Earthquake of a magnitude 7.8 reported in China *UPDATE* 'to top 50,000' killed, page 4

reply to post by asala

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Wow, I guess those pictures are not a great representation. I fear this will end up like Burma and the death toll will be staggering by the time it is all said and done.

reply to post by Karlhungis

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Well the Chinese government should be a lot easier to deal with than Burma's.

(and that says a lot about Burma...)

That is the image on the front of CNN right now. Pretty devastating.

reply to post by Now_Then

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Well we can only hope hey.... I guess with the olympics happening then the country will be a little more open.

-fm

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That is the Quake Watch 2008 thread -- the initial 7.8 was the last post on page 16, but I have it noted on page 17 -- I link this page because there have been at least 6 'after-shocks' in pretty much the exact spot as the original -- the original hit @ 06:28:00 UTC -- the 6 that followed all hit within the next 4 hours of that (10:23 UTC) -- all at 4.9 or bigger.

Crazy quakes around U.S. -- Volcano blast -- killer cyclone -- now a massive quake with alot of activity on top of it -- common sense suggests there is something seriously 'wrong' with Mother Earth, and it's not because of global warming -- tack on the animal 'oddities' and 'disappearances' to that, as well -- what the hell is going on

I tend to lean toward the magnetism of Earth being all screwed up, due to one reason or a combination of, which is causing all this, imo.

I'm editing that to at least 7 'aftershocks' now, right on top of the initial one, in a 6 hour span.

[edit on 5/12/2008 by RabbitChaser]

Here is an interesting chart with population exposure to relative shaking and possible damage. I don't know how modernized China is in regards to earthquake resistant buildings.





7.8 China May12, 2008 Earthquake Chart

[edit on 5/12/08 by stikkinikki]

reply to post by duffster

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I just posted those at Quake Watch 2008 and was just questioning that myself. I also questioned space cadet for any predictions coming back to this side of the world off this one in China... still waiting on that.

I say "those" above because there were two smaller ones, on the way to the 5.1 duff noted



[edit on 5/12/2008 by RabbitChaser]

From what I have been reading the number is up to 5,000.

I know some people in Sichuan... I am not sure which city they are in though.

Up to 5,000 people were reported to have been killed in a single Chinese county today after a major earthquake struck a densely populated area of in the southwestern province of Sichuan.

The quake, with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale, flattened schools, offices and houses in Sichuan, and caused widespread damage in nearby Gansu and Yunnan as well as the sprawling municipality of Chongqing. The tremor was felt in cities across southeast Asia as far as Bangkok, more than 1,200 miles from the epicentre.

www.timesonline.co.uk...

[edit on 12-5-2008 by grover]

reply to post by RabbitChaser

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I realy hope this is the end of the quakes but i have a gut feeling on this and it's not good

I hope duncan is wrong about the 9.5

Peace to all





When the power of love over comes The love of power The world will know peace

reply to post by Disgustipated

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What does 80 tons of ammonia do to the atmosphere?

[edit on 12/5/08 by kosmicjack]

Originally posted by kosmicjack
reply to post by Disgustipated

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What does 80 tons of amonia do to the atmosphere?

Ammonia? jeese prob not good for any living thing down wind or in the immediate area

Ammonia interacts immediately upon contact with available moisture in the skin, eyes, oral cavity, respiratory tract, and particularly mucous surfaces to form the very caustic ammonium hydroxide. Ammonium hydroxide causes the necrosis of tissues through disruption of cell membrane lipids (saponification) leading to cellular destruction. As cell proteins break down, water is extracted, resulting in an inflammatory response that causes further damage.

This link has a good section on the immediate health effects of ammonia exposure

reply to post by IchiNiSan

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Just woke up to this terrible news and immediatly thought of you and wwssi. Glad to see you on the thread and hope to see wwssi soon. All my best to you and your countrymen.

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