Two days ago, February 27, 2010, at around 03:35 a massive earthquake hit my part of Chile, I am staying in Valparaiso.the earthquake did not effect the whole country considering Chile's coastline stretches 2,700 miles long. This earthquake cause my current home and the high school i am attending for this exchange program. Also the quake lasted a full 3 minuets. When the earthquake started Edwardo my host and I ran out of our apartment and out to the street which is surrounded by small huts as far away from the building as possible.We got out of the building just in time before it collapsed.Chile is divided in to three major classes, the rich live in mansions and the middle class live in apartments, the lower class lives in mud huts.The earthquake was very devastating because in rural areas the construction is not very durable. One reason the houses are not so well built is because in Chile they make almost 70% less then in America. Also in Chile they use more then 70% less oil and electricity then America.
Yesterday, Clean up efforts started around the town and today relief efforts started coming from all over the world. Most efforts in our town came from the United States, where i am actually from. I am coming home for Chile in two weeks and exited to go home but sad to leave my many new friends.Also yesterday I helped rebuild and clean up some of the mud huts near my fallen apartment complex. i liked working with the Chileans towards a common goal. After we worked on building huts we went to a fruit farm, there are many different kinds of farms in Chile.
Brian
^^^My friend Edwardo^^^
the housing in chile ranges from mud huts and apartments to monster mansions.
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