Sanitago, CHILE

Cliffy6745

HOLY FUCKING A...my girlfiend is in chile and i just woke up to a pretty crazy voicemail from my girlfirend that chile has just been hit with an earthquake. I cant get ahold of her now. FUCK!!!

norm

oh shit man i'm sorry...no help on how to get a hold of her

ZiggyStar

FUCK! :shock: You poor thing....

Cliffy6745

Than ks guys, I dont know what to do. It is starting to come up on news outlets. 8.3-8.5. That is pretty fucking big.

The voice mail said she was being taken though the streets so hopefully that means she is okay.

FUCK ME!

ZiggyStar

If I google it, all I can find are twitter things saying 8.5 mag earthquake has hit chile... :(

Thinking and praying for your girl Cliffy!

Cliffy6745

She okay, on the phone with her now, she is scared to death but okay.

norm

Cliffy6745 wrote:

She okay, on the phone with her now, she is scared to death but okay.

that's great!!

ZiggyStar

Cliffy6745 wrote:

She okay, on the phone with her now, she is scared to death but okay.

great news!

norm

it was a big one, but fairly deep...but still...


Tsunami Warning After Quake Hits Chile

Adam Arnold, Sky News Online
A tsunami warning has been issued for Chile and Peru after an earthquake struck the Chilean coast.

The quake, which measured 8.3 on the Richter Scale, shook buildings and caused power cuts in the capital Santiago.

The epicentre was 56 miles north-east of the city of Concepcion at a depth of 34 miles.

A witness reported very strong shaking which lasted for 10-30 seconds.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said: "An earthquake of this size has the potential to generate a destructive tsunami that can strike coastlines near the epicenter within minutes and more distant coastlines within hours."

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World- ... l_Santiago

Cliffy6745

Thanks again guys. She is alright, planning on not going back in her hotel for anything, till the sun comes up at least. Hotel staff are getting passports out of the rooms and they are trying to get out of the country first thing. It seems like everything is okay in Sanitago, but since she is there on business she and everyonie else wants to get the FUCK out. I want her to get the fuck out!!!

Cliffy6745

fucking a, i have never felt emotions like this. god damn i really love her.

ZiggyStar

Cliffy6745 wrote:

fucking a, i have never felt emotions like this. god damn i really love her.

Nawww....so sweet! Get her home pronto, Cliffy! Keep us updated! :thumbup:

Cliffy6745

ZiggyStar wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

fucking a, i have never felt emotions like this. god damn i really love her.

Nawww....so sweet! Get her home pronto, Cliffy! Keep us updated! :thumbup:

Will do. Thanks a lot. The kind words are most appreciated.

dimitrispearljam

Cliffy6745 wrote:

She okay, on the phone with her now, she is scared to death but okay.

great news

Heatherj43

I just awoke and saw this on the news, so I came on here to see what you all knew. PJ people seem to know more than the news.

Cliff, I am so glad to hear your gf is okay. Geez, what a frightening ordeal.

Cliffy6745

Thanks again everyone, she has been sitting in the parking lot of the hotel for a couple hours now and it looks like she will probably be leaving this evening, which is as soon as they can get them out. Thank god she didnt get hit by the worst of it. What an experience for a little while tonight.

I hate how they keep saying this is 64x worse than Haiti, well no fuck face it isn't. Chile has buildings that were specifically built to withstand eartquakes such as these, Haiti had no infrastructure so it is not nearly as bad. It does not help family and friends when you say nonsense like this.

Hell of a night this has been though. I freaked the fuck out for a minute.

dimitrispearljam

just read in spanish newspaper EL PAIS..47 people are dead already,,,so sad..

josevolution

Yeah my parents contacted my grandmother & uncle they are OK just scared as hell , I've been thru an earthquake when i was around 8yrs old when i lived there they are the scariest thing you can live thru Concepcion is deep in the South so far pretty good news on the death toll .....

josevolution

Cliffy6745 wrote:

Thanks again everyone, she has been sitting in the parking lot of the hotel for a couple hours now and it looks like she will probably be leaving this evening, which is as soon as they can get them out. Thank god she didnt get hit by the worst of it. What an experience for a little while tonight.

I hate how they keep saying this is 64x worse than Haiti, well no fuck face it isn't. Chile has buildings that were specifically built to withstand eartquakes such as these, Haiti had no infrastructure so it is not nearly as bad. It does not help family and friends when you say nonsense like this.

Hell of a night this has been though. I freaked the fuck out for a minute.

Yeah the country is pretty well prepared to react in these kinds of events ...

Cliffy6745

Looks like she is going to be stuck there for a little while untilthe airport reopens. All is good though and she is safe.

Kevinman

Cliffy6745 wrote:

I hate how they keep saying this is 64x worse than Haiti, well no fuck face it isn't. quote]



I think they mean the magnitude of it. Luckily, as you said, the buildings were built to withstand this.

Cliffy6745

Kevinman wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

I hate how they keep saying this is 64x worse than Haiti, well no fuck face it isn't.

I think they mean the magnitude of it. Luckily, as you said, the buildings were built to withstand this.

I hear you, was just pissing me off last night when I was watching the news and they kept saying this without talking about the differnece in building structure. At 4:30 in the morning I would assume it would be mostly family and friends watching and they kept saying this and it didn't help me and I knew my girlfriend was alright so I am sure people that couldn't reach them hated hearing that.

aneutronbomb

im glad yer gf is ok, cliffy, and my thoughts are going out to the rest of chile

Cliffy6745

Thanks again everyone. I acutally just got an email from her that she is "hanging out in the sun by the pool and waiting for the airport to open" Things could be much worse considering the circumstances. Been a hell of an experience.

norm

josevolution wrote:

Yeah my parents contacted my grandmother & uncle they are OK just scared as hell , I've been thru an earthquake when i was around 8yrs old when i lived there they are the scariest thing you can live thru Concepcion is deep in the South so far pretty good news on the death toll .....

good to hear your family is ok



cliffy, hang in there bud...she'll be home before you know it

Better Dan

I just saw this thread, but I'm so happy to hear that your girlfriend is safe.

eeriepadave

DS114969 wrote:

I just saw this thread, but I'm so happy to hear that your girlfriend is safe.

+1 Glad she's ok also. Wow just shocking.

Cliffy6745

Thanks guys. Really apprecaite it. Great people around here.

Things are going well. A lot of sitting around, the meeting she was at is obviously cancelled but they can't get out till probably Monday when the airport reopens. A few aftershocks have scared the shit out of her but other than that she is just sitting around, at least there is a pool and it is 85 and sunny.

jimed14

holy crap, just saw this thread, glad everything is ok with your gal cliffy.

Earthquakes ain't no joke. Probably a bit freakier for the east coast people to understand, which, I'm still in that group. The biggest one I've felt in the 5 years I've been out here is 5.7 ... people out here laugh at that, I think I pooped my pants.

Anyway, glad things are cool.

Cliffy6745

jimed14 wrote:

holy crap, just saw this thread, glad everything is ok with your gal cliffy.

Earthquakes ain't no joke. Probably a bit freakier for the east coast people to understand, which, I'm still in that group. The biggest one I've felt in the 5 years I've been out here is 5.7 ... people out here laugh at that, I think I pooped my pants.

Anyway, glad things are cool.

Thanks a lot man. One of the people she is there working with is from San Fran and she said he is scared shitless. They are all sleeping outside by the pool tonight and won't go in the hotel for any extended period of time.

Earthquakes really are no joke, there are no words to describe how scared she sounded on the voicemail she left minutes after.

It's a waiting game now and is frustrating as hell. Sounds like the airport in Santiago wont be open for 72 hours. The Pharma company she is there with is trying to get a private jet out of Mendoza, Argentina but not sure if they can get there.

Cliffy6745

They are driving to Mendoza, Argentina tomorrow then flying out on a private Jet from there Tuesday morning. At least she is flying in luxury. Can't wait till shes home.