[mrarroyo]

Glad you are all doing well, the damage is quite extensive on the brick building. Hoper order is restored soon (looting stopped). Good luck.

 

[GreatDane]

Thanks for the pics and links. It looks like a lot of damage. Stay safe guys.

 

[jjinh]

Glad to hear you're doing okay. The earthquakes are more or less the top story here at the moment.

 

[Uncle Erik]

Be sure to secure some sort of clean water supply - I'd rather have water than power, Internet or even food. If you can, try to secure 5-10 gallons for the next few days. Good thing you have power, since you'll be able to boil water if you need to.

 

[fraseyboy]

I hope school gets cancelled.

 

[sanakaku]

damn guys glad you guys are ok.. thats quite scary

 

[revolink24]

Those road pictures are pretty impressive. It's going to need a lot of tax money for such a small country to fix that...

 

[chinesekiwi]

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Those road pictures are pretty impressive. It's going to need a lot of tax money for such a small country to fix that...

We'll be fine. Our natural disaster schemes are some of the best in the world.

 

[Landis]

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We'll be fine. Our natural disaster schemes are some of the best in the world.

I was tempted to make a Lord of the Rings joke, but good taste prevailed.
 
Great to hear that no deaths have been reported and only a majority of minor injuries! Stay strong and like Erik suggested, get your hands on water ASAP!

 

[appophylite]

Glad to hear you guys are doing alright!

 

[Currawong]

Only just heard about this and am glad to hear that you guys (and just about everyone else down there) is ok.  Indeed, as Uncle Erik said, make sure you have a good supply of drinking water.
 
The irony is not lost in this pic. 

 

[fraseyboy]

I went to the supermarket earlier and it was full of people stocking up for the end of the world. Like REALLY full. And all I bought was chocolate and milk.
 
I'm amazed at how strong and often these aftershocks are. It's been almost 18 hours since the full quake and these still a small quake every half hour or so. Some of them feel like 4-5 on the richter scale while others are just little rumblings which are more heard than felt. There has been at least 40 aftershocks by my count.
 
Apparently the cost of repair to the infrastructure and roads is going to be towards 2 billion dollars. The country has plenty of money set aside for such a disaster and will have no problems fixing it up. Authorities aren't entirely sure how bad things are but we were told not to flush our toilets and to boil the water before drinking it in case something has burst and the water supply has become contaminated. A gas leak in the city ignited earlier and they had trouble putting out the blaze due to a lack of water pressure. Hopefully this doesn't cause too many problems.
 
They're also saying heavy winds tomorrow could knock over weakened buildings, which I doubt very much but we'll see. 

 

[jeffreyj900]

Glad to hear you all are all right.  I was in a 7.2 in Seattle ~8 years ago.  Definitely a scary feeling.  Stay safe.

 

[Audio-Omega]

Natural disasters are getting more frequent.  Now would be a good time to stock up food and water whether you need them or not because you never know.  

 

[Samgotit]

If there is ever a time to hunker, that's it.
 
Glad  you guys still have your all your limbs.