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BREAKING NEWS: 'Hundreds' of people feared trapped in collapsed buildings...(Taiwan)
Daily Mail ^ | 5 Feb 2016 | Flora Drury

Posted on 02/05/2016 2:24:09 PM PST by amorphous

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To: amorphous

Useful footage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhzZu0tII3s

How it really is,,,,


21 posted on 02/05/2016 2:38:38 PM PST by Slambat
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To: maggief

Awful


22 posted on 02/05/2016 2:38:51 PM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: amorphous

Thank you very much!


23 posted on 02/05/2016 2:39:17 PM PST by datura (Proud Infidel)
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To: SeekAndFind

Oh my.


25 posted on 02/05/2016 2:40:05 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: SeekAndFind

Wow..massive damage


26 posted on 02/05/2016 2:40:52 PM PST by nascarnation
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To: amorphous

NOT in English, live coverage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyPl1ELf_hk


27 posted on 02/05/2016 2:46:24 PM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: amorphous

Nephew lives in Kaohsuing, very close to epicenter. Still waiting to hear he’s okay. Prayers going to all in Taiwan.


28 posted on 02/05/2016 2:47:16 PM PST by melissa_in_ga (Laz would hit it.)
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Keep us posted. Prayers up!


29 posted on 02/05/2016 2:51:28 PM PST by amorphous
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To: amorphous

Not good - reminds me of the Kobe earthquake in ‘95 in Japan. Very similar failures from some of those pics. Likely built prior to the learnings created by that one that were incorporated in many building codes globally as a result.


30 posted on 02/05/2016 3:00:18 PM PST by reed13k (w)
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Other thing is Chinese New Year Holiday just started last night US time - lot of folks traveling home and/or starting to celebrate. Not a very auspicious start to the year.


31 posted on 02/05/2016 3:03:30 PM PST by reed13k (w)
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To: SE Mom


32 posted on 02/05/2016 3:10:53 PM PST by maggief
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Not good - reminds me of the Kobe earthquake in ‘95 in Japan.

You may well be right. That earthquake killed over 6,000 people!

33 posted on 02/05/2016 3:11:52 PM PST by amorphous
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To: dfwgator

What was post #24 that was removed?


34 posted on 02/05/2016 3:14:21 PM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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Could have been a copyright issue.


35 posted on 02/05/2016 3:14:58 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: maggief

Unbelievable isn’t? This will be a nightmare. Then the aftershocks .


36 posted on 02/05/2016 3:15:52 PM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: dfwgator

Ahhhh...gotcha. thanks


37 posted on 02/05/2016 3:16:28 PM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: amorphous

I have a good friend who is there, waiting to hear from him on Facebook. Prayers my friends.


38 posted on 02/05/2016 3:22:08 PM PST by crazydad
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Free Republic Caucus 2016 02/05

39 posted on 02/05/2016 3:24:06 PM PST by DoughtyOne (the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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To: SE Mom
Terrible!


40 posted on 02/05/2016 3:27:00 PM PST by maggief
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