China Hit By Earthquake

Drudge Report ^ | Updated:08:00, Monday May 12, 2008 | Sky News

[DocRock]

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[HeartlandOfAmerica]

Whoever wrote this headline is comatose.

They aren't comatose. They've got an agenda. Manipulation at its worse and stupidest.

[keeper53]

Thank you for your account of this huge earthquake.
Please continue to post, if at all possible.

Prayers lifted for survivors buried under rubble...

Free Republic is THE place to keep up with current events all around the world.

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[saganite]

What, you’re telling me no adults died in that earthquake?

[Right Wing Assault]

Odd title for a disaster story.

[newnhdad]

Has AlGore come out and blamed it on Bush and global warming yet?

[DocRock]

AP now reporting up to 5000 dead

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[Blogger]

Wouldn’t want to be too close to New Madrid either.

[RSmithOpt]

Epicenter a couple hundred miles from 3 Gorges Dam....glad to hear it (at least at this point) the dam wasn’t damaged.

[TomGuy]

FoxNews just reported 3,000-5,000 dead — based on current Chinese reports.

That number could rise.

[steveo]

From University Nevada Reno:

[yangsuli]

900 is not a credible number....
CNN and NY times both said that it's quoted from China's domestic meida, however I do see this number in any domestic media.
From what doemstic media reported, there are 1700 students in that school but how many got stucked is not clear yet

[CassieChan]

I’m a Chinese student. When I walked out of a supermarket in Beijing this afternoon I saw hundreds of workers ran out of high buildings, which shock me to go back to my campus to search for the news on TV and Internet about this earthquake. I mean seriously, your tone made me a little uncomfortable:( The media of China are focusing on this disaster and the premier has flew to Wenchuan, where 900 students were buried in ruins. We are praying for their safety. A lot of my classmates’ parents are in Sichuan, they felt worried because mobile phone communication is unavailable.
My hometown is Yichang, in which stands the Three Gorges Dam project, I called my father just now, he told me local schools won’t be open until being safe.And he said the dam is alright.( my house is 500 meters away from the dam)
P.S. thanks to all of you Americans for caring about this disaster:)

[yangsuli]

Thank you.
But I know little about this disaster either.
What I know is also from the media, the telephone system barely works, and I am still trying to get my family( I am now in Beijing).
According to Xinhua( China's State Media), the death in Beichuan( a county in Sichuan )may reach 3000-5000. I think the situation in Wenchuan would be even more sesious. However, the main road to Wenchuan has been blocked by debris flow.
A wall collapsed in my mother school and two students were killed in Mianyang. Several school's teaching building has also collapsed and more than ten students were killed, not to mention those 900 who are still trapped.
Let's just cross our hands.

[kirler]

The subsequent damage by the major earthquake in sichuan china will be tremendous and out of most people can image. WengChuang county( the earthquake center)is located in the Ming river (the one of largest tributary of Yangzi river),the rock of the both bank of the Ming rive is loose, and the earthquake will cause large scale landslide ，and the river interdiction could be forescasted, even worse there are lot of dams in the Wengchuang county, God bless

[libs_kma]

I watched a Modern Marvels special on the 3 Gorges damn project a few months ago and I remember them saying that some engineers were concerned that the huge weight of all the water backed up by the damn may cause earthquakes in that area.

Hopefully this wasn't the start of those fears becoming reality.

[Tainan]

Yang Su Li -the numbers are rising. I hope your family is safe. I was watching CNN when that story was told. Also story is that the response teams are very good. Food, medicine and help is getting there. I hope the road gets opened up. Helicopters are also bring help to the area.

[sodpoodle]

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[bonfire]

Prayers for your countrymen and your family, CassieChan.

Stay safe~

[bd476]

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