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Tsunami alert as Chile hit by powerful earthquake

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Re: Tsunami alert as Chile hit by powerful earthquake

#31

Post by MCRed » Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 5:58 AM UTC

I spent two years in Chile and so my Facebook friends list is full of Chileans. One really interesting thing-- that I haven't seen before-- is Facebook has a feature for them to check in and say they are safe. I can see at a glance who of my friends has checked in and who hasn't.

Big props to Facebook for this feature!

Re: Tsunami alert as Chile hit by powerful earthquake

#32

Post by kitwalker12 » Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 7:51 PM UTC

I'm new to US and ipso facto new to weather alerts on my phone. So the first time I saw the alert, kinda shit my pants as I had been in Andaman hours before the 2004 Tsunami

Re: Tsunami alert as Chile hit by powerful earthquake

#33

Post by kitwalker12 » Thu, Sep 17, 2015, 7:54 PM UTC

MCRed wrote: post #31

I spent two years in Chile and so my Facebook friends list is full of Chileans. One really interesting thing-- that I haven't seen before-- is Facebook has a feature for them to check in and say they are safe. I can see at a glance who of my friends has checked in and who hasn't. Big props to Facebook for this feature!

That feature was really helpful during the recent Nepal earthquake as well

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