oh yeah, and this isnt a "well i didnt know the people so who cares" situation. you have to feel for these people. what if i happened to you? it could have just as easily happened more eastward and hit hawaii or the pacific coasts. hitting places like alaska, washington, origon, california, mexico, ect. the undersea quake that caused this was only so many hundreds of miles away from causing devestation in the americas.