Here’s the live feed from TV de Chile being played out on ustream. Reports are conflicting, bottom line, a major earthquake of at least 8+ degrees on the Richter scale hit Chile at 3:30 a.m. local Chile time.
The tsunami that was heading towards Hawaii was not as big a deal as the media was making it out to be. At least so far anyway. Waves are up to 5 feet or so, but no damage or anything like that so far.
Watching this webcam with a view of the ocean. They’re a couple of tools talking over the feed, so just watch with the sound off. Camera is at Uncle Roberts awa bar
Despite damage to the refineries around the Biobio region, there is enough gasoline and other fuels for 2 weeks worth of normal consumption. They are asking for people to not start hoarding gasoline to make sure that there is enough fuel for the emergency vehicles and operations.
Also said that there is no rail service of any kind, anywhere in Chile today. They’re anticipating subway service to resume tomorrow morning and nationwide rail service will be restored as soon as they can finish inspecting the railway system.
The latest number on the casualties stands at 147. They are also estimating that over 1.5 million homes have been damaged, with 500,000 of those suffering severe damage that makes these homes uninhabitable
