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Blogging the Earthquake in China

May 12th, 2008 | Comments Off

Here are some more blogs writing about today’s earthquake in SW China. Oriental Observations I was at home with Katie and of our students just sitting on the couch in front of the window. My first thought was “Wow, the wind is really strong.” Katie thought a rat was under her chair for a second. Then we noticed the living room light fixture swaying precariously (I don’t think that fixture will survive much more shaking). What we felt in Yichang wasn’t strong enough to do any damage; however, in Sichuan province (to the west a few hundred miles) there are hundreds dead, thousands injured, and many people still trapped under collapsed buildings. What’s New At about 2:45 today our building started swaying. Three of my quilting students were still in our apartment when one … Read entire article »

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Blogs Posting on the China Earthquake

May 12th, 2008 | Comments Off

Our Life and Times in China Don’t know if you heard, but there was a 7.8 earthquake here today. It was in Chengdu, though, so only a little movement was felt here in Beijing. Jack and Jed had to use their knowledge from the earthquake drills they’ve done and then were evacuated from school for about 45 minutes Mark’s China Blog Jackie and I were in my apartment when we started hearing the closed windows banging like the wind outside was howling. A few seconds later my apartment building started swaying. Jackie and I ran to the bathroom of my apartment. I told her to stand in the door frame since I remember from early elementary school that that is the safest place to be in an building during an … Read entire article »

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Large Earthquake Strikes SW China

May 12th, 2008 | Comments Off

Reports of collapsed schools, 900 feared trapped or killed. US Geological Survey: An earthquake occurred 90 km (55 miles) WNW of Chengdu, Sichuan, China and 1545 km (960 miles) SW of BEIJING, Beijing, China at 12:28 AM MDT, May 12, 2008 (2:28 PM local time in China). 90 km (55 miles) WNW of Chengdu, Sichuan, China 150 km (90 miles) WSW of Mianyang, Sichuan, China 360 km (225 miles) WNW of Chongqing, Chongqing, China 1545 km (960 miles) SW of BEIJING, Beijing, China Magnitude 7.8 CNN: At least six more earthquakes — measuring between 4.0 and 6.0 magnitudes — happened nearby over the three hours after the initial quake at at 2:28 p.m. local time (0728 GMT, 0228 ET), the USGS reported. A spokesman for the Beijing Olympic Committee said no Olympic venues were affected by the earthquake. The … Read entire article »

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