Google Launches Chile Earthquake Person Finder

With the recent earthquake in Chile communications are strained due to damage caused and people around the world trying to contact family who were there. The most reliable form of communication to and from Chile right now seems to be e-mail and the Internet.

Google has picked up on that fact and decided to help the information flow by launching People Finder. Taking the form of a very simple website, People Finder consists of two links:

•I’m looking for someone
•I have information about someone

If you are in Chile and have information about individuals there then you can get that information up on the web for friends and family to find. Alternatively, if you haven’t heard from someone in Chile you can post their details in the hope someone knows something about them.

People Finder already has over 35,400 records being tracked, meaning it is already proving useful and Google should be commended for stepping up so quickly to help. http://chilepersonfinder.appspot.com/