An 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit Chile at 3:30AM (that's massively larger than the quake that hit Haiti). There is now a tsunami watch out for Hawaii and then later Australia, NZ, etc. Dave, I think your dad is still down there? Please let us know when you hear from him so that we know he is safe. Thoughts go out to him and all of the others affected by this.
http://blog.su-spectator.com/2010/02/enormous-earthquake-rocks-central-chile/