[Antelpebabe]

I'm watching the news and wonder how is our Kendo friends in Chile and their family?

Hope you and your loved ones are well and safe.
Please let us know how you are...

Wish you all the best!

[enfoires]

I know. I hope everyone is safe. My prayer will be with you all..

[FreeDownloadOEMsoftware]

hey Chaby thanks.

I have to say that it was a 8.8 erthquake in richter scale, I was leeeping and suddenly the sound and the movement and stuff... anyway it seems that kendo guys are all ok but about 150 people have died.

first the volcano and then earthquake... damn

Im sorry I cant write more but everyone wants to use the computer with Interet to check on their loved ones. when I have the oportunity to get online again Il try to write.

[DaleJrGirl]

Thoughts and prayers with you all.

David

[Habalinnyf]

Cheers mate!
Glad to hear that! Take care!

[Snitiendumurn]

everything nice in my house, the most of my friends in santiago are ok, also my family around chile. thanks for asking.

[socialkiiii]

so far, about 300 dead, unkown nomber of missing people. also there was the tsunami, half of a city went underwater, still noone knows how many died there.

I live alone in a hotel in a place the so called "old wown" where all the houses are old (more than 100 years) and most of those houses are on the ground. the rest of the city (santiago, the capital) is ok. I was sleeping when it all started, at first it was just the noise and slow movement so I woke up and really didnt put much attention on it, but after a while things started to get bad and a lot of dirt started to fall all over my room, so I got up and things went really bad when one of the walls started to make a noise like it was cracking. so I grabbed my cat (Odin) and went out. I was lucky, the wall almost felt down, there was a hole in the wall of about 20 centimeter, you could see trough the crack to the street!!! and a piece of glass cracked right over my head, luckily it didnt break. glasses where falling and breaking everywhere so I colundt move from where I was, even thou I knew that the glass over me could break.

when it all ended I took my notebook and my cat and I putted them in a backpack and I went to a kendo friends house. it was a long run, usually it is 30 minutes in car, I finally got there asking for a lift, it took me about an hour and a half in complete darkness alone witn my cat. its funny that only young people helped me, all the "adult" people in cars didnt help anyone but themselves.

now electricity is restored in 90% of the city (everywhere but the place Im staying ) anyway I have clean tap water, also I have electricity and wifi internet connection just a couple of blocks away wich is paradise compaired with thousands of other people that have lost everything... well I can say that Im homeless, tecnically I am! it feels weird.

my family lives in another city about an hour and a half from santiago, they are ok, my dads house is a bunker. so now Im waiting until services are restored so its safe to travel. there has been up to 50 or 60 little earthquakes of different intensity, (up to 5 or 6 grade) wich make travel too unsafe.

anyway, in Chile we are used to earthquakes, so things are not as bad as they could be. an 8.8 in richter scale quake with tsunami are big words anyway. in haiti it was only a 6 grade earthquake and it devastated the island, in chile that same earthquake wont even wake you from your nap, we are used to them. but an 8.8 its just too much.

[Mqcawkzd]

Wow, that was very close for you. So glad you and your family are OK, and Nicolas too.

[AdobebePhoto]

Thank goodness you all are okay! Stay safe. You all are in my prayers.

[idertedype]

Glad to know you guys are fine! You have my sympathies as a "neighbor"! (Hopefully the government of the neighbor here will send some much needed aid your way.)

If you know anyone with missing relatives or friends, remember that many people survive under the rubble, even after many days. It's important to let the rescue teams do their job.

[banditorfv]

im worried about the south kenshis, still no news about them.

[Oriesssedleli419]

Glad you are safe but hoping that other kenshis are safe too. Need help?

[Apparpsmose]

we can start just with sending good waves...

[BGThomasis]

now that information goes on, things seems worse than it looked at first sight, the number of deaths is up to 750 and hundreds more missing, in the south areas military is taking control due to riots and looting. entire cities are either on the ground or under water because of 20 meters wave tsunami.

still no news on the southern kendokas. here in santiago things are starting to get a bit better thou.

[peakyesno]

sorry double post

[IoninnyHaro]

Wow, that was very close for you. So glad you and your family are OK, and Nicolas too.

yeah! there go at least two of my 7 lives!