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1 posted on 05/12/2008 5:17:36 AM PDT by SE Mom
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To: SE Mom

How horrid...


2 posted on 05/12/2008 5:22:47 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
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To: SE Mom

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.


3 posted on 05/12/2008 5:24:09 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: SE Mom

No doubt the Army will shoot at the landslide.


5 posted on 05/12/2008 5:25:59 AM PDT by Eye of Unk (The world WILL be cleaner, safer and more productive without Islam.)
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To: SE Mom

A 7.8 earthquake is NO joke...


10 posted on 05/12/2008 5:50:46 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: SE Mom

Now reporting 3,000 to 5,000 dead. Did that include their Olympics Team?


12 posted on 05/12/2008 6:01:20 AM PDT by TommyDale (I) (Never forget the Republicans who voted for illegal immigrant amnesty in 2007!)
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To: SE Mom

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.


18 posted on 05/12/2008 6:06:21 AM PDT by TommyDale (I) (Never forget the Republicans who voted for illegal immigrant amnesty in 2007!)
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To: SE Mom

Where is the Three Gorges Dam located?


22 posted on 05/12/2008 6:14:58 AM PDT by NorseWood
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To: SE Mom
Chinese are very superstitious, and major believers in signs and omens. I wonder what they think of the timing of this quake? It will be a major test of China's nascent “first world” status. Much more so than a long-planned and carefully staged Olympiad pageant.
28 posted on 05/12/2008 7:04:20 AM PDT by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
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To: All

BREAKING per FOX- hundreds of people buried under chemical plants that are apparently leaking hazardous chemicals into the atmosphere.


29 posted on 05/12/2008 7:05:31 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: SE Mom

Seems to have had 5.0 aftershocks every 30-45min for the next 6 hours after the large quake.


33 posted on 05/12/2008 7:20:33 AM PDT by Cvengr (Fear sees the problem emotion never solves. Faith sees & accepts the solution, problem solved.)
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To: SE Mom

Prayers for all caught in this tragedy.


35 posted on 05/12/2008 7:22:48 AM PDT by A message
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To: Aaron0617
Two girls were quoted by Xinhua as saying they escaped because they had "run faster than others."

Always the main objective in these situations, and hope the best for those left behind and trapped.

38 posted on 05/12/2008 7:55:20 AM PDT by Aaron0617
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To: SE Mom
Bill Klinton will immediately demand releasing further US military and scientific secrets to the Peoples Red Army to assist the disaster relief.
39 posted on 05/12/2008 7:58:44 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (IT IS A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS IF OBAMA, HILLARY OR MCCAIN IS THE BEST WE HAVE TO OFFER AS PREZ.)
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To: SE Mom

Earthquake in China kills nearly 9,000
(photos at link also)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKSP24948720080512


42 posted on 05/12/2008 10:21:01 AM PDT by stlnative
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To: SE Mom

Quake topples “80 pct of buildings” in China county
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKPEK24743220080512


43 posted on 05/12/2008 10:23:45 AM PDT by stlnative
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Fred Nerks; george76; ...

Thanks Ernest.

Biq Quake Takes out Mobile Network in Chengdu
PC World | Monday, May 12, 2008 | Steven Schwankert, IDG News Service
Posted on 05/12/2008 9:38:33 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014836/posts


45 posted on 05/12/2008 9:54:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Profile updated Monday, April 28, 2008)
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