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My 8.8 Earthquake Experience

27 February 2013
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Today is the 3-year anniversary of the 8.8 Earthquake that struck Chile on February 27th 2010. I wrote the following experience just days after the earthquake had happened and have republished it here: Setting: Chile – Saturday, 27th of February 2010 – 3.34am Either you were soundly sleeping or in the final stages of some [...]

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Corre la Vida Run – Organ Donors & Transplants

21 November 2011
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Corre la Vida Run – Organ Donors & Transplants On Sunday morning there was a 7km run with a difference. It was to create awareness about transplants and donating organs. In Chile when you apply for a new carnet (the local ID card), you must specify whether you are a donor or not and it [...]

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Classified ONEMI report of Santiago Snow

18 August 2011
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Yes, we got our hands on the… CLASSIFIED: Official ONEMI report of Santiago Snow Warning: Very politically incorrect humour Heavy rain and snow hit Santiago in the morning of 18 of August 2011, in particular devastating the Puente Alto and La Dehesa suburbs. The storm has completed devastated the Puente Alto area causing approximately US$400 [...]

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Santiago Snow Photos

18 August 2011
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Today an unusual thing happened in Santiago… IT SNOWED. I have been living in Santiago for a total of 15 years and it has “snowed” three times (if you can count it as snow). On the first two occasions it is was just a light dusting, one of them happening at night so not much [...]

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Photos of Santiago after rain

19 June 2011
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As I mentioned in my last post, Santiago has a smog problem in winter. As strange as it sounds most people in Santiago actually look forward to rain in winter. Why? Mainly because it clears the smog away and leaves the Andes coated in snow. While today wasn’t a clear blue-sky day, you can still [...]

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Bloody Winter Smog of Santiago!

31 May 2011
Santiago Smog as seen from Escuela Militar

Today is one of those winter days in Santiago where you are reminded that there is a bit of a smog problem in the city. Normally you associate winter with excessive rain with the odd bit of flooding, or sometimes snow and freezing cold where your pee freezes before it hits the ground (unless you’re [...]

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