Earthquake Ping list. I'm sorry I've been gone all day. I'm trying to catch up now before sleep.
Zhanli from your link I found this photo. It made me cry too. I hope that he was able to be rescued safely.
Posted on 05/12/2008 12:27:28 AM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale has hit China's Sichuan province. The tremor was felt across the entire region - shaking buildings in the capital, Beijing, as well as the Thai capital, Bangkok, and Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. US Geological Survey said the quake struck 57 miles north-west of the city of Chengdu at 2.29pm local time (6.28am GMT).
Some 10 million people live in Chengdu.
Earthquake Ping list. I'm sorry I've been gone all day. I'm trying to catch up now before sleep.
Zhanli from your link I found this photo. It made me cry too. I hope that he was able to be rescued safely.
Nice easy map of the general area... (use this map to locate the following listed areas - all are listed on the map - you may even want to bookmark this map)
http://english.dreams-travel.com/chinaguide/china-map/chengdu-map.jpg
Mianzhu: 1,500 confirmed dead and 10,000 people remained buried in rubble.
Dujiangyan: about 900 teenagers were buried under a collapsed three-story school building. - At a second school in Dujiangyan, fewer than 100 of 420 students survived, Xinhua reported.
Woolong: 60 Panda’s ok here
Shifang: where the quake sparked a major chemical leak of liquid ammonia, about 600 people died and as many as 2,300 remained buried, Xinhua said.
Wenchuan: (very top and at middle of map) Roads are cut off and this is the city closest to the Epicenter. 131,000 reported to live here, only 30,000 reported as ok so far.
Yes, I was very surprise,too. Not only Beijing, Tailand’s capital Bangkok and Vietnam’s Capital Hanoi also felt the quake. 1/3 of the Eurasia mainland could feel it, really unbelievable!
up to 1,000 miles away it could be felt.
I believe it after the small 5.2 we had here in the midwest (Illinois Wabash Valley) a couple weeks ago. It could be felt as far as 400+ miles away.
Aw, man...I’m crying.
What is the solution?
now only can by feet ,run,run,run,
and parachutist maybe can do something quickly
believe it ,we can conquer the calamity
live need optimism
The drama being played out in China this very moment is one of bravery and sorrow. In the days to come we will hear great stories of heroism and tales of unbearable misery.
China is a great land filled with a great people with a long history. Any assistance our country can give to alleviate the suffering, no matter how small, should be given forthwith. Politics aside, this is a disaster affecting the common man, (and woman), and of course us conservatives here on this forum can easily see the difference between a disagreeable government and the people it governs.
Our heart goes out to those people, the everyman who just toils to put food on the table and a roof over their head.
UPDATE!!!
Nice easy map of the general area... (use this map to locate the following listed areas - all are listed on the map - you may even want to bookmark this map)
http://english.dreams-travel.com/chinaguide/china-map/chengdu-map.jpg
Mianzhu: 1,500 confirmed dead and 10,000 people remained buried in rubble.
Dujiangyan: about 900 teenagers were buried under a collapsed three-story school building. - At a second school in Dujiangyan, fewer than 100 of 420 students survived, Xinhua reported.
Woolong: home to more than 100 giant pandas, whose fate also was not known - Fifteen missing British tourists were believed in that area at the time of the quake and were out of reach.
Shifang: where the quake sparked a major chemical leak of liquid ammonia, about 600 people died and as many as 2,300 remained buried, Xinhua said.
Wenchuan: (very top and at middle of map) Roads are cut off and this is the city closest to the Epicenter. 131,000 reported to live here, only 30,000 reported as ok so far.
Chengdu: Xinhua reported that 60 pandas at another breeding center in Chengdu were safe.
Not on map...
Beichuan: Just east of the epicenter (Wenchuan), 1,000 students and teachers were killed or missing at a collapsed high school in Beichuan county _ a more than six-story building reduced to a pile of rubble about two yards (meters) high, according to Xinhua. The deaths were separate from another leveled school in Dujiangyan where 900 students are feared dead.
The Beichuan school had more than 2,000 students and teachers in three school buildings. The other two buildings collapsed partially, Xinhua said.
It said up to 5,000 people were killed and 80 percent of the buildings had collapsed in Beichuan.
- A 40-car freight train derailed in the quake that included 13 gasoline tankers was still burning Tuesday, the agency said, with no word on casualties.
Yes, there’s still time.
Somebody here said we sent you aid. Hope it’s there.
I pray for the rain to stop.
I pray for all the luck in the world for you.
Go go go!
picture of administrative town of Wenchuan County with 30 thousand people and a college here
http://upfile.cat898.com/UploadFile/2008-5/200851343421912.jpg
BTW,sorry for not knowing how to post pictures
try to add some html code
[img]http://upfile.cat898.com/UploadFile/2008-5/200851343421912.jpg[/img]
We are the brother
hope
scare after earthquake
we are the family
rescue
Thank you all,my US friends!
This translation is much better.
I was told that volunteers (men between 20~50 years old) in Mianyang, a city located near the center of earthquake, are organized and set off to Beichuan on feet for rescue purpose.
p.s.
reports indicate that there are over 7,000 people die in Beichuan now.
I have weeped all day when i saw such pictures.
http://cache.tianya.cn/publicforum/content/sport/1/131135.shtml#Bottom
(The pictures are updated timely.You can keep it and refresh it every several minutes.)
I believe what you said is exactly right, and I can see in FR here many prayers from Americians, at this time we have diffirent social systems, we really appreciate your prayers for those affected in Sichuan....
I have weeped all day today,once i saw these pictures,i can not help crying.Pic in this site(http://cache.tianya.cn/publicforum/content/sport/1/131135.shtml#Bottom) is update timely.The more i saw,the more i want to cry!Too tragic!
How chickenshit human seems when huge disaster happens!tsunami,hurricane,earthquakes!
More update pic on below site:
http://cache.tianya.cn/publicforum/content/sport/1/131135.shtml#Bottom
I have weeped all day today,once i saw these
pictures,i can not help crying.Pic in this site
(http://cache.tianya.cn/publicforum/content/sport/1/
131135.shtml#Bottom) are update timely.The more i
saw,the more i want to cry!Too tragic!
How chickenshit human seems when huge disaster
happens!tsunami,hurricane,earthquakes!
nice news: WenChuang is not very bad
bad news:BeiChang city and MianZhu city very bad
BeiChang city:Building be destoryed more than 60%~80%
en,the road which connect BeiChang is not destoryed, succor is into BeiChang now
How to attach a photo?
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