Post subject: Thousands Feared Dead as Strong Quake Hits China
Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 2:36 pm
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By JIM YARDLEY Published: May 13, 2008
BEIJING — A powerful earthquake struck a mountainous region of western China on Monday, reportedly killing as many as 5,000 people in a single county and trapping more than 900 students beneath a collapsed high school as tremors shook buildings throughout China and were felt as far away as Thailand and Vietnam, according to interviews and reports in China’s state media.
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit in Sichuan Province on Monday afternoon, and the death toll steadily rose throughout the day, raising concerns that the number could go far higher. By 9 p.m. local time, or 9 p.m. Eastern time, the official Xinhua news agency quoted provincial disaster relief officials as saying that between 3,000 and 5,000 people were feared dead in Beichuan County. Roughly 80 percent of the buildings in the county were reportedly destroyed.
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$úñ_DëV|L wrote:
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"The Olympic venues were not affected by the earthquake," said Sun Weide, a spokesman for the Beijing organizing committee.
OH THANK GOD!!
If those Buddhists had prayed to a Christian God, those venues would be toast.
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$úñ_DëV|L wrote:
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"The Olympic venues were not affected by the earthquake," said Sun Weide, a spokesman for the Beijing organizing committee.
OH THANK GOD!!
If those Buddhists had prayed to a Christian God, those venues would be toast.
As a middle-class white male American, I contend that those venues were spared because of the prayers of the few Chinamen who happened to be praying to a non-heathen Christian God.
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i see it's up to 9-10,000 dead now. deary. i was just thinking, for perspective, that's 4-5 times the people we lost on sept. 11.
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From New York Times breaking news alert:
200 Earthquake Relief Workers Buried by Mudslide in China
China's state-run Xinhua News Agency says more than 200 relief workers have been buried by a mudslide in Sichuan province.
The Chinese government has declared a three-day period of mourning for the May 12 quake. It has estimated that as many as 50,000 people died as a result of the earthquake.
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its just a matter of time before one of these take out a city of millions. right?
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