Peru earthquake

i didnt know he was in peru. does he live near the epicenter?

they likely have no power.
 
He posted in the prayer thread for Barb this morning, 3:55Am, that should have been after the quake ?
 
I'm still here !

My wife and I are up in the north central highlands of Peru and we didn't even know the earthquake had happened. We spoke to my wife's brother and grandmother who are in Lima shortly after we heard and they said it was pretty scary. I was in Lima the day before it happened so I just missed it. 23 earthquakes over magnitude 4, 20 of those over 5, and 3 of those over 6 (the big one was magnitude 8.0) all in less than two days!

Around 200km or so south of Lima, the cities of Ica and Chincha have been hit the hardest... 550+ dead, 1500+ injured. 85% of the buildings in the city of Ica are apparently leveled (that's a city of a quarter million). 600 prisoners escaped from a prison in Chincha when the walls of the prison literally fell down. There has been a fair bit of looting as people scavenge for food and water. People are really pulling together though and aid agencies are arriving to help out. It's been hard to reach these desert cities as the highways have been blocked by debris.

A sigh of relief today as one of my colleagues who lives in Chincha finally checked in and he and his family are all OK, we attribute to the fact that he built his house out of concrete and not brick.

There are probably in the order of hundreds of thousands of people who are displaced as their homes lie in rubble, and many grieving families; my thoughts go out to them tonight.
 
.... and thank you all for your concern ! it is much appreciated !

Rob & Alicia
 
Happy to hear that you guys are good! :thumbup:

... And sad to hear others weren't so lucky... :( Smoke rising from the east for them.

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Relief in Virginia!

You two stay safe, alright?

Best wishes for the many folks bereft by this catastrophe. :(
 
Glad you & your family are well. Prayers for those less fortunate.
Take care of yourselves!
Barb & Chuck
 
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