Saturday, February 27, 2010

Prayer for all killed, injured, or dispossessed and all who are threatened by tsunami


A powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck offshore of Chile this morning. Pacific coasts including all Hawaiian Islands are under emergency Tsunami warning. That means get the hell off the beach in those areas or any place near it. Experts indicate there is time for residents near vulnerable shores to proceed quickly but safely and calmly to higher ground:
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USGS info page here. NYT has an excellent update page and livestream. See also additional discussion is going on in IndianaDemocrat's recommended diary.

--DarkSyde

Note that the entire Pacific Rim and all Pacific islands are on watch as a tsunami has begun to form.

3 comments:

Göran Koch-Swahne said...

Prayers ascending!

June Butler said...

Rezos.

I watched the videos of the quake. The experience must be terrifying.

susan s. said...

Prayers ascending. The California Coast is also on the warning list. We get that a lot. . . warnings, that is.