Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010...5:24 am

Disaster

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This isn’t about screen printing, but I can’t help but comment.

The earthquake in Chile is nearly incomprehensible.

Santiago, Chile has extensive damage. Santiago is three hundred miles from the epicenter of the quake. That is like a quake in Philadelphia causing extensive damage in Boston. I can’t fathom that.

There are an estimated 500,000 homes in ruins. That is every single home in Boston. Then that is every single home in Boston again!

I spent some time in Chile. There is tremendous damage to a little town called Curico. Again it is closer than Santiago to the quake center, but it isn’t really what you normally would call close.

Earthquake damage in Curico, Chile. Not even that close to the epicenter. I was there a couple years ago and cannot imagine this happening to a pretty poor town already.

Earthquake damage in Curico, Chile. It is not even that close to the epicenter. I was there a couple years ago and cannot imagine this happening to a community that was struggling even before the disaster.

I’m looking into what charities will be the best to help with this. For now I would recommend Doctors Without Borders  (doctorswithoutborders.com) who always do a good job and spend their money wisely.

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