Maybe this has something to do with it?
Posted on 11/25/2005 9:28:40 PM PST by HAL9000
Thousands of buildings have collapsed and 11 people have been killed after a strong earthquake rattled east China on Saturday morning (local time).The China National Seismic Observation Network says the quake measured 5.7 on the Richter scale and struck at 8:49am.
A local official has told AFP a total of 8,072 buildings have been destroyed in Jiujiang county as a result of the quake.
"Six people were killed in Jiujiang county," the local official said.
"Another 247 were injured and 8,072 buildings were toppled."
An official in nearby Ruichang city says five people have been killed there, while 39 have been injured.
He says the casualty figures from the two locations do not overlap.
8,000+ buildings 'toppled'but only 5 or 6 dead? something doesn't sound right
wheres fema?
Maybe this has something to do with it?
Maybe George Noory's earthquake predicter warned them in time on Coast to Coast and they got out of the buildings.
first reports are always low because they haven't recovered all the bodies ... remember when the first tsunami count was just about a hundred or so ...
Each building had only 1/1000 of a Chinese occupying same at the time.
Earthquake Jolts East China's Jiangxi Province
2005-11-26 11:57:40 CRIENGLISH.com
An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale struck a region between Jiujiang, a well-known summer resort on middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and Ruichang, both in east China's Jiangxi Province, at 8:49 a.m. Saturday, China National Seismic Observation Network said.
The epicenter was monitored to be at 29.7 north latitude, 115.7 east longitude, according to the sources.
No damage is reported thus far.
(Source: Xinhua)
and only 3 cases of bird flu have been reported in china.
you can ceratinly rely on the chicoms for accurate reporting.
How do they come up with "8,072" right off the bat??
Sure....
communism has a great history for being anal rententive with facts... :)
It occurred about 5 hours ago - Friday, November 25, 2005 at 07:49:38 PM (EST) - Eastern Standard (New York, Toronto, Jamaica)
Media has the stopwatch ready to time how long it takes to make a statement. Then the media always adds a few days to that.
Maybe it is the count of all of the buildings in the area.
Lets see if the mayor of New Orleans and Hugo Chavez step in to help out?
Just a for-what-it's-worth...hours after the tsunami...I posted a hypothetical, "Why would God kill 30,000 people at once" thread...wanting a real good theological discussion.
I was roundly flamed. All the posters said, "HA!!! There aren't 30,000 people dead...you're just listening to the hype."
At that time...the news reports were 15,000 dead. I was exaggerating for effect....
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