The good news is that while the loss of property is not good, people have been remarkably well protected. The emergency response down there has been really very good, and the ABC and local media have done a great job of getting warnings out as quickly and widely as possible.

No news from Snorri at this point, but if he is on the peninsula, they literally have no power aside from generators: all the lines are out. I'll let you know if I hear anything, the Facebookers might get news earlier, but J says no news there that he knows of.