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China Hit By Earthquake
Drudge Report ^ | Updated:08:00, Monday May 12, 2008 | Sky News

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.


TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: asia; china; chinaquake; earthquake; eq; quake; sichuan; usgs; wenchuan
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To: stlnative

LOLOLOL


1,141 posted on 05/13/2008 10:19:34 PM PDT by meanie monster
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To: BurbankKarl
Zipingpu Hydropower plant stopped by quake - According to the Sichuan provincial government on Tuesday morning, the Wenchuan earthquake has caused severe cracks in the dam of the Zipingpu Hydropower Station. The plant and associated buildings have collapsed, and some are partly sunk. The whole installation is out of commission. Located at the junction of Dujiangyan City and Wenchuan County on the upper Minjiang River, the Zipingpu Hydropower Plant was one of the first 10 landmark projects of the Western Development plan. It is also the principal project in the province’s 10th five-year plan. The station was brought into service in 2006.


1,142 posted on 05/13/2008 10:21:42 PM PDT by stlnative
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To: zhanli
Here's your picture, zhanli:

Student who is rescued!

1,143 posted on 05/13/2008 10:22:01 PM PDT by Alice in Wonderland (4-hshootingsports.org)
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To: stlnative
In China, we are not taught that most Americans are evil. I worked for an American Company in Beijing. And I have a lot of American friends. They all are good people.
The whole country are in great sorrow. We are planing donating one day's salary for the people under earthquake in the Company.
1,144 posted on 05/13/2008 10:24:12 PM PDT by YetAnotherChinaBoy
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To: BykrBayb

thanks for reminding. It is better these years for the chinese people to express their opinion on line,but there’d still been some ignorable controls for normal topics. and I don’t see much religious controls as most chinese believe in nothing...and personally me too, but I had lived abroad for one year in south Korea , I do HATE the JHVH witnesses there as they annoyed me and tens of “drop by’s”


1,145 posted on 05/13/2008 10:27:08 PM PDT by DavFeng
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To: txflake
Your pix are strange. The top one appears to be a model. The bottom one show red rooftops that can’t be seen in the top photo.
I’ve seen this village posted from the outset. What’s special about this burg?

That city is BeiChang. It was posted at posts #833 and #857. I just posted it again along with an after pic.

What's special about it? I'll refer to an earlier poster's comments:

sad news:
BeiChang city so miserable,
more than 10000 human dead, and ? thousands is abscondence,
landslide destroyed the great mass of buildings

1,146 posted on 05/13/2008 10:28:00 PM PDT by Aaron0617
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To: Lijahsbubbe

There IS a draught in spring this year in Sichuan which suffered huge damage in this earthquake. In fact, Sichuan government gave a Red Code for this draught. And it caused 8 billion lost especially in agriculture. But I didn’t know whether the draught is because of earthquake or not. It needs analysis upon history data.


1,147 posted on 05/13/2008 10:28:37 PM PDT by laberphany
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To: greener; All

“Until I see the money from those Americans, I won’t believe they care.”

On TV news this evening the report was that we have offered aid, but the Chinese government is still in the process of making up its mind about whether or how to accept it.


1,148 posted on 05/13/2008 10:29:53 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: All

Prayers from Chicago for the people of China affected by this horrible disaster.

God bless.


1,149 posted on 05/13/2008 10:30:52 PM PDT by Velveeta
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To: MOgirl
I live on a IL side Mississippi River Bluff and live on a very narrow and long rural country road.

My house is above the road and I have had vivid dreams of quakes happening here. The dreams have been so vivid to the point that the road in front of my house in my dreams has split wide open like we have seen in these China quake pictures.

1,150 posted on 05/13/2008 10:31:01 PM PDT by stlnative
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To: nutspea

Very heartbreaking.


1,152 posted on 05/13/2008 10:31:26 PM PDT by unsycophant
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To: stlnative

That is why I follow the earthquake threads. I felt the April jolt. SCARED ME! Then again, I see these pics from China. I am humbled. It could happen to any of us.


1,153 posted on 05/13/2008 10:35:20 PM PDT by meanie monster
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To: BykrBayb

LOL...

Or let your big dog out the front door.


1,154 posted on 05/13/2008 10:35:26 PM PDT by stlnative
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To: laberphany
In fact, Sichuan government gave a Red Code for this draught.

What is a "Red Code"?

1,155 posted on 05/13/2008 10:35:51 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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To: BykrBayb

LOL


1,156 posted on 05/13/2008 10:36:19 PM PDT by meanie monster
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To: meanie monster

Yes me too.

I guess I am somewhat mentally preparing myself in the event it does happen here in our future.


1,157 posted on 05/13/2008 10:37:01 PM PDT by stlnative
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To: stlnative
Hello,

Geez, guess what I will dream about tonight...

Gotta go, Mr. MOguy Jr.’s school day awaits, and it is my job to get him there.

Take Care stlnative, and All, MOgirl

1,158 posted on 05/13/2008 10:38:18 PM PDT by MOgirl (Prayers for my Mom, mother of Mid-West Warrior Princess....)
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To: greener

1.our goverment is always trying to persuade us to forgive all of other govements who always uncooperateable(as public think).and as we thought,govement equals nation.so it`s not only our fault in schadenfreude of Sept-11,you also have works to do.only one govement can not effort too much.

2.out goverment is doing their best to save our people currently,so i disdain those people who treat the earthquake as a chance to rebuke our goverment.

3.currently,4500 skytroopers(every one with testament left) of PLA are trying airborne into disaster area and we know wenchuan was completely destroied,and there`re no land way to enter wenchuan.we still dont know how many people were killed now.

4.most people were camping these days.with the rain,there may be a flu over sichuan.but the aftershocks are more slightly and unfrequently,so i go home since yesterday.hope it`s not a mistake.

5.the sun appeared here just now.but there still will be rainly in the south of sichuan.seems north are becoming safely,we may go to donor blood after my classmates packed up their tents.

6.thanks buddha the wires are still works.


1,159 posted on 05/13/2008 10:39:08 PM PDT by levin
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To: BykrBayb
Just answer the door naked. They won’t be back.

Are you sure they have that reaction with everyone? (sorry BB, you left yourself open on that one) ;)

1,160 posted on 05/13/2008 10:39:39 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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