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I am for sure sending prayers to Peru! Stefanie>> Peru quake death toll 355, rising> By MARTIN MEJIA and MAURICIO MUNOZ, Associated Press Writers 15 minutes> ago> > ICA, Peru - Rescuers struggled across a shattered countryside on> Thursday to reach victims of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that killed at> least 355 people. More than 1,500 people were reported injured and the> Red Cross said the toll was expected to rise.> > The center of the destruction was in Peru's southern desert, in the> oasis city of Ica and the nearby port of Pisco, about 125 miles> southeast of the capital, Lima. Pisco's mayor said at least 200 people> were buried in the rubble of a church where they had been attending a> service.> > In Ica, a city of 120,000 near the epicenter, a fourth of the buildings> collapsed, at least 57 bodies were brought to the morgue and injured> parents and children crowded into a hospital where they waited for> attention on cots. Several Ica churches also were damaged, including the> historic Senor de Luren church. Cable news station Canal N said 17> people were killed inside one.> > The earthquake's magnitude was raised from 7.9 to 8 on Thursday by the> U.S. Geological Survey. At least 15 aftershocks followed, some as strong> as magnitude-6.3.> > The scope of the destruction became more evident as the frigid dawn> broke, revealing thick stone and masonry walls in piles around the> region. The quake knocked out telephone and mobile phone service between> the capital and the disaster zone. Electricity also was cut, with power> lines drooping dangerously into the streets.> > The government rushed police, soldiers, doctors and aid to the area, but> traffic was paralyzed by giant cracks and fallen power lines on the> Panamerican Highway south of Lima. Large boulders also blocked Peru's> Central Highway to the Andes mountains. Rescue flights from Colombia and> Panama were being prepared, but it wasn't immediately clear when they> could arrive.> > In Chincha, a small town 20 miles north of Pisco, an AP Television News> cameraman counted 30 bodies under bloody sheets on a patio of the badly> damaged hospital. About 200 people were waiting to be treated in> walkways and gardens, kept outside for fear that aftershocks could> topple the cracked walls.> > "Our services are saturated and half of the hospital has collapsed," Dr.> Huber Malma said as he single-handedly attended to dozens of people.> > Chincha looked as if it had been bombed. Large areas were completely> leveled; dozens of homes made with adobe bricks had collapsed.> Townspeople picked through the rubble of their homes, wrapped in sheets> that made them look like ghosts in the early dawn.> > "We're all frightened to return to our houses," Cortez said,> staring vacantly at the half of her house that was still standing.> > The Peruvian Red Cross arrived in Ica and Pisco 7 1/2 hours after the> initial quake, about three times as long as it would normally have taken> because of road damage, said Red Cross official Giorgio Ferrario.> > He said he expects the death toll to climb.> > "The dead are scattered by the dozens on the streets," Pisco Mayor > Mendoza told Lima radio station CPN.> > "We don't have lights, water, communications. Most houses have fallen.> Churches, stores, hotels — everything is destroyed," the mayor said,> sobbing.> > In Lima, about 95 miles from the epicenter, only one death was recorded,> and some homes collapsed. But the furious two minutes of shaking> prompted thousands of people to flee into the streets and sleep in> public parks for safety.> > "This is the strongest earthquake I've ever felt," said Pilar> Mena, 47, a sandwich vendor in Lima. "When the quake struck, I thought> it would never end."> > Antony Falconi, 27, was desperately trying to get public transportation> home as hundreds of people milled on the streets flagging down buses in> the dark.> > "Who isn't going to be frightened?" Falconi said. "The earth moved> differently this time. It made waves and the earth was like jelly."> > Firefighters put out a fire in a shopping center. State doctors called> off a national strike that began on Wednesday to handle the emergency.> President Alan also said public schools would be closed Thursday> because the buildings may be unsafe.> > Peru's Civil Defense agency said that at least 355 were dead and 1,500> injured.> > The earthquake hit at 6:40 p.m. about 90 miles southeast of Lima at a> depth of about 19 miles, when one of the region's two constantly> shifting plates dove under the other quickly, according to Amy Vaughan,> a USGS geophysicist at the National Earthquake Information Center in> Golden, Colo.> > The last time a quake of magnitude 7.0 or larger struck Peru was in> September 2005, when a 7.5-magnitude earthquake rocked the country's> northern jungle, killing four people. In 2001, a 7.9-magnitude quake> struck near the southern Andean city of Arequipa, killing 71.> > ___> > Associated Press writers Monte , Edison and phs in> Lima, Chang in Los Angeles and DiLorenzo in New York> contributed to this report.>

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much for the update.. Communications are very tough at

this moment but i am still trying to get donations there.. Thank you

all.. Love ~Karma

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wrote:

>

> Peru quake death toll 355, rising

> By MARTIN MEJIA and MAURICIO MUNOZ, Associated Press Writers 15 minutes

> ago

>

> ICA, Peru - Rescuers struggled across a shattered countryside on

> Thursday to reach victims of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that killed at

> least 355 people. More than 1,500 people were reported injured and the

> Red Cross said the toll was expected to rise.

>

> The center of the destruction was in Peru's southern desert, in the

> oasis city of Ica and the nearby port of Pisco, about 125 miles

> southeast of the capital, Lima. Pisco's mayor said at least 200 people

> were buried in the rubble of a church where they had been attending a

> service.

>

> In Ica, a city of 120,000 near the epicenter, a fourth of the buildings

> collapsed, at least 57 bodies were brought to the morgue and injured

> parents and children crowded into a hospital where they waited for

> attention on cots. Several Ica churches also were damaged, including the

> historic Senor de Luren church. Cable news station Canal N said 17

> people were killed inside one.

>

> The earthquake's magnitude was raised from 7.9 to 8 on Thursday by the

> U.S. Geological Survey. At least 15 aftershocks followed, some as strong

> as magnitude-6.3.

>

> The scope of the destruction became more evident as the frigid dawn

> broke, revealing thick stone and masonry walls in piles around the

> region. The quake knocked out telephone and mobile phone service between

> the capital and the disaster zone. Electricity also was cut, with power

> lines drooping dangerously into the streets.

>

> The government rushed police, soldiers, doctors and aid to the area, but

> traffic was paralyzed by giant cracks and fallen power lines on the

> Panamerican Highway south of Lima. Large boulders also blocked Peru's

> Central Highway to the Andes mountains. Rescue flights from Colombia and

> Panama were being prepared, but it wasn't immediately clear when they

> could arrive.

>

> In Chincha, a small town 20 miles north of Pisco, an AP Television News

> cameraman counted 30 bodies under bloody sheets on a patio of the badly

> damaged hospital. About 200 people were waiting to be treated in

> walkways and gardens, kept outside for fear that aftershocks could

> topple the cracked walls.

>

> " Our services are saturated and half of the hospital has collapsed, " Dr.

> Huber Malma said as he single-handedly attended to dozens of people.

>

> Chincha looked as if it had been bombed. Large areas were completely

> leveled; dozens of homes made with adobe bricks had collapsed.

> Townspeople picked through the rubble of their homes, wrapped in sheets

> that made them look like ghosts in the early dawn.

>

> " We're all frightened to return to our houses, " Cortez said,

> staring vacantly at the half of her house that was still standing.

>

> The Peruvian Red Cross arrived in Ica and Pisco 7 1/2 hours after the

> initial quake, about three times as long as it would normally have taken

> because of road damage, said Red Cross official Giorgio Ferrario.

>

> He said he expects the death toll to climb.

>

> " The dead are scattered by the dozens on the streets, " Pisco Mayor

> Mendoza told Lima radio station CPN.

>

> " We don't have lights, water, communications. Most houses have fallen.

> Churches, stores, hotels — everything is destroyed, " the mayor said,

> sobbing.

>

> In Lima, about 95 miles from the epicenter, only one death was recorded,

> and some homes collapsed. But the furious two minutes of shaking

> prompted thousands of people to flee into the streets and sleep in

> public parks for safety.

>

> " This is the strongest earthquake I've ever felt, " said Pilar

> Mena, 47, a sandwich vendor in Lima. " When the quake struck, I thought

> it would never end. "

>

> Antony Falconi, 27, was desperately trying to get public transportation

> home as hundreds of people milled on the streets flagging down buses in

> the dark.

>

> " Who isn't going to be frightened? " Falconi said. " The earth moved

> differently this time. It made waves and the earth was like jelly. "

>

> Firefighters put out a fire in a shopping center. State doctors called

> off a national strike that began on Wednesday to handle the emergency.

> President Alan also said public schools would be closed Thursday

> because the buildings may be unsafe.

>

> Peru's Civil Defense agency said that at least 355 were dead and 1,500

> injured.

>

> The earthquake hit at 6:40 p.m. about 90 miles southeast of Lima at a

> depth of about 19 miles, when one of the region's two constantly

> shifting plates dove under the other quickly, according to Amy Vaughan,

> a USGS geophysicist at the National Earthquake Information Center in

> Golden, Colo.

>

> The last time a quake of magnitude 7.0 or larger struck Peru was in

> September 2005, when a 7.5-magnitude earthquake rocked the country's

> northern jungle, killing four people. In 2001, a 7.9-magnitude quake

> struck near the southern Andean city of Arequipa, killing 71.

>

> ___

>

> Associated Press writers Monte , Edison and phs in

> Lima, Chang in Los Angeles and DiLorenzo in New York

> contributed to this report.

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

This just makes me sick at heart. Mari is my myspace sister. She

calls me Princessa. :-( Her and I talk to each other alot and was

able to talk on the phone a couple of times.

Here is some of what she has shared with me about Peru. Peru is a

very poor country. They do not have high paying jobs and there are

not many available as it is. Many migrate to Spain if they are able

to get someone to do papers on that end for them. Spain is very

strict about that.

Mari herself is an elementary school teacher and is barely making

it. She has 3 sons that she is raising alone. She just went into

remission from cancer after alot of chemo and radiation.So any

savings she had got used up during that time and it has been a

struggle for her to just keep food on the table. Her mom and other

family members live far away up in the mountains of Peru. I don't

think they will be much help at this point. I saw that someone else

as well had mentioned getting stuff together to send like clothes.

Food is also going to be hard to obtain there. For I am sure schools

and other buildings being damaged have wiped out many peoples

sources of income including Mari's. Any donations at this point as

well as prayers will help. Thanks for doing this Ms ! I love

you!

Hugs,

> >

> > Peru quake death toll 355, rising

> > By MARTIN MEJIA and MAURICIO MUNOZ, Associated Press Writers 15

minutes

> > ago

> >

> > ICA, Peru - Rescuers struggled across a shattered countryside on

> > Thursday to reach victims of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that

killed at

> > least 355 people. More than 1,500 people were reported injured

and the

> > Red Cross said the toll was expected to rise.

> >

> > The center of the destruction was in Peru's southern desert, in

the

> > oasis city of Ica and the nearby port of Pisco, about 125 miles

> > southeast of the capital, Lima. Pisco's mayor said at least 200

people

> > were buried in the rubble of a church where they had been

attending a

> > service.

> >

> > In Ica, a city of 120,000 near the epicenter, a fourth of the

buildings

> > collapsed, at least 57 bodies were brought to the morgue and

injured

> > parents and children crowded into a hospital where they waited

for

> > attention on cots. Several Ica churches also were damaged,

including the

> > historic Senor de Luren church. Cable news station Canal N said

17

> > people were killed inside one.

> >

> > The earthquake's magnitude was raised from 7.9 to 8 on Thursday

by the

> > U.S. Geological Survey. At least 15 aftershocks followed, some

as strong

> > as magnitude-6.3.

> >

> > The scope of the destruction became more evident as the frigid

dawn

> > broke, revealing thick stone and masonry walls in piles around

the

> > region. The quake knocked out telephone and mobile phone service

between

> > the capital and the disaster zone. Electricity also was cut,

with power

> > lines drooping dangerously into the streets.

> >

> > The government rushed police, soldiers, doctors and aid to the

area, but

> > traffic was paralyzed by giant cracks and fallen power lines on

the

> > Panamerican Highway south of Lima. Large boulders also blocked

Peru's

> > Central Highway to the Andes mountains. Rescue flights from

Colombia and

> > Panama were being prepared, but it wasn't immediately clear when

they

> > could arrive.

> >

> > In Chincha, a small town 20 miles north of Pisco, an AP

Television News

> > cameraman counted 30 bodies under bloody sheets on a patio of

the badly

> > damaged hospital. About 200 people were waiting to be treated in

> > walkways and gardens, kept outside for fear that aftershocks

could

> > topple the cracked walls.

> >

> > " Our services are saturated and half of the hospital has

collapsed, " Dr.

> > Huber Malma said as he single-handedly attended to dozens of

people.

> >

> > Chincha looked as if it had been bombed. Large areas were

completely

> > leveled; dozens of homes made with adobe bricks had collapsed.

> > Townspeople picked through the rubble of their homes, wrapped in

sheets

> > that made them look like ghosts in the early dawn.

> >

> > " We're all frightened to return to our houses, " Cortez

said,

> > staring vacantly at the half of her house that was still

standing.

> >

> > The Peruvian Red Cross arrived in Ica and Pisco 7 1/2 hours

after the

> > initial quake, about three times as long as it would normally

have taken

> > because of road damage, said Red Cross official Giorgio Ferrario.

> >

> > He said he expects the death toll to climb.

> >

> > " The dead are scattered by the dozens on the streets, " Pisco

Mayor

> > Mendoza told Lima radio station CPN.

> >

> > " We don't have lights, water, communications. Most houses have

fallen.

> > Churches, stores, hotels — everything is destroyed, " the mayor

said,

> > sobbing.

> >

> > In Lima, about 95 miles from the epicenter, only one death was

recorded,

> > and some homes collapsed. But the furious two minutes of shaking

> > prompted thousands of people to flee into the streets and sleep

in

> > public parks for safety.

> >

> > " This is the strongest earthquake I've ever felt, " said

Pilar

> > Mena, 47, a sandwich vendor in Lima. " When the quake struck, I

thought

> > it would never end. "

> >

> > Antony Falconi, 27, was desperately trying to get public

transportation

> > home as hundreds of people milled on the streets flagging down

buses in

> > the dark.

> >

> > " Who isn't going to be frightened? " Falconi said. " The earth

moved

> > differently this time. It made waves and the earth was like

jelly. "

> >

> > Firefighters put out a fire in a shopping center. State doctors

called

> > off a national strike that began on Wednesday to handle the

emergency.

> > President Alan also said public schools would be closed

Thursday

> > because the buildings may be unsafe.

> >

> > Peru's Civil Defense agency said that at least 355 were dead and

1,500

> > injured.

> >

> > The earthquake hit at 6:40 p.m. about 90 miles southeast of Lima

at a

> > depth of about 19 miles, when one of the region's two constantly

> > shifting plates dove under the other quickly, according to Amy

Vaughan,

> > a USGS geophysicist at the National Earthquake Information

Center in

> > Golden, Colo.

> >

> > The last time a quake of magnitude 7.0 or larger struck Peru was

in

> > September 2005, when a 7.5-magnitude earthquake rocked the

country's

> > northern jungle, killing four people. In 2001, a 7.9-magnitude

quake

> > struck near the southern Andean city of Arequipa, killing 71.

> >

> > ___

> >

> > Associated Press writers Monte , Edison and

phs in

> > Lima, Chang in Los Angeles and DiLorenzo in New York

> > contributed to this report.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you sweet ! I just got some info to send to for donations

and here it is.. PLEASE! PLEASE! TRY YOUR BEST TO HELP..

SEND TO:

http://www.peruanitosfoundation.org/new/index.php?pg=n & language=en

10542 Venice Blvd Culver City, CA 90232

Tel. 310.893.4000

THANK YOU ALL

LOVE

KAREN!KARMA

> > >

> > > Peru quake death toll 355, rising

> > > By MARTIN MEJIA and MAURICIO MUNOZ, Associated Press Writers 15

> minutes

> > > ago

> > >

> > > ICA, Peru - Rescuers struggled across a shattered countryside on

> > > Thursday to reach victims of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that

> killed at

> > > least 355 people. More than 1,500 people were reported injured

> and the

> > > Red Cross said the toll was expected to rise.

> > >

> > > The center of the destruction was in Peru's southern desert, in

> the

> > > oasis city of Ica and the nearby port of Pisco, about 125 miles

> > > southeast of the capital, Lima. Pisco's mayor said at least 200

> people

> > > were buried in the rubble of a church where they had been

> attending a

> > > service.

> > >

> > > In Ica, a city of 120,000 near the epicenter, a fourth of the

> buildings

> > > collapsed, at least 57 bodies were brought to the morgue and

> injured

> > > parents and children crowded into a hospital where they waited

> for

> > > attention on cots. Several Ica churches also were damaged,

> including the

> > > historic Senor de Luren church. Cable news station Canal N said

> 17

> > > people were killed inside one.

> > >

> > > The earthquake's magnitude was raised from 7.9 to 8 on Thursday

> by the

> > > U.S. Geological Survey. At least 15 aftershocks followed, some

> as strong

> > > as magnitude-6.3.

> > >

> > > The scope of the destruction became more evident as the frigid

> dawn

> > > broke, revealing thick stone and masonry walls in piles around

> the

> > > region. The quake knocked out telephone and mobile phone service

> between

> > > the capital and the disaster zone. Electricity also was cut,

> with power

> > > lines drooping dangerously into the streets.

> > >

> > > The government rushed police, soldiers, doctors and aid to the

> area, but

> > > traffic was paralyzed by giant cracks and fallen power lines on

> the

> > > Panamerican Highway south of Lima. Large boulders also blocked

> Peru's

> > > Central Highway to the Andes mountains. Rescue flights from

> Colombia and

> > > Panama were being prepared, but it wasn't immediately clear when

> they

> > > could arrive.

> > >

> > > In Chincha, a small town 20 miles north of Pisco, an AP

> Television News

> > > cameraman counted 30 bodies under bloody sheets on a patio of

> the badly

> > > damaged hospital. About 200 people were waiting to be treated in

> > > walkways and gardens, kept outside for fear that aftershocks

> could

> > > topple the cracked walls.

> > >

> > > " Our services are saturated and half of the hospital has

> collapsed, " Dr.

> > > Huber Malma said as he single-handedly attended to dozens of

> people.

> > >

> > > Chincha looked as if it had been bombed. Large areas were

> completely

> > > leveled; dozens of homes made with adobe bricks had collapsed.

> > > Townspeople picked through the rubble of their homes, wrapped in

> sheets

> > > that made them look like ghosts in the early dawn.

> > >

> > > " We're all frightened to return to our houses, " Cortez

> said,

> > > staring vacantly at the half of her house that was still

> standing.

> > >

> > > The Peruvian Red Cross arrived in Ica and Pisco 7 1/2 hours

> after the

> > > initial quake, about three times as long as it would normally

> have taken

> > > because of road damage, said Red Cross official Giorgio Ferrario.

> > >

> > > He said he expects the death toll to climb.

> > >

> > > " The dead are scattered by the dozens on the streets, " Pisco

> Mayor

> > > Mendoza told Lima radio station CPN.

> > >

> > > " We don't have lights, water, communications. Most houses have

> fallen.

> > > Churches, stores, hotels — everything is destroyed, " the mayor

> said,

> > > sobbing.

> > >

> > > In Lima, about 95 miles from the epicenter, only one death was

> recorded,

> > > and some homes collapsed. But the furious two minutes of shaking

> > > prompted thousands of people to flee into the streets and sleep

> in

> > > public parks for safety.

> > >

> > > " This is the strongest earthquake I've ever felt, " said

> Pilar

> > > Mena, 47, a sandwich vendor in Lima. " When the quake struck, I

> thought

> > > it would never end. "

> > >

> > > Antony Falconi, 27, was desperately trying to get public

> transportation

> > > home as hundreds of people milled on the streets flagging down

> buses in

> > > the dark.

> > >

> > > " Who isn't going to be frightened? " Falconi said. " The earth

> moved

> > > differently this time. It made waves and the earth was like

> jelly. "

> > >

> > > Firefighters put out a fire in a shopping center. State doctors

> called

> > > off a national strike that began on Wednesday to handle the

> emergency.

> > > President Alan also said public schools would be closed

> Thursday

> > > because the buildings may be unsafe.

> > >

> > > Peru's Civil Defense agency said that at least 355 were dead and

> 1,500

> > > injured.

> > >

> > > The earthquake hit at 6:40 p.m. about 90 miles southeast of Lima

> at a

> > > depth of about 19 miles, when one of the region's two constantly

> > > shifting plates dove under the other quickly, according to Amy

> Vaughan,

> > > a USGS geophysicist at the National Earthquake Information

> Center in

> > > Golden, Colo.

> > >

> > > The last time a quake of magnitude 7.0 or larger struck Peru was

> in

> > > September 2005, when a 7.5-magnitude earthquake rocked the

> country's

> > > northern jungle, killing four people. In 2001, a 7.9-magnitude

> quake

> > > struck near the southern Andean city of Arequipa, killing 71.

> > >

> > > ___

> > >

> > > Associated Press writers Monte , Edison and

> phs in

> > > Lima, Chang in Los Angeles and DiLorenzo in New York

> > > contributed to this report.

> > >

> >

>