[News] Earthquake in Ecuador
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Hope you and your family are ok, Cog!
The Pacific needs to chill. This has been a week of text alerts saying there is no tsunami threat to the islands. I'm grateful there's no tsunami coming, but can we limit this earthquake/tsunami crap to once a month?
The Pacific needs to chill. This has been a week of text alerts saying there is no tsunami threat to the islands. I'm grateful there's no tsunami coming, but can we limit this earthquake/tsunami crap to once a month?
Hoping its all good Cog!
Dave
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Holy shit. Roving gangs shutting the city down, drought ravaging the country, and a tiger loose in the city. All of this in the last three days. Whoa.
It's a beautiful tiger, and I'm glad it's nowhere near the earthquake.
You know, when I mentioned San Salvador, I knew none of these things.
I was just trying to guess where the next earthquake would be, based on where the tectonic plates meet and the fact that the last two were in Ecuador and Japan.
My guess was that it would be either in San Salvador (assuming the quakes indicate the Pacific and Nazca plates are both rotating like a pair of meshed gears and are going to slam the Cocos plate into El Salvador next) or near Malaysia (assuming the quakes instead show a widening of the Pacific basin, which would increase the pressure in the area of the South China Sea/Bay of Bengal).
--Patrick
The latest one hit Tonga earlier this morning.
Still somewhat consistent with the "Pacific plate is rotating anti clockwise" theory.
--Patrick
Cajungal
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I'm glad you're ok!
Dave
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Update from Cog:
I don't know the geological reasons but the zone I live was barely affected while the center of the City was completly destroyed. There are no public offices or banks or supermarkets working. Right now our house has power and water. As for work, City hall has been relocated and we are trying to recover all our systems. But I don't think we are going to be paid any time soon. I'll let you know if we need your help.
I don't know the geological reasons but the zone I live was barely affected while the center of the City was completly destroyed. There are no public offices or banks or supermarkets working. Right now our house has power and water. As for work, City hall has been relocated and we are trying to recover all our systems. But I don't think we are going to be paid any time soon. I'll let you know if we need your help.
For now at least. I know that they are paying me this month.
Personally? I'ts almost criminal how confortable me and my family are. I have a home, food, water, power, work and even web access. But there are thousands of people homeless. I work very close to the place they gathered them and there is more tents every time I pass by. But at least they have refuge. In other cities the local government weren't so competent. The city is still destroyed and they are deciding what buildings should be demolished.
It's been 100 days after the quake. Me and my family are among the lucky ones and our lives are pretty much back to "normal", even if the city itself isn't. My parents in law lost their house and had been living with us since the quake. Same with my sisters in law who are living in the small apartment where we used to live. City hall was very affected and now we are all working in a few classrooms borrowed from a local university. We are very cramped. But we have work.
There were 671 mortal victims, but 139 people were rescued from the rubble. In Portoviejo, 299 families are still living in tents, but that's only in "official" refuges.
There were 671 mortal victims, but 139 people were rescued from the rubble. In Portoviejo, 299 families are still living in tents, but that's only in "official" refuges.
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