tagged w/ Iquique
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You know when Britain has a couple of flakes of snow and the country grinds to a halt? Then we hear all the talk of how we're just ill prepared to cope with freak weather that we're not used to...
A similar situation arose in Chile, in the port city of Iquique, on Monday night. But, instead of a minute amount of snow, they got a minute amount of rain - less than 1/100th of an inch! (How do they count such a small amount?)
What happened? Well 4,000 roofs were damaged, power was knocked out and schools closed the next day. Yes. Really.You know when Britain has a couple of flakes of snow and the country grinds to a halt?... more
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