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All three networks still have correspondents in Chile as the coverage of the aftermath of last weekend's earthquake winds down (6 min v Monday's 21, Tuesday's 15). CBS had Mark Strassmann file from Concepcion, the major city in the earthquake region, where water is scarce, electricity is non-existent and looters roam. ABC and NBC both sent correspondents to the coast. NBC's Mark Potter visited Constitucion, which bore the brunt of the tsunami. ABC's David Wright filed from the same scene on Tuesday. "To fully understand the scope of the damage here, you really have to come here to see it in person but when you do, it is hard to believe," Potter assured us. Seeing the 50-foot high water mark, his incredulity was justified.
ABC's Wright moved on to the coastal village of Pelluehlo, which had an aftershock while he was there. He followed the villagers as they ran for the hills to avoid another tsunami. This time it was a false alarm. Yet, Wright mused, "the people who live on this beautiful coastline now cannot help but look at those waves as potentially deadly."
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