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Hey guys, BarefootFord.com will always be the place for updates, but over the last few months I’ve also written for other publications and been lucky enough to featured in a couple. Anyway, other then some other social media links and some articles coming out soon in The Arbiter, this is just about every place I’ve been or written for.

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Channel 7 News – KTVB of Boise

“Several Idahoans were in South America when the 8.8 quake hit…Boise State University junior Andrew Ford is doing a semester abroad in South America…” More… Video…

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The Huffington Post

Live update, photo stream, reports from Chileans and NGO’s Here… Twitter

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A chapel was turned into rubble in Santiago, Chile during the earthquake Saturday morning. The resident of the second floor apartment showed the room off to friends and appeared at ease Saturday afternoon, happy to have escaped the earthquake with her life, despite her wall toppling. The death toll rose past 700 Saturday evening as workers sought to rescue more residents.
The country will distribute food and aid to the hardest hit areas, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet announced Saturday afternoon.

Barefootford.com - Neighbors and residents look in disbelief at an apartment building who's wall was shaken off during Saturday morning's earthquake.

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Santiago’s modern downtown buildings danced through Saturday morning’s earthquake unscathed. However, older buildings, including some in Barrio Brasil, were battered by the quake, leaving walls, and interiors destroyed. After buying a 200-year-old home with hopes to restore it, one Chilean man was in disbelief to see his home battered and much of the decor thrown through out the home’s floor.

Barefootford.com - New buildings in Santiago generally weathered the storm of Saturday morning's earthquake well because of modern, steel frame construction. This building, 200 years old according to its owner, was being restored. In the midst of restoration however one wall began to seperate from the building and more damage was dealt inside to art, furniture and decorations.

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Hey just wanted to let everyone know, I’m safe and my building is intact. I’m tired, sweaty and dusty but I am going to crank out some photos as soon as I can. I also have some incredible videos of some of the buildings that haven’t faired so well.