Chinese rescuers search for survivors at a collapsed building ©AFP
Chinese rescuers remove an injured student from the rubble of a collapsed school ©AFP/Xinhua - AFP
Chinese rescuers evacuate a survivor from a collapsed building in Dujiangyan ©AFP
New China Quake Thread Ping
I’m afraid the final numbers of fatalities are going to be staggering. Towns have not been reconed yet, and we’re already 20,000 plus.
I sure hate to see this kind of loss of life.
It is a mistake to not accept help, even if it proves not to be all that helpful in the long run. To not do all one can do will lead to great anger from those who desperately need help now. Later is too late.
In addition “mobilizing 100,000 troops” doesn’t seem that large for a country the size of China. That’s only 1 out of 10,000 of the population. It isn’t enough.
bkmark.
more than 12,000 now, it’s increaing.....
Why aren’t the major news outlets here covering this more???
Unbelievable.
Yesterday, a ticker said, “Massive earthquake will not effect China’s booming economy.”
It’s nice other countries, including the US, offer help but, the ticker said it all.
Do you have a ping list to ping the Chinese FReepers to this thread?
The death toll will likely be much higher than the numbers we are currently seeing. In China a place of 100,000 people is considered a small village.
Pinging you all to new thread here.
The death toll here in the US would be staggering from a 7.9.
From my understanding this is a very populated area; and we know their building codes are not up western standards in most buildings.