{"id":4206,"date":"2010-04-20T13:29:31","date_gmt":"2010-04-20T13:29:31","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-03-16T14:48:03","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T17:48:03","slug":"27-de-febrero-de-2010-una-noche-para-recordar","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/amchamchile.cl\/en\/noticia\/27-de-febrero-de-2010-una-noche-para-recordar\/","title":{"rendered":"27 de Febrero de 2010, Una Noche Para RecordarFebruary 27th, 2010 \u2013 A Night to Remember"},"content":{"rendered":"

Como todos sabemos, no hay absolutamente nada divertido sobre un terremoto o un maremoto; son peligrosos y mortales, algo de lo que desafortunadamente fuimos testigos hace tan poco.<\/P>
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A pesar de todo, hay un lado humor\u00edstico para la mayor\u00eda de las situaciones, incluso las tr\u00e1gicas. Sobreviv\u00ed para contarlo, pero mi historia pudo haber terminado de una manera muy distinta…<\/P>
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La noche del 26 de febrero hab\u00eda sido larga y las festividades ampliamente disfrutadas. No obstante, cerca de las 3:25 a.m. de la ma\u00f1ana siguiente algo que hab\u00edamos comido me hab\u00eda ca\u00eddo mal y tuve que ir al ba\u00f1o. Estaba sentado c\u00f3modamente sobre el trono de porcelana, bien ocupado de mis cosas, cuando todo comenz\u00f3 a moverse lo que fue seguido por un corte de luz. Mi apremio se hab\u00eda vuelto extremadamente precario. Bien, estamos hablando del piso 21 de un edificio de departamentos por el que nunca vi ning\u00fan papel asegur\u00e1ndome que los constructores garantizaban el bamboleo, pero no el colapso durante un temblor fuerte o incluso un terremoto.<\/P>
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Para empeorar las cosas estaba completamente desnudo. Y m\u00e1s encima la ca\u00f1er\u00eda de agua explot\u00f3. Entonces, ah\u00ed estaba sentado, aterrorizado en la oscuridad, desnudo, empapado, sinti\u00e9ndome podrido por dentro y ahora por fuera, cuando de repente a la taza del toilette de porcelana se le soltaron los pernos y nos deslizamos hacia la ventana y luego de vuelta hacia la tina. Grit\u00e9. Cobardemente, lo s\u00e9, pero el grito me sali\u00f3 de bien adentro y me hizo sentir tanto, pero tanto mejor; por un muy breve segundo.<\/P>
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Me considero un \u201chombre de acci\u00f3n\u201d, pero en este apremio mi activo cerebro se congel\u00f3 y simplemente no pude reaccionar. Me aferr\u00e9 al asiento de porcelana como si mi vida dependiera de ello (\u00a1creo que as\u00ed fue!) mientras nos mov\u00edamos r\u00e1pidamente de la ventana a la ba\u00f1era y de vuelta con el agua esparci\u00e9ndose por todos lados. Trat\u00e9 de agarrar la toalla cuando pasamos r\u00e1pido por el riel, pero fall\u00e9 en los primeros dos intentos. Finalmente lo logr\u00e9 y agarr\u00e9 una toalla que luego mantuve firmemente entre mis dientes. La toalla al menos logr\u00f3 parar mis pat\u00e9ticos gritos.<\/P>
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Todo eso pas\u00f3 entre las 3:34 a.m. y las 3:35 a.m. \u00a1Apenas en un minuto! Pareci\u00f3 haber una peque\u00f1a pausa y luego el bamboleo continu\u00f3. Por alguna raz\u00f3n de la que no estoy seguro, mi subconsciente decidi\u00f3 que estar\u00eda m\u00e1s seguro en la tina y entonces en uno de los vaivenes que me alejaban de la ventana abandon\u00e9 la porcelana por la ba\u00f1era, agarr\u00e1ndome de su borde con la toalla a\u00fan en la boca.<\/P>
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En todo ese tiempo ni siquiera hab\u00eda pensado en la Sra. Eneldo ni tampoco la hab\u00eda o\u00eddo, pero eso no me pareci\u00f3 importante justo en ese minuto. Finalmente el bamboleo del edificio disminuy\u00f3 y mi sentido com\u00fan volvi\u00f3; por etapas. Grit\u00e9 por el amor de mi vida, en parte por una genuina preocupaci\u00f3n por ella y en parte porque esperaba que ella viniera a mi rescate. Y lo hizo, \u00a1benditos sean sus calcetines de algod\u00f3n! <\/P>
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Apareci\u00f3 en el pasillo, con una linterna en la mano y dijo: \u201c\u00bfQu\u00e9 diablos crees que est\u00e1s haciendo?\u201d<\/P>
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Deber\u00eda a\u00f1adir que el bamboleo ya se hab\u00eda detenido completamente y todo lo que ella pod\u00eda ver era una figura pat\u00e9tica, desnuda sentada de costado en la tina, empapada y con una toalla sujetada con fuerza entre los dientes que rechinaban.<\/P>
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Me saqu\u00e9 la toalla y respond\u00ed: \u201cPor Dios Santo, hubo un terremoto o algo muy parecido a uno\u201d.<\/P>
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\u201cTe ves bien rid\u00edculo\u201d, subray\u00f3 innecesariamente, \u201c\u00bfpor qu\u00e9 hay agua en todas partes y por qu\u00e9 no vuelves a la cama?\u201d<\/P>
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\u201c\u00a1HUBO UN TERREMOTO!\u201d, bram\u00e9.<\/P>
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\u201c\u00bfEn serio? Pens\u00e9 que era un poco temprano para que te estuvieras duchando…\u201d. Hay que decir que la Sra. Eneldo duerme extremadamente bien…<\/P>
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Nuestro edificio no hab\u00eda colapsado y convenc\u00ed a la Sra. E de que el da\u00f1o en el ba\u00f1o no ten\u00eda nada que ver con el actuar de un desquiciado y as\u00ed nos juntamos con nuestros vecinos en el pasillo del piso. A\u00fan mojado, pero ahora envuelto en una toalla, escuchamos mientras la gente contaba sus historias en medio de los destellos caminantes de las linternas. Ahora ten\u00eda puesta mi linterna de cabeza y estaba comenzando a sentir el regreso a mi propio cuerpo, mente y usual y entera compostura. Sin embargo, cuando me preguntaron c\u00f3mo hab\u00eda sido para m\u00ed, ment\u00ed: \u201cOh, la Sra. E y yo est\u00e1bamos profundamente dormidos, casi no sentimos nada. \u00bfFue fuerte?\u201d. Bostec\u00e9 y dije casualmente que me iba a ir a acostar dado que no parec\u00eda tener mucho sentido perder tiempo de sue\u00f1o por un peque\u00f1o temblor y camin\u00e9 a zancadas de vuelta al departamento, con una estupefacta Sra. E pocos pasos atr\u00e1s. Luego entr\u00e9 r\u00e1pidamente al ba\u00f1o de visitas donde \u00a1\u00a1\u00a1me indispuse violentamente!!!<\/P>
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Pat\u00e9ticamente y viviendo en negaci\u00f3n, se despide<\/P>
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Santiago Eneldo<\/STRONG>
(Abusos y otros comentarios apropiados a <\/STRONG><\/EM>santiagoeneldo@yahoo.com<\/STRONG><\/EM><\/A>)
<\/STRONG><\/EM><\/P>

As we all know, there is absolutely nothing funny about an earthquake or a tsunami; they are dangerous and deadly \u2013 as we have unfortunately witnessed so very recently.<\/P>
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All the same, there is a humorous side to most situations \u2013 even tragic ones. I survived to tell the tale, but my story could have ended very differently….<\/P>
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The evening of February 26th had been long and the festivities much enjoyed. However, at about 3:25am the next morning something we had eaten was not sitting well with me and I went to the bathroom. I was sat comfortably upon the porcelain throne, very much minding my own business, when everything started to shake followed by the lights going out. My predicament had become extremely precarious. Now, we are talking the 21st floor of an apartment building for which I had never seen any piece of paper assuring me the builders guaranteed swaying but no collapse during a severe tremor or even a quake.<\/P>
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To make matters worse I was entirely naked. And then the water pipe burst. So, there I am sitting terrified in the dark, naked, soaking wet, feeling rotten inside and now outside, when suddenly the porcelain toilet bowl comes off its bolts and we slid together towards the window and then back towards the bathtub. I screamed. Cowardly, I know, but it came from deep within and made me feel oh so much better \u2013 for one very short second.<\/P>
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I believe myself to be a \u201cman of action\u201d but in this predicament my lively brain froze on me and I simply couldn\u2019t react. I clung to the porcelain seat as if my life depended on it (I believed it did!) as we moved rapidly from window to bathtub and back again with water spraying all around. I made a grab for the towel as we sped past the rail but failed on the first two attempts. Finally I succeeded and grasped a towel which I then held firmly between my teeth. The towel did at least stop my pathetic screaming.<\/P>
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All this took place between 3:34am and 3:35am. Just one minute! There seemed to be a brief pause and then the swaying continued. For some reason of which I am not sure, my subconscious decided I would be safer in the bathtub and so on one of the swings away from the window I abandoned the porcelain for the tub, clinging to its side with the towel still in mouth.<\/P>
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In all this time I had not given a thought for Mrs. Eneldo nor had I heard her, but this did not seem important to me just then. Finally the swaying of the building slowed and my common sense returned \u2013 in stages. I shouted out for the love of my life, partly out of genuine concern for her and partly because I hoped she would come to my rescue. And she did come, bless her cotton socks! <\/P>
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She appeared in the doorway, flashlight in hand and said: \u201cWhat the heck do you think you are doing?\u201d<\/P>
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I should point out that the swaying had now stopped completely and all she could see was a pathetic, naked figure sitting sideways in the bathtub, dripping wet and with a towel clutched between gnashing teeth.<\/P>
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I removed the towel and replied: \u201cFor goodness sake, there has been an earthquake, or something very like one.\u201d<\/P>
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\u201cYou do look quite ridiculous,\u201d she pointed out unnecessarily, \u201cwhy is there water everywhere and why don\u2019t you come back to bed?\u201d<\/P>
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\u201cTHERE\u2019S BEEN A QUAKE!\u201d I bellowed.<\/P>
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\u201cReally? I thought it was a bit early for you to be having a shower….\u201d It should be pointed out that Mrs. Eneldo does sleep extremely well…<\/P>
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Our building had not collapsed and I convinced Mrs. E that the damage to the bathroom was not the doings of a madman and so we joined our neighbours in the hallway. Still soaked, but with the towel now wrapped around me, we listened as people told their stories amidst the wandering beams of flashlights. I now had my headlamp on and was beginning to feel my way back into my own body, mind and usual upright bearing. However, when asked for my story I lied: \u201cOh, Mrs. E and I were fast asleep, hardly felt a thing. Was it a big one?\u201d I yawned and said casually that I thought I would go back to bed as there didn\u2019t seem much point in wasting sleep over a little tremor and strode boldly back into the apartment, with a bemused Mrs E close behind. Then I dashed for the visitor\u2019s bathroom where I was violently ill!<\/P>
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Pathetically yours and living in denial,<\/P>
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Santiago Eneldo<\/STRONG>
(Abuse and other appropriate comments to <\/STRONG><\/EM>santiagoeneldo@yahoo.com<\/STRONG><\/EM><\/A>)<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Como todos sabemos, no hay absolutamente nada divertido sobre un terremoto o un maremoto; son peligrosos y mortales, algo de lo que desafortunadamente fuimos testigos hace tan poco.<\/P>
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A pesar de todo, hay un lado humor\u00edstico para la mayor\u00eda de las situaciones, incluso las tr\u00e1gicas. Sobreviv\u00ed para contarlo, pero mi historia pudo haber terminado de una manera muy distinta…<\/P>
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