Earthquake at Sichuan, 7.9 on the Richter scale |
 May 14 2008, 05:26 AM
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there was an earthquake on may 12th at sichuan, china. and it was strong enough to reach taiwan, japan, thailand and even pakistan. basically the whole china shook..
QUOTE On the afternoon of May 12, 2008, an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale hit Sichuan Province, a mountainous region in Western China. By the next day, the death toll stood at 12,000, with another 18,000 still missing. Over 15 million people live in the affected area, including almost 4 million in the city of Chengdu. Nearly 2,000 of the dead were students and teachers caught in schools that collapsed. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/science...hina/index.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/...d-students.html apparently there's a wikipedia article on it too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Sichuan_earthquake and youtube vid. http://youtube.com/watch?v=mBoCik8RKpc apparently what seriously sucks is that people had predicted this earthquake, but failed to act upon it. the local officials knew but did nothing. i should quote this but i've only read this in the local newspaper. it was reported that millions of frogs suddenly appeared on the streets to flee days before the earthquake. |
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May 15 2008, 04:18 PM
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 crushed. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 9,432 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 20,026 |
i couldn't sleep a few nights ago and was up around 4:30am when i checked the news and this earthquake was breaking news. it seriously scared me when i heard about the many that were literally buried.
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May 15 2008, 04:34 PM
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I donated to the earthquake relief thing a club at my school is doing. Such a strong earthquake...
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May 15 2008, 05:39 PM
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QUOTE By the next day, the death toll stood at 12,000, with another 18,000 still missing Woah. 18,000 still missing?! This is crazy. QUOTE it was reported that millions of frogs suddenly appeared on the streets to flee days before the earthquake. That's pretty interesting. 
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May 15 2008, 05:56 PM
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 DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
Some Jehovah Witnesses showed up at my friend door today and I was reading about Judgement Day (which apparently, according to them, will last a thousand years. Wonder why they call its judegement DAY). Omigee guys it's a sign!
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May 18 2008, 10:23 PM
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It's heartbreaking to see so many died and those who wants to live on can't survive. A friend in Chengdu (some 80km away from the epicenter) simply said that her hometown is shaking everyday.
May the dead rest in peace and the survivors get back to their normal life soonest possible. I was touring the beautiful places in Sichuan two years ago, and sad to see them in rubble now. http://travelerfolio.com/places/china/sichuan/
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May 18 2008, 11:47 PM
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i really do feel bad for those who were severly affected by this quake.
i just pray for everyone over there.  i'm sorry to rain on your parade but someone needs to move this to somewhere else. also, travelerfolio, please thumb your pictures. thanks! 
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May 19 2008, 12:41 AM
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 sleep now, moon Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,540 Joined: May 2007 Member No: 526,212 |
i'm moving this to lounge as it's more discussion than information.
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May 19 2008, 04:06 AM
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7400614.stm
its such a heartbreaking news. When I heard about this on last Tuesday I was SO shocked. I burst into tears when I saw the photos on the newspaper later. Dead,serious injuries,relatives crying...I feel so sorry for them. I hope god will comfort their soul. |
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May 19 2008, 04:13 AM
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 isketchaholic Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,977 Joined: Apr 2007 Member No: 516,154 |
On the news, there were reporters saying that a couple of days before the earthquake hit there had been thousands of frogs that were migrating away from the city. I'm trying to find out more but can't really find any information about the frogs online for some reason. Found one picture that's quite disturbing. On the news there were even videos...MUST FINDDDDDDD
 aha! |
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May 19 2008, 05:05 AM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 1,476 Joined: May 2005 Member No: 135,305 |
yes frogs can sense the danger. how irony that human still didn't know what's going on...
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May 19 2008, 07:02 PM
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isketchaholic Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,977 Joined: Apr 2007 Member No: 516,154 |
my school's actually getting pretty involved in the rebuilding process since every summer our freshmen go to visit chengdu and we have some sort of school bond thing with them (students from our school thus have a stronger connection and feel more of an impact since they actually knew people who lived there). anyways, we're planning on fundraising for book bags that are about 30$ each with basic school supplies, half of the 30$ will go to families that have lost mothers or fathers, etc. It should work out pretty well in terms of having an immediate effect where students will be able to see their donations having an instant impact.
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May 19 2008, 08:50 PM
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QUOTE(manny-the-dino @ May 18 2008, 09:47 PM)  i really do feel bad for those who were severly affected by this quake. stfu with "raining on [people's] parade".
i just pray for everyone over there. i'm sorry to rain on your parade but someone needs to move this to somewhere else. also, travelerfolio, please thumb your pictures. thanks! |
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May 25 2008, 09:36 PM
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 You can't keep running from what you're trying to find. Group: Official Member Posts: 5,030 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 54,096 |
There are so many disasters going on
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May 26 2008, 07:37 PM
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isketchaholic Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,977 Joined: Apr 2007 Member No: 516,154 |
merged
man did anyone else hear about some person who had to amputate their own limbs >_> |
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May 26 2008, 08:58 PM
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 That's what she said. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,559 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 130,200 |
I can't believe there's been so many earthquakes.
I donated some money in my school while they were going around. I hope they're be alright. Animals usually are the first signs of danger since they can sense it from miles and miles away.  Oh, mother nature.
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May 31 2008, 07:58 AM
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(′ ･ω･｀) Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,179 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 72,477 |
oh it's been moved and merged.
anyways, apparently this man survived for over 5 days, drinking urine and stuff. but when he got out he realized his wife died
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