Compare and contrast ... were this a big city in the U.S., there would probably be looters running rampant in the streets. Just saying....
Terrible. Prayers for all those affected.
Another thread
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014670/posts
Compare and contrast ... were this a big city in the U.S., there would probably be looters running rampant in the streets. Just saying....
why is it that schools seem to collapse more notably and terribly than other public buildings- not just in China but elsewhere in the 3rd world
Corrupt contractors cutting corners during construction, using inferior materials? My guess. I hope it never happens here.
prayer bump
A 7.8 magnitude quake centered 60 miles from a city of 10.5 million? Unfortunately I think 8500 dead is not even scratching the surface of the eventual total.
the total number estimited by me is at least 60 thousand.
i am a chinese.let me tell you all why this is the truth:
the death toll in BEICHUAN county(70 miles from the epicentre WENCHUAN county) is reaching 8500 now.and it is just one of the nine counties around the epicentre WENCHUAN county which i estimated at least 20 thousand. so ...
pity!
7.8 Earthquake Shakes Southern China; Death Toll Nears 10,000
http://en.epochtimes.com/news/8-5-12/70578.html
That was a hell of a quake.
This was a BIG earthquake.
I’m nervous here in LA.
id say god's REALLY pissed off
How awful. I can only hope that the death toll doesn’t rise much higher.
I can see why Jim Rodgers, the mega-investor, loves China and doesn't India. A similar quake in a major Indian city would have killed fa, far more and left utter third-worldian social chaos in the ground.
Still -- the Chinese need to improve their quake-proofing in their building codes by a few orders of magnitude.
Caution: loads of graphics for your bandwidth in the beginning of the topic.
Children Killed In China Earthquake
Sky News | Updated:08:00, Monday May 12, 2008 | Sky News
Posted on 05/12/2008 12:27:28 AM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014670/posts
State media: 900 students buried by China quake (7.8 magnitude)
AP via Yahoo | 12 May 2008 | Christopher Bodeen
Posted on 05/12/2008 5:17:36 AM PDT by SE Mom
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014723/posts
Earthquake Death Toll in China May Be 5,000
Primetime Politics | May 12, 2008 | Associated Press
Posted on 05/12/2008 6:18:12 AM PDT by moderatewolverine
Chinesehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014749/posts
Biq Quake Takes out Mobile Network in Chengdu
PC World | Monday, May 12, 2008 | Steven Schwankert, IDG News Service
Posted on 05/12/2008 9:38:33 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014836/posts
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Thanks go to all who contributed topics, this one has the best selection of graphics (bandwidth alert), and at least two of the others are flame wars.[snip] The 1556 Shaanxi earthquake or Hua County earthquake... or Jiajing earthquake... is the deadliest earthquake on record, killing approximately 830,000 people. It occurred on the morning of 23 January 1556 AD in Shaanxi, China. More than 97 counties in the provinces of Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Gansu, Hebei, Shandong, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu and Anhui were affected. A 520 mile-wide area was destroyed and in some counties, 60% of the population was killed. Most of the population in the area at the time lived in yaodong, artificial caves in loess cliffs, many of which collapsed during the catastrophic occurrence, with great loss of life. [end] *To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. |
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