First of all, apologies for not posting earlier, but what happened in the north has kept me out of circulation.
On Wednesday November 14th floor moved in Tocopilla. There are accustomed to earthquakes, even in circumstances that here in the capital a level 5 earthquake alarm half the world, and there is a further jolt. But this was different. Grade 7.8 on the Richter scale and VII on the Mercalli scale (the Richter scale represents the seismic energy released at each earthquake and is based on the seismic record. The Mercalli scale is based on damage to structures and the sensation perceived by the people). And it was day. Thank God there were not many human misfortunes than sorry, only 2 people died due to the movement is a small price. But ... 
But the city is a disaster. It is as if war had occurred. This is what I can see the story of dozens of people with whom I made contact and they are there, on the site, or were in different areas also felt the earthquake. Most of my friends and my family is there. In my house, nothing happened except a crack in the facade, which is fortunate. But in my district, half of the homes have to be demolished, either because they practically fell, or who have serious structural damage. And that's nothing compared to the popular sectors, where entire populations collapsed. And people are on the street, tending their few belongings. Was cut off water and light, that is, it does not matter that the light is off, but the water ... live without water is terrible. It's part of our food, our life. Be explained in part then, that the first days post-disaster, people desperately been assaulted aid trucks. These are people who do not have food and drink. 
The effort of a lifetime came crashing down at once, and without warning. Also, think of those children who, in addition to restricted foods were in class when the earthquake happened. I think any movement will leave them terrified and flee in any direction. Fortunately, as we seismic zone, people generally know what to do in these situations, what are the escape routes and where to go in case of tsunami, because that's what was thought minutes after the earthquake. As there was no light, all people began to "walk? to the hills, because according to the instructions are there, only has 30 minutes to try to be safe from the tsunami. But this did not happen (the tsunami). 
The hospital, the commissioner, the governor, are buildings that will go down in history as they will be demolished. The demolitions occurring every day. Army personnel support in these efforts for debris removal. It has also increased the allocation of police three times, and staffing of Investigation, as with all This "exposure" of the houses, in the sense that people leave their houses open in case there is another move to get away, have increased the pseudo looting and theft. In addition, initially, as in all places there are people taking advantage of all, things went necessities, eg a kilo of bread was worth $ 2000 at least, or a sail $ 1000 ... only 1 candle! . Now, the distribution of aid, which has been quite generous, it has been rectified. But the city is down. Ie, we must rebuild the city, will have to "refound". The reconstruction will be slow, but hopefully that can be trusted. 
While in Santiago, and working, you will understand my state of mind. First of all, a constant concern, not being there is a slightly bitter feeling that I abandoned for the moment. Only calms me to know that mine are fine. Besides, I think in these situations is crucial to convey peace, courage, strength. Was unfortunate for me that television, although he gave coverage to the incident, preferring to convey "an affair of footballers and models" as a magazine titled English to exhibit what was actually happening. Me is more than clear that Santiago is Chile, which had it occurred here, one is history and even today with the TV would be full of earthquake. But that's not what I want, I just want to consider the North as a part of Chile, and like many, many have family and friends there, so under this background, and basically, because it is a national news , should have been given more coverage to the earthquake. View my town grieves me from afar. I think that when you go now in December and there, nothing will be the same. But well, at least it begins to take "relative normality" within what is possible and the task is to rebuild the city, a sad city, a city that must be born again.
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