Posted on 05/12/2008 5:17:36 AM PDT by SE Mom
How horrid...
Prayers up for them, especially for the children.
I may not like their government but the people are some of the nicest, most honorable people I have ever met.
I truly hope it isn’t as bad as I fear it might be.
It is...this was a large quake.
No doubt the Army will shoot at the landslide.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008ryan.php
Magnitude 7.8
Date-Time Monday, May 12, 2008 at 06:28:00 UTC
Monday, May 12, 2008 at 02:28:00 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 31.104°N, 103.270°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA
Distances 90 km (55 miles) WNW of Chengdu, Sichuan, China
150 km (90 miles) WSW of Mianyang, Sichuan, China
360 km (225 miles) WNW of Chongqing, Chongqing, China
1545 km (960 miles) SW of BEIJING, Beijing, China
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 5.7 km (3.5 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST=228, Nph=228, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.43 sec, Gp= 29°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=A
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID us2008ryan
Thanks for the link, SE Mom.
Prayers lifted for survivors still buried under the rubble...
Especially given how official numbers from China have to be multiplied by at least 10
A 7.8 earthquake is NO joke...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014670/posts
Although I did do a search- there’s another thread ongoing about the earthquake...
BREAKING- 3,000 to 4,000 killed in just ONE province..
Now reporting 3,000 to 5,000 dead. Did that include their Olympics Team?
oh no... I was afraid the numbers would go up rapidly...
“Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” (Hebrews 4:14-16, NKJV)
It will be that bad, and worse. The effects were felt for hundreds of miles from the epicenter.
Yes.
During the Great Famine between 1958 and 1961, the Chinese were hauling huge numbers of dead bodies — millions — into the mountains for mass burials. Our U-2 flights picked up the huge truck convoy movement and at first it was thought that the Chinese were preparing for war against India.
Wow- that’s amazing. Millions..
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