Earthquake of a magnitude 7.8 reported in China *UPDATE* 'to top 50,000' killed, page 2

reply to post by jpm1602

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I think we have been lucky in the US that nothing big has hit.. I think it is all slowly heading this way.. Anyone notice the 4 earthquakes this week on the madrid fault line area... 2.7 St Louis, 2.8 Arkansas, 2.5 Indiana and 3.1 Mississippi...

reply to post by jpm1602

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Looks like you need to go get another bottle of melatonin.

I am hoping this big one just relieved some pressure and that it is not a sign of worse things to come.

These are the kind of sad news which everyone can safely tune in Xinhua to see the latest reports. There is no need to hide or downplay the disaster as someone suggested. Same as the winter disaster End of January, beginning February.



I had never been in that area, but what I understood is that it is much less developed than the coastal provinces. And some of my friends all over China is saying they felt the quake and became a bit dizzy too, like some of my employees here in Shenzhen. So far casualty reports is fuzzy, hope for the best

If you can read Chinese then you will notice that Xinhuahas linked up a lot of "training" material how to act when you face an earthquake (aftershocks) and so on. Such as informing the people not to jump out of buildings and so on.


Since China is a a big country so we are exposed to a lot of natural disasters each year. And 2008 seems to be a bad year for natural disasters in China again. We had the extreme hard winter disaster, we are expecting to receive the most typhoons this year (also stronger ones?), and now this earthquake(s).

Ps. China offered help for the Katrina disaster, but Bush rejected any rescue workers help. So if I remember correctly we only donated money (5 million or so) to some relief funds.


[edit on 12/5/08 by IchiNiSan]

Originally posted by IchiNiSan
These are the kind of sad news which everyone can safely tune in Xinhua to see the latest reports. There is no need to hide or downplay the disaster as someone suggested.
[edit on 12/5/08 by IchiNiSan]

i swear this guy works for the Chinese Government... are you part of an effort to somehow convince westerners that the Chinese government gives two (Snip) about its people because it doesn't.




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[edit on 12-5-2008 by asala]

reply to post by jpm1602

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what about the tragic events that go on everyday?

reply to post by jpm1602

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re-read my post. I have full respect for the majority of Chinese people who want to live their life peacefully without their tyrannical government forcing them off there land or poising there waterways and air because of corruption and mismanagement of regulations, all the while the rich get richer and the poor get poorer... thats capitalism for ya

reply to post by jpm1602

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well i am glad to hear that you are sad because i know that will make all the differnece

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