Traffic has become horrible. Gas is now easier to get and it seems everyone is out and trying to get things done before curfew. Add some bad bottlenecks on the roads, no traffic police, and a bunch of non-functioning traffic signals and you have a recipe for traffic chaos.
We've seen a lot of destruction these last 5 days but nothing has compared to what we witnessed yesterday in the town of Dichato. The town is closer to the epicenter than Concepcion and the quake was followed by a large tsunami. Locals told us it reached 20 meters high. I'll enclose some photos but they just don't do justice to the smell, desperation, silence, and shock that we witnessed there.
On the beach. All that is left of this house is part of the roof with an antenna still attached.
Houses without a good foundation were simply swept away.
A view down what was a street.
Looking down another street.
There are literally houses sitting on houses.
Many of the fishing boats were sunk or ruined.
This large fishing boat ended up close to 2 miles from the sea.
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