Earthquake in Chile - Anfrey chime in

[Voltio]

So there was a pretty big earthquake in Chile, 8.8 in magnitude. I know that Anfrey is from Chile and has family there. I don't have his email (lost it) and I'm hoping he sees this and chimes in. Hope all of Anf's relatives are ok after the quake.

This quake was much stronger than the one in Haiti, but because Chile has a building code the death toll and devastation is expected to be much less than in Haiti.

 

[buzzbombtom]

president bush hates chilians.

 

[Voltio]

president bush hates chilians.

everybody loves Anfrey.

 

[NYGraFFit1]

Damn ditto anf, hope everything okay with all family out there bro

 

[Hecz]

Yea, i spoke to him earlier this morning. My heart goes out to the people of Chile and it's surrounding South American nations.

 

[got traction]

yay, another country america can run to help save.

 

[bizoneoeh]

they were actually well prepared for it.

 

[Voltio]

they were actually well prepared for it.

 

[got traction]

they were actually well prepared for it.

if these countries adopted the same building regulations as the united states, the death rate would rapidly decrease when a earth quake hits. Its not the 8.8 quake that is causing the devistation, its the fact that they build a house using sticks and zipties.

 

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they were actually well prepared for it.

700+ already dead, and asking for America's help....how is that well prepared?

 

[guynlidia2006]

They were a lot better prepared than hati. But no matter how prepared an 8.8 is going to catch people in spots where they will get hurt/die. And the after shocks above 6.0 haven't helped either.

 

[bizoneoeh]

700+ already dead, and asking for America's help....how is that well prepared?

only 700+ dead with a 8.8

 

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only 700+ dead with a 8.8

9.2 in '67 only killed 15 people in Anchorage, AK

 

[Mr. Jollypants]

9.2 in '67 only killed 15 people in Anchorage, AK

I bolded the keywords.

 

[bizoneoeh]

exactly

 

[got traction]

I bolded the keywords.

exactly

if these countries adopted the same building regulations as the united states, the death rate would rapidly decrease when a earth quake hits. Its not the 8.8 quake that is causing the devistation, its the fact that they build a house using sticks and zipties.

 

[JerseyStrong]

lmfao

 

[Mr. Jollypants]

Total population for Anchorage in 2008 was only 279,000.
Total population for Anchorage in 1960 was only 44,000.
Total population for Chile in 2002 Census was 15,116,000, estimate population for 2010 is 17,031,873.

That's why more people were killed in Chile than in Anchorage.

It's your blatant ignorance that causes Americans to have the bad image they do.

 

[Mr. Jollypants]

9.2 in '67 only killed 15 people in Anchorage, AK

Also, this Earthquake was in 1964, not 1967. It wasn't 15 people, it was 128 people.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=9.2+Earthquake+in+Alaska&l=1

So with these new numbers, if the 9.2 Earthquake hit Anchorage today, the death toll would top 800 people.

(In case your math fails you. Divide 279243 by 44237, which comes to 6.31, multiply this by 128.)

If we use the 1964 quake as an example, and use Chile's total population for Anchorage, it would come to over 49,000 people would be dead.

(Again, in case your math fails you, divide 17031873 by 44237, which comes to 385.01, multiply this by 128.)

 

[joe7987]

Total population for Anchorage in 2008 was only 279,000.
Total population for Anchorage in 1960 was only 44,000.
Total population for Chile in 2002 Census was 15,116,000, estimate population for 2010 is 17,031,873.

That's why more people were killed in Chile than in Anchorage.

It's your blatant ignorance that causes Americans to have the bad image they do.

Not to mention.... nations like Chile and Haiti might have higher building standards... if builders had the resources to afford higher quality materials. Hell, we have a building (I think it's an air force base?) that is built on top of a suspension, similar to automobile suspension. It's made that way so that an earthquake can't touch it.

Maybe that should be our new building code for all our buildings. Why don't we do that? It's not cost effective. We don't have the money to be doing s**t like that.