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#1 Aug 15 2007 at 7:09 PM Rating: Decent
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There's some sort of Flea ****** joke around here, but I just can't find it.

http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=0f5afcb7-2402-42bb-8531-f71955a10c92&k=12151


LIMA (Reuters) - Two powerful earthquakes within minutes of each other struck Peru on Wednesday shaking buildings in the capital and cutting power in some areas.

The first quake, with a magnitude of 7.7, hit about 20 miles west of Chincha Alta, at a shallow 11.2 miles (18 km) from the earth's surface, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

It said the second had a magnitude of 7.5.

Office buildings in Lima shook in at least two different bouts that lasted around 20 seconds each, and workers ran out into the streets in fear, witnesses said.

The USGS says earthquakes measuring more than 7 magnitude often result in fatalities.


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#2 Aug 15 2007 at 7:13 PM Rating: Good
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Smasharoo wrote:
but I just can't find it.


I'm sure you can't.
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#3 Aug 15 2007 at 7:18 PM Rating: Decent
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I'm sure you can't.


Women ****** when I look at them, there's no need for me to find the little man in the boat.

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#4 Aug 15 2007 at 7:26 PM Rating: Excellent
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They sent out an advisory for Hawaii. If a wave comes, should be around 2 am tonight.
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#5 Aug 15 2007 at 7:42 PM Rating: Excellent
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Flea has quite a bit of family in Peru but none in the affected areas.

She did send her regards to you, Pikko, and hopes you're safe from any tidal wave action.
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#6 Aug 15 2007 at 8:03 PM Rating: Good
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Smasharoo wrote:

I'm sure you can't.


Women ****** when I look at them,


Keep your bedroom eyes off Peru then!
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#7 Aug 16 2007 at 3:35 AM Rating: Excellent
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They sent out an advisory for Hawaii. If a wave comes, should be around 2 am tonight.
They called it off while I was still watching Anderson Cooper. My family was up last night calling other family in Lima, but thank goodness they're in Huanuco on vacation.

The death toll is up to 337. I bet the worst affected around Lima (besides the older buildings which aren't kept up)will be the folks living in the pueblos jóvenes (shantytowns) outside Lima, because, as you can tell from the pictures, their homes are just handmade brick boxes with no structural thought.

As for Pisco (site of the creation of the famous liquor), it's just heartbreaking. One of our main cultural attractions...
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Pisco 'destroyed'
Meantime, the mayor of Pisco said that 70 percent of the coastal city lay in ruins after the earthquake, according to newspaper El Comercio's website.

"So much work and (now) our city is destroyed," Mayor Juan Mendoza Uribe said in an interview, unable to hold back his tears, according to the newspaper.

I hope the Nazca lines are okay. Smiley: frown

Those of you coming to the Peruvian restaurant with me can toast to Pisco.
#9 Aug 16 2007 at 7:17 AM Rating: Decent
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Where?
#10 Aug 16 2007 at 7:18 AM Rating: Good
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Insert obligatory "Cost of damage expected to run into tens of dollars" insensitive joke here.

Poor buggers. Let's see if the world's appetite for aid-funding will acknowledge Peru. I suspect not Smiley: oyvey
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#11 Aug 16 2007 at 7:29 AM Rating: Excellent
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Already made a contribution, so nyah.

It seems awful to say it, but I'm impressed that the death count is so low. Those were some powerful quakes.
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#13 Aug 16 2007 at 7:36 AM Rating: Good
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Glad your family is safe Flea. How's the weather Pikko?
#14 Aug 16 2007 at 7:12 PM Rating: Good
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Already made a contribution, so nyah.

It seems awful to say it, but I'm impressed that the death count is so low. Those were some powerful quakes.
A lot of that area is desert.
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