Just heard about the truly enormous earthquake that rocked Chile (8.8 = something like 100 times more power than the one that devastated Haiti) and the potential for tsunamis that has all areas bordering on the Pacific on edge. It seems crazy that so many momentous events could happen to close together, though my knowledge of history is not broad enough to unequivocally state that all of it must be connected.

Still, this article on climate change—which yokels are currently laughing off due to all the cold weather vs. the misnomer "global warming"—suggested we might have geological disasters in our future.

It seems like Chile might be less affected than Haiti due to its better infrastructure and other factors. Let's hope.