Today stared out wonderfully. I awoke well past ten o'clock, was able to chat with my mom for a little bit, and I was enjoying a little reading. Then I decided to get ready for the day. I'm about to get in the shower and then things started to shake. A little quiver to the left, and little quiver to the right. I step into the hallway and my host family is all bracing the walls, so I decide to join them. As suddenly as it began, it was over. I figured it was just another one of the many tremors I've felt so far to date. So i figure, "hey, what the heck." Let's get in the shower. I'm soaping my hair, doing my thing, and all of a sudden it's happening again. I'm dripping wet, I hear my family yelling for me. I throw on some shorts, run down the stairs. TSUNAMI ALERT. Well isn't that just pleasant! I run back upstairs, throw on a tshirt and some shoes, and we're off in the back of a truck. We drive as far inland as possible, and then we're forced to walk/run to keep moving. In a few short minutes we made it up WAY high, just sitting and waiting for the tsunami alert to pass. Long story short, and four/five hours later, I'm back in my room with no damage to report, except some sore feet and a tired mind. It's a really odd sensation knowing that the foundation below your feet moves ALL the time. Well, just another day in Chile, right? :)
Here's a link to a CNN web story if you want some details regarding the three aftershocks:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/03/11/chile.earthquake/index.html?hpt=T2
That's all for now. I'm going to take a nap.
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I find both of your and chaz's stories rather amusing as I left my apartment building and stood outside it for maybe an hour.. maybe then went back in and sat around using the internet until my dad and I went for a walk to see the ocean... ^_^
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