Posted on 02/21/2011 6:04:20 PM PST by laurenmarlowe
I watched live feed from Christchurch the night it happened and it was just awful. At that time they had just confirmed 65 deaths. It’s since gotten higher...God be with those people as they struggle to dig through the rubble for more....hope there are survivors, too.
Yep, here in California we get quakes and fires, but the loss of life in NZ is high, especially for a 6.3 quake.
We've got our first ever national state of emergency over this... it would be good if they declared marshall law - that way looters could be shot.
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