Apparently, there was some forewarning that the earthquake was coming...
From Wikipedia:
On May 9, 2008, three days before the catastrophic Wenchuan earthquake, a news release on the Sichuan provincial government's
official website[8] (the web page was later removed) somehow reported a predication of a "gigantic" earthquake in Aba prefecture, where the actual
epicenter Wenchuan is located. The news said the prediction had been "clarified by local officials as a rumor and residents were persuaded to go back
to their normal livings." The timing, the location and the magnitude of the "rumor" prediction provided surprising accuracies, raising attentions
to the underground earthquake prediction capability in China.
A controversial and alternative earthquake prediction theory in China, "drought earthquake" methodology established by seismologist Geng Qingguo
(耿庆国) in 1970s states that if a region undergoes droughts for one to three years, a severe earthquake may follow. The longer the drought period,
the more severe the earthquake. Together, with four other (unidentified)parameters, earthquake predictions can be narrowed down to defined areas,
magnitudes and dates. The fact is that the Wenchuan region had suffered from droughts for almost three years before the earthquake. On May 13, 2008,
one day after the Wenchuan Earthquake, a blogger said that on April 26, 2008, Geng Qing Guo predicted that a 7+ magnitude earthquake would shake the
Aba county on May 8th, plus minus 10 days.[9] Unfortunately, this prediction had again been completely ignored.
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A couple more references for the record:
China Earthquake Predicted but Quashed as Rumour by Authorities (photo)
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chinaview.wordpress.com...)
Chinese Experts Predicted the Earthquake Three Times
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en.epochtimes.com...)
Additional cloud photos prior to earthquake, just 'cause they're cool:
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pinewooddesign.co.uk...)
How does this fit in with the blame America first HAARP theory? Has China really been able to hone their earthquake predictions based on their
understanding of HAARP's operational principles? Or because they have the same technology? If so, and they knew we were sending a whopper their
way, why did they let this happen? And why aren't they exposing us to the world - which already hates us and would happily believe the worst - for
the evil geniuses we are? How do they benefit by keeping silent?
How 'bout this: Maybe China has the same technology, more or less or equally advanced as our own, and they're responsible for the spate of
earthquakes we've been having in the midwest... So this was just payback by the USA, and we decided to really make it count and took out their
nuclear headquarters... China saw it coming, but let it happen because, well, uh, they didn't really want all that nuclear stuff anyway? They
already had too many mouths to feed and they're just cruel and heartless that way? They want the publicity and/or sympathy so people don't hold the
atrocities in Tibet against them? They didn't have enough to worry about with the upcoming Olympics?
Or perhaps China is actually onto something in predicting earthquakes, but didn't trust their own wisdom and instincts, and have suffered the most
tragic consequences. And yet, from this tragedy could come a tremendous learning opportunity - such as studying these unusual cloud formations,
studying the ratio of droughts to earthquakes, observing animal behavior - which could go a long way towards saving lives in future earthquakes (which
is only going to get worse from here). Kneejerk how-can-we-blame-America-first reactions to everything will only squander these opportunities, not to
mention precious lives.
Here's hoping that the powers-that-be who can actually
