Elliott Yamin Twitter Updates on Chile Earthquake

American Idol Elliott Yamin happened to be in Chile when the 8.8 earthquake hit the country this Saturday. He tweeted everything live:

devastation Huge earthquake just now in Chile!!….I swear I thought this was the end of my life!!!!!

F*ck!!!!!! I take it all back everybody!!….I just escaped w my life,from an 8.3 earthquake!!!…is everybody ok?…where was the epicener?

Complete and utter choas on the streets…no power…my heart is beatin outta my chest!….tsunami warnin…I am only a mile inland!

Hey everybody…we r totally safe and sound 4 the time being…I’m finally calmer,and dawn is approaching,which will help!..thx 4 ur prayers

I’m totally calm now….were all 2gether…got blankets from our rooms, and we’re all hudled on the street..no aftershox in a while..

Oh shit!!..here come some more aftershox….sweet jesus,and baby jesus!!

So…1 min, I’m trashin this competition on twitter, the next,I’m runnin 4 my life 2 safety!…what a contrast!…I hope & pray yall are ok!

Whoa!!…my bro just informed me that cnn is relayin my tweets!!…please knw that we r safe, and there is currently no threat of a tsunami

Attn cnn/world: we r worried from ur reports of a tsunami, yet no warning sirens have sounded yet!…the army here is advising us 2 stay put

Hey yall…I’m gonna go live on the 2day shw…in about 45 min…tune in…I’m becoming a world reporter/correspondent!..who knew?!?!

ust got off the phone w ABC,gonna go on the air with them right after I do NBC…tune in 4 a full report..if singin doesn’t work out……

Whoa!!…just felt a pretty strong aftershock!…mother nature aint givin up on yet!!

Just got word that the airport in Santiago is closed…the tarmac has been reduced 2 rubble…my blood sugar is really hi

Imma Type 1 diabetic, and was sppsd 2 leave sunday.I only packed enuf insulin pump supplies 2 last til then….airports r closed!

The next closest airport 2 where we r in vina del mar is 6 hrs away!!…we’ve felt about 30 aftershox already!!!

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