going to cost Compare that to a disaster in the west Have a link I ve been hearing stories about the details regarding the damage done being sketchy and actual relief efforts have been slowed because due to a primative transportation system and the damage done to it by the disaster itself Imagine the situation if the Chinese had built their buildings according to western

Sorry if there was a thread about it I did not see http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapc...a I think it is just devastating

Now they're saying close to 10,000 are dead.

the latest on the earthquake there http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapc...a man this mandate from heaven line seems to be coming true

They ve upgraded the earthquake magnitude to 7 9 and the death toll is expected to climb as they dig out all the collapsed structures Schools homes and factories Scary http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiap...=r They say that the authorities haven t even been able to reach the epicenter yet due to damage

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapc...a Holy crap

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Quote Originally Posted by Pratik That s very admirable but maybe I m missing something on this link http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapc...r So the Chinese gov t is releasing 2 89 million in aid What will that fix 1 4 of a building These victims need a whole lot more than that immediately exactly it sounds sad but 2 89 M really isn

so brutal CNN LINK QUOTE CHENGDU China CNN Rainy weather and poor logistics thwarted efforts by relief troops who walked for hours over rock debris and mud on Tuesday in hopes of reaching the worst hit area of an earthquake that killed nearly 10 000 in central China state run media reported Newly born babiesare moved at a hospital in Nanchong

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