Dealing with the usual insomnia, I couldn't sleep that morning so I went to the floor lounge to watch the news. The first time I found out that the international news comes on early every morning here, the headline was this:
A magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck offshore central Chile at 3:34 AM local time.
Six weeks ago, I was very late in hearing about the Haiti earthquake - which was a much greater tragedy measured in loss of human life. Though the Chile quake was hundreds of times stronger, sounder structural designs for residential buildings (compared to that in Haiti) in the country's more developed areas, especially the capital Santiago, saved thousands more lives.
What can anyone say to these people? My prayers go out to them... and I'll donate money, it's the only thing I can do right now. The university ran a donation campaign for Haiti and should run another one in the next few days.
Article Link:
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/03/01/chile.earthquake/index.html
About Me
- Jason Y. Lu
- Rocket-Scientist-in-training trying to make a name for himself in the HK. Again, let me know about gifts and souvenirs.
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