Some news on Chile today (regarding Quake)

Larry Christianson, Jill's brother, told my friend this morning on the phone that he understood that this quake in Chile early this morning had 800 times the strength of the Haiti quake. Very hard to fathom even a portion of that power. And that's not to down play the Haiti suffering and losses either. In Chile there are resources for construction on many levels to be much sturdier, but there are many old and many poorly built structures also. One 15 story building was reduced to the height of four stories, said one piece of news from Concepcion`.

Another news source online says that there was an 8 meter (26 feet) tsunami that came ashore at Constitucion`,north of Cauquenes and on the coast straight west of Talca.

Irene ~~~ Part 2

My friend, Irene, has been cremated and we have found the location of her husband's ashes. Irene's county guardian is working with me to get Irene's remains to the same cemetery. Then we can have a proper memorial service for this old friend.

Irene left this scene (expired?) on January 25, 2010. If I'd gone there a month earlier, I could have visited her in the county hospital.

Well, I will at least do all I can to give my old friend a memorial; that is the least I can do!