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Well, it's definitely been an interesting two weeks here. This morning there was another earthquake (6.9) about 90 miles south of us, and there were several strong aftershocks as well. The big deal was that there was a tsunami warning for Vina and Valparaiso, and everyone left the city for higher ground. I was in the main building of the university, and we just climbed up to the fourth floor and waited there. After it was deemed safe, I took the micro back home, which is a heady 400 ft. above sea level. The other interesting thing is that the new president, Sebastian Piñera, was being inaugurated a few blocks away from me when all this was happening. Everything is good, and I hope that all this craziness ends soon so I can get back to birding. I think I might take a nap now :)