country here; we're talking about a well-developed Second World one. There's only one thing that could wreck Chile's economy, but it's not going to happen for a whiles yet. war? Interestingly, much fo the devastation of the 1906 quake was caused by the incompetence and corruption of the SF municipal government. If it bleeds it leads. As far as I can tell, CNN was running non-stop coverage and showing the worst (concepcion and the areas hit by the ensuing tsunami). Chile ahs not asked for international help AFAIK. IT certainly is going to hurt their economy but wreck is probably too strong a word. However, if you want to help, you can buy chilean produce and wines. as for haiti, had one of their dictators hired competent economic ministers they'd be a lot better off. chile benefits from luck (dictator adopted a relatively decent economic system), stability (since then it's been a largely peaceful nation), and long term trends (commodities). nonetheless, it would be wrong to imply that no one is suffering. this was one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded and even one of the aftershocks was more powerful than the haiti quakes.
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