Amazing that we can know enough to be prepared and evacuate then watch it live on TV.
The earthquake in Chile is another mess. My heart goes out to those who are trapped.
klmno, as far as I can tell, every area in the world has some sort of natural disaster. I still take tsunami and hurricane over the suddeness of an earthquake if I have a choice. I like having 12hrs to evacuate.
I gather the threat of it is gone now- that's good. I was visualing what happened in Indonesia (I think I have the right place), which would have been horrible enough even without the people who were killed.
Luckily this earthquake happened in an area that was more affluent than Haiti, and there won't be as many deaths due to better building practices. Remember this the next time you have to pay a small building inspector fee.