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reply posted on 12-5-2008 @ 05:50 AM by asala
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900 Students are trapped
Thats terrible!
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reply posted on 12-5-2008 @ 05:53 AM by Grailkeeper
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Officials are claiming none of the Olympic venues have been affected.
 A spokesman for the Beijing Olympic Committee said no Olympic venues were affected by the earthquake. The massive Three Gorges Dam -- roughly 400
miles east of the epicenter -- was not damaged, a spokesman said.
Link
Big quake for sure...
 The earthquake was also felt in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taiwan, and as far away as Hanoi, Vietnam, and Bangkok, Thailand, according to the Hong
Kong-based Mandarin-language channel Phoenix TV.
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reply posted on 12-5-2008 @ 05:54 AM by jpm1602
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There is no doubt Now_then this is going to be very very bad. What a cataclysm. Can not imagine going thru a 7.8.
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reply posted on 12-5-2008 @ 05:56 AM by Grailkeeper
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I agree, it will only get worse as the day progresses.
Did they say if the 900 students trapped are in relation to the 2 primary schools that have already been reported as damaged or is this from another
location?
Death is bad, but worse when children are involved.
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reply posted on 12-5-2008 @ 05:58 AM by gs001
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5 reported dead
No casualty are reported in Chengdu
This is Chengdu after earthquake
image source: http://upfile.cat898.com/UploadFile/2008-5/2008512184136533.jpg
This is Beijing after earthquake
image source: http://upfile.cat898.com/UploadFile/2008-5/200851218428127.jpg
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reply posted on 12-5-2008 @ 06:05 AM by asala
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Did they say if the 900 students trapped are in relation to the 2 primary schools that have already been reported as damaged or is this from another
location?

I beilive it is a different location,
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reply posted on 12-5-2008 @ 06:12 AM by Now_Then
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Well they did mention that the school was in an area where landslides can take place - I had a look on google maps (not got google earth on this
machine) and Chengdu seems to be located on a relatively flat area - but looking to the NW (where the epicentre is) there are many valleys with very
steep sides - and if you zoom in there is plenty of developed towns. I hope the rock is solid, it don't look good if large slides come into those
towns - getting in by road could be a nightmare.
Think it's the slide that will account for quite a high death toll unfortunately.
Edit: Official toll 160 dead overall (expect that to rise)
And the school was a secondary school - (12 to 19 year olds?)
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reply posted on 12-5-2008 @ 06:14 AM by gs001
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latest pictures of Chengdu
image source: http://upfile.cat898.com/UploadFile/2008-5/200851219353881.jpg
image source: http://upfile.cat898.com/UploadFile/2008-5/200851219430533.jpg
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reply posted on 12-5-2008 @ 06:19 AM by Now_Then
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Yes but its the settlements in the mountainous area right on top of the epicentre that will be worst off right?
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reply posted on 12-5-2008 @ 06:57 AM by gs001
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the latest death number is 107
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reply posted on 12-5-2008 @ 07:26 AM by asala
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This is not good news, Reports coming in now that 5 other schools have collapsed with people in them,
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reply posted on 12-5-2008 @ 07:29 AM by Karlhungis
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Why are they only reporting about the schools and students? Surely the schools have to be some of the better fortified buildings in the area. Seems
odd.
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reply posted on 12-5-2008 @ 07:35 AM by Marshall Ormus
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news.sky.com...
Link to the UK Sky News current version.
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reply posted on 12-5-2008 @ 07:43 AM by gs001
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This is the center of the earthquake----Wenchuan before earthquake
let's wait and see what it will become after the earthquake
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reply posted on 12-5-2008 @ 07:49 AM by asala
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UPDATE: Chinese Officals are reporting,
Death toll has just rocketed to possible 3000 people??
And could rise further to 3,500 ?
I think this has to be due to the time of day this happened,
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reply posted on 12-5-2008 @ 07:51 AM by asala
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Also just want to add that i hope that all our Chinese members are ok, And are keeping safe,
Please let us know you are ok as soon as you can,
We are thinking of you,
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reply posted on 12-5-2008 @ 07:53 AM by gs001
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reply posted on 12-5-2008 @ 08:01 AM by II HAL II
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BBC News -
Between 3,000 and 5,000 people have been killed by an earthquake measuring 7.8 in one county of Sichuan province in south-western China, reports
say.

Whats going on with the world these days??
news.bbc.co.uk...
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reply posted on 12-5-2008 @ 08:02 AM by Karlhungis
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Thanks for the post. I am happy to see that all of the buildings are still standing in those pictures, even though it is a pretty limited view.
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reply posted on 12-5-2008 @ 08:08 AM by asala
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80% of the Sichuan buildings (SP) have toppled, This is just in one District, acording to chinese officals,
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