Huge Earthquake in Chile, Not Many Dead*
Saturday, 27th February 2010
Not to trivialise the story too much, but if this ain't the headline** in every British newspaper tomorrow then, damn it, the subs should be ashamed of themselves.
*So far & thankfully & given the size (8.8) of the quake anyway. UPDATE Sunday 7pm: It seems, sadly, that more lives have been lost than had first been thought. So, consider this flippancy withdrawn.
**And no, it doesn't matter that it may be based on myth. As another man said, "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend".
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Chris W
February 27th, 2010 1:17pm Report this commentTomorrow's headlines: "Gordon Brown says he alone promises to help all the victims of the earthquake while the Tory Toffs ignore Chile's desperate suffering and promise tax cuts for expat millionaire friends"
Left Outside
February 27th, 2010 3:26pm Report this commentIts incredible the difference in effect between Haiti and Chile. The quake in Chile was 8.8 magnitude and the initial quake in Haiti was 7.
Given its a logarithmic scale Chile is likely to have 100th as many deaths from a quake nearly 100 times as powerful.
A little wealth and some half decent building codes and are amazing thing.
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