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Chile's a lovely country, but like most of the Pacific rim, is built on the "Ring of Fire" and has, since pre-history, been subject to catastrophes of this nature.
Earthquakes scare the s*** out of me. They're not like volcanos or tornados or tsunamis where you can, with warning, leg it somewhere else. When one hits there's just NOwhere to go.
One of the problems is you can't tell the bigguns from the littleuns before hand. And in that part of the world the little'uns are so frequent that virtually nobody pays any attention when a big one hits. The result being that most people stay inside or hover around, buildings and get pancaked.
Personally, I make sure we all have our emergency jet-packs fueled so whe can stay aloft during any unpleasantness!
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