Saturday, February 27, 2010

Tsunami Alarm

You have probably all heard about the earthquake in Chile. Just a quick note to say all is well here. I was woken up at 5:30 this morning and told we needed to move to higher ground. The details were a bit vague but we all started heading up hill and eventually found out what had happened, and that the wave (if it was coming) was expected here between 8 and 9am. Luckily, because this is a volcanic island you can gain elevation without going very far. Apparently this hasn´t happened here before, but the town was really quite efficient at evacuating everyone quickly. In the end, we were not hit here. At 10am we were allowed back to Port, and it`s business as usual. Thoughts and prayers with those in Chile.

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