My thoughts and prayers go out to the Chinese people, who have been struck by such devastation.
"China confronts new flood threat; Walls of rubble hold back lakes, at risk of collapse" by Audra Ang, Associated Press | May 28, 2008
MIANYANG, China - About 80,000 people were evacuated yesterday downstream from an unstable earthquake-created dam that is threatening to collapse, and troops rushed to carve a trench to drain the water before it floods the valley.
The threat of flooding from dozens of lakes swelling behind walls of mud and rubble that have plugged narrow valleys in parts of the disaster zone is adding a new worry for millions of survivors.
More than 30 villages were emptied, and the people were being sent to camps like the one outside Jiangyou, where a reporter saw 12 to 15 people crammed into each of about 40 government-issued tents pitched on a hillside overlooking the river....
Government camps, huh (shudder)?
Aftershocks continued to rattle the region, causing more damage and injuries and jangling the already-frayed nerves of survivors. Two temblors yesterday caused thousands of houses to collapse in Qingchuan County, Xinhua reported. Sixty-three people were injured, including six who were critically hurt....
Adding to the urgency, thunderstorms were forecast for parts of Sichuan this week."
Also see: Natural Disasters... or Not?
And here is a thought: If HAARP is causing these quakes, how long until Bush or the government use it on the West Coast?PERFECT EXCUSE for a NATIONAL EMERGENCY and MARTIAL LAW, right?
With the added benefit of GETTING RID of all those "liberals" in San Francisco, right? That'll get those lefty liberals to shape up!!!!
