Tranquile' dudes and dudettes - everything is ok in Miraflores, Lima. In case you missed it, there was a 7.9 earthquake off the coast of southern Peru earlier this evening, about 90 miles south of Lima.
Now in my experience as a Los Angeleno, 7.9 is wrath-of-god type stuff - freeways falling down, sand liquifying, the Dodgers winning a playoff game (sorry, wining any game). But strangely enough, I was just sitting in a cafe sipping a cappucino con crema when it hit - and I barely noticed it!
There was a little rolling and rockin' and that was it... and I went back to my coffee. However, the locals seemed verrry nervous - I was informed that the history of earthquakes in Peru has been extremely bad. As recently as the 1990s, entire towns were wiped out. So I guess I get it - I'm just a jaded California.
Anyhow, it appears the Lima was relatively unscathed, although some of the poorer neighborhoods have reported power outages, scattered fires, minor damage.
Hoepfully we will remain tsunami free as well...
I'll check back in with further reports.
Tiene cuidado chicos y chicas.
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Yeah, I sent you an email about this earlier this morning wondering how things were in Lima. Glad you are OK, dude.
Hey Matt! Glad to hear you are dooing alright! we were worried! I hate earthquakes eek. Take care and keep us posted!!
xoxo
Karol
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