A powerful earthquake toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants Monday in central China, killing more than 8,700 people and trapping untold numbers in mounds of concrete, steel and earth in the country's worst quake in three decades.
5 dead as China quake crushes schools
cnn.comFound 54 days, 17 minutes, and 39 seconds agoUp to 5,000 people are feared to have been killed by Monday's powerful earthquake in just one affected region of central China, the Chinese government said.
M 7.8, eastern Sichuan, China
earthquake.usgs.govFound 54 days, 2 hours, 17 minutes, and 35 seconds agoMay 12, 2008 06:28:00 GMT
China: Quake has killed thousands
msnbc.msn.comFound 53 days, 21 hours, 2 minutes, and 37 seconds agoA powerful earthquake toppled buildings, schools and a chemical plant Monday in central China, killing nearly 10,000 people and trapping untold numbers in the worst quake in three decades.
5.12.08 7.8M Earthquake in Sichuan China
youtube.comFound 53 days, 17 hours, 35 minutes, and 8 seconds agoSichuan University student takes video at 2:29pm in dorm.The 2008 Sichuan earthquake shook Wenchuan County, Sichuan province of the People's Republic of Chin...
10,000 Dead After Magnitude 7.9 Quake Rocks Central China
foxnews.comFound 53 days, 20 hours, 39 minutes, and 18 seconds agoA powerful earthquake toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants Monday in central China, killing about 10,000 people and trapping untold numbers in mounds of concrete, steel and earth in the country's worst quake in three decades. ...
Quake in China Kills Thousands
washingtonpost.comFound 53 days, 14 hours, 55 minutes, and 18 seconds agoBEIJING, May 13 -- A powerful earthquake hit central China on Monday, killing nearly 10,000 people, as schools and other buildings collapsed across eight provinces and tremors shook buildings as far away as Bangkok.
Thousands killed by huge China quake
edition.cnn.comFound 53 days, 15 hours, 41 minutes, and 9 seconds agoRainy 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.
Thousands Feared Dead as Earthquake Hits China
npr.orgFound 53 days, 11 hours, 56 minutes, and 59 seconds agoMelissa Block was in the process of recording an interview when Monday's earthquake hit. She then fled the building and reported on the scene in the city's streets. Hosts and producers of 'All Things Considered' were in China when the earthquake hit.
Death toll in China earthquake up to nearly 9000 - The Associated Press
ap.google.comFound 53 days, 11 hours, 5 minutes, and 7 seconds agoMalaysia Star Death toll in China earthquake up to nearly 9000 The Associated Press - 57 minutes ago CHONGQING, China (AP) - One of the worst earthquakes in decades struck central China on Monday, killing nearly 9000 people, trapping about 900 students under the rubble of their school ...
China earthquake brings out citizen journalists
telegraph.co.ukFound 53 days, 7 hours, 10 minutes, and 37 seconds agoMinutes after the earthquake struck in Sichuan on Monday the internet was alive with videos and eyewitness accounts of the disaster. 8 magnitude earthquake had even happened, despite the deaths of an estimated 240,000 people. Monday's disaster was a prime example of the uses of the internet to ...
Earthquake coverage on Chinese TV
jamesfallows.theatlantic.comFound 53 days, 19 hours, 3 minutes, and 27 seconds agoEarthquake coverage on Chinese TV
China Earthquake
tallskinnykiwi.typepad.comFound 53 days, 18 hours, 57 minutes, and 48 seconds agoEarthquake in China . I am been shooting up some prayers but thought a blog post would be in order. I found out about the earthquake through Twitter. So did a lot of other people. One blog reports that Twitter has now come of age. ...
'Hundreds buried' by China quake
news.bbc.co.ukFound 53 days, 20 hours, 28 minutes, and 50 seconds agoAlmost 900 students are reported to have been buried after an earthquake measuring 7.8 hit south-western China.
Biq Quake Takes out Mobile Network in Chengdu
news.yahoo.comFound 53 days, 6 hours, 35 minutes, and 49 seconds agoAn earthquake registering 7.8 on the Richter Scale knocked out mobile phone service in the western Chinese city of Chengdu...
Up to 7,600 die in killer earthquake
chinadaily.com.cnFound 53 days, 19 hours, 3 minutes, and 57 seconds agoPremier Wen Jiabao(C) arranges relief work with officials onboard the plane to quake-stricken area on May 12, 2008. China's state-run news agency Xinhua said in a news flash that in Sichuan Province alone, which was hit the hardest, the death toll there has risen to 8,533. Wenchuan lies about 145 kilometres ...
Search for China quake survivors
news.bbc.co.ukFound 53 days, 7 hours, 36 minutes, and 46 seconds agoA massive search and rescue operation is under way in China after a huge earthquake that killed more than 12,000.
Earthquake hits China headlines
blogs.guardian.co.ukFound 53 days, 18 hours, 46 minutes, and 31 seconds agoChinese media have been quick to cover today's powerful earthquake, unlike past disasters
'Hundreds buried' by China quake
news.bbc.co.ukFound 54 days, 1 hour, 17 minutes, and 44 seconds agoAlmost 900 students are reported to have been buried after an earthquake measuring 7.8 hit south-western China.
China Quake - Twitter Comes of Age as THE Breaking News Tool
fastforwardblog.comFound 53 days, 21 hours, 3 minutes, and 12 seconds agoHere is the timeline of the quake and Twitter as it happens From " From the Frontline ": The BBCs Rory Cellan-Jones wonders whether Twitter has come of age with the earthquake that struck Sichuan province in China this morning , Let's see, as this story unfolds, whether this is the moment ...
Chinese Quake Kills More Than 8,500
voanews.comFound 53 days, 15 hours, 27 minutes, and 44 seconds ago8 magnitude earthquake has killed more than 8,700 people in the southwestern province of Sichuan. The official Xinhua news agency says 3,000 to 5,000 people have died in Sichuan's Beichuan county alone. In one example, the official Xinhua News Agency says more than 900 students were buried when their ...
China quake kills nearly 9,000, toll likely to soar
reuters.comFound 53 days, 18 hours, 4 minutes, and 10 seconds agoCHONGQING, China (Reuters) - China's most devastating earthquake in three decades killed nearly 9,000 people in western Sichuan province on Monday and razed 80 percent of the buildings in one county, initial estimates said. Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, ...
China quake kills at least 10,000
latimes.comFound 53 days, 14 hours, 23 minutes, and 56 seconds agoCHONGQING, CHINA -- An earthquake measuring magnitude 7. 9 rocked China from mountains to coast Monday, knocking down schools, homes and chemical plants and killing thousands, many of them children trapped in their classrooms. Helicopters were turned back because of bad weather.
smartmobs.com
A major earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Wenchuan County in China's southwestern Sichuan Province Monday afternoon. Details were given in an early report from Xinhua on Thaindian News and China View . ...
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usatoday.com
The toll of the dead and missing soared as rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes on Tuesday in a desperate attempt ...
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abcnews.go.com
Magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes western China; thousands evacuated in Beijing.
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news.bbc.co.uk
At least 10,000 people are killed by a strong earthquake in south-western China, state media says.
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news.bbc.co.uk
At least 10,000 people are killed by a strong earthquake in south-western China, state media says.
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bumpshack.com
A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck China this morning. Thousands have already died and that number could grow exponentially.
A massive earthquake struck central China on Monday and state media reported that as many as 5,000 people were killed in a single county while nearly 900 students ...
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news.bbc.co.uk
A massive search and rescue operation is under way in China after a huge earthquake that killed more than 12,000.
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rss.cnn.com
At least 3,000 people are feared dead in Monday's earthquake in China's Sichuan Province, state-run news agency Xinhua said.
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abcnews.go.com
Magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes western China; thousands evacuated in Beijing.
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news.com
Internet video start-up Veodia said Monday that it raised $8. If you believe this comment is offensive or violates the CNET's Site Terms of Use, you can report it below (this will not automatically remove the comment). Beyond Binary by Ina Fried A look at how technology is changing our lives and at the ...
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guardian.co.uk
The death toll from the most deadly earthquake to hit China in more than three decades today reached nearly 10,000 in Sichuan province alone, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Worst hit was Sichuan province's Beichuan county, where a further 10,000 were feared injured and 80% of the buildings ...
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reviews.cnet.com
Research in Motion has been keeping itself plenty busy at CTIA 2008 with the release of the RIM BlackBerry Curve 8330 for Verizon Wireless and Sprint and the RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8120. Based on some of the photos, the BlackBerry 9000 has a sexier look with rounded edges, and it's also said that it will ...
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csmonitor.com
In this photo distributed by the official Chinese news agency Xinhua, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, center, and Communist Party
leaders arrange relief work of the earthquake during his flight for the disaster area on Monday May 12, 2008. Premier Wen
...
Found 53 days, 13 hours, 34 minutes, and 47 seconds ago
news.com.au
Xinhua has reported the quake has buried nearly 900 students in Sichuan. And at least four children were killed when the quake toppled two primary schools in the city of Chongqing near the epicentre, with another 100 injured. Military troops were ordered to help with the disaster relief work and the ...
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crooksandliars.com
Since I've been a person that has experienced two major quakes in California, I can tell you this is an absolute nightmare. And the destruction obviously was nothing like what is being reported there .
A massive earthquake struck central China on Monday, killing more than 8,500 people, trapping nearly 900 students under the rubble of their school and spilling ammonia from a chemical plant, state media reported.
The 7.8-magnitude earthquake was among the worst to strike
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boingboing.net
A 7.5 quake just hit China's Sichuan province , about 60 miles outside of capital city Chengdu (incidentally, the city many foreign visitors -- including me, not too long ago -- fly into when traveling into Tibet). Link to USGS data, and Link to Google Map showing location, which is about 900 miles SW of Beijing. (thanks, Mike Outmesguine !)
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corner.nationalreview.com
ABCNEWS : State media report a strong earthquake that buried 900 students in central China has killed at least 107 people.
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smalldeadanimals.com
So, this afternoon I was standing in my host's 4th floor office, checking out a map of China, when I felt the building sway. Or did it? I asked the others in the office - no one else felt anything. I felt fine, so it really didn't make sense that it could be a dizzy spell.
The "building is swaying" sensation continued off and on over the next few minutes.
Shortly after, the text messages began to come in.
Apparently, when you come from a earthquake prone zone, you don't notice the small tremors, like those generated over a distance.
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eyebeam.org
This is one of the stranger assumptions made about text messaging pricing. Via the NY Times The Lede Blog.
"Nigel Bannister, a space scientist at the University of Leicester in Britain, has concluded that sending a text message costs at least four times as much as transmitting scientific data from the Hubble telescope."
Dr Nigel Bannister's calculations were used for the Channel 4 Dispatches program "The Mobile Phone Rip-Off".
He worked out the cost of obtaining a megabyte of data from Hubble - and compared that with the 5p cost of sending a text.
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rexblog.com
Before I write anything else, let me emphasize that I believe the real news here is a major earthquake . As I write this, the news reports indicate 900 high schools students are trapped beneath rubble. As a parent, I know where my mind and heart are as I read such news.
Admittedly, how the news broke on this story is an extremely esoteric sidebar, however for those who are passionate users and observers of online media and the way in which participants in an event can "broadcast" their observations, the role of Twitter as a form of first responder medium in this tragedy is already being analyzed in the technosphere (good examples:
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contentious.com
I just posted this item to Poynter's E-Media Tidbits by our correspondent in Shanghai, Fons Tuinstra (who blogs at China Herald ) about the surprisingly important role Twitter is playing in the unfolding coverage of today's major quake in southern China. Check out Fons' post
Also read what UK Tidbits correspondent Paul Bradshaw has to say about this phenomenon on his Online Journalism Blog . He offers a ton of links to places where social media-based coverage and analysis of the quake is happening
Meanwhile, from Seesmic's Newspod video alerts I heard that there's a lot of on-the-spot video happening on YouTube.
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opengardensblog.futuretext.com
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people of China and especially sad to see that potentially 900 students may have died from one school Posted by ajit at 6:10 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
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xnerg.blogspot.com
the chinese authorities have launched a major rescue operation in sichuan province, after it was struck by the most powerful earthquake to hit the south-west of the country in 30 years. more than 7,600 people are feared dead, while many thousands more may be buried beneath collapsed buildings or injured, state media have reported. - bbc *update* the temblor has been upgraded to 7.9 the death toll nears 9,000 .
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themoderatevoice.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBoCik8RKpc
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kevin.lexblog.com
Mark Tran at the Guardian Unlimited's newsblog notes a drastic change between the Chinese government's official reaction to today's 7.9 magnitude earthquake and similar events in the past, seeming to suggest that their response is related to the uncontrollable scope of the Internet. After all, how could officials keep a lid on an incident that within seconds of happening was already covered on Twitter and in blogs like Shanghaiist ?
Amazingly, we even found our own post on the earthquake mentioned in Mark's piece:
Found 53 days, 7 hours, 11 minutes, and 2 seconds ago
theanchoressonline.com
Q: Below you said that things seem "upside down." With all of these tornados , earthquakes , floods , threats of famine - it all seems sort of "end times, biblical," doesn't it?
A: Only if Al Gore becomes the Democrat nominee.
Q: Okay, off religion, what to do about Hillary?
A: Well, now that she's getting stubborn, it seems to me the folks who protected her 15 years ago are going to tell all they know . That story seems like a warning shot across the bow; "leave or your legacy and Bill's dies this year.
Found 53 days, 15 hours, 41 minutes, and 32 seconds ago
geoffarnold.com
I arrived in Beijing yesterday afternoon. We landed shortly before the earthquake struck Sichuan province; I didn't notice anything at the airport, but of coure it was felt in various parts of Beijing.
The flight was good - long, long, long, but improved by (a) a gratis upgrade to Business Class 1 and (b) a thoroughly congenial neighbour: CFO of a pharma business, an old China hand, and a delightful conversationalist. And Channel 9 was on the whole way; it was fascinating listening to the Russian and Chinese controllers.
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truthdig.com
A magnitude-7.8 earthquake in southwestern China has killed more than 8,500 people, a number that could rise as authorities continue to assess the damage. China's Xinhua news agency reported that rescue workers had difficulty reaching the epicenter because of obstructed roads.
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gatewaypundit.blogspot.com
A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit central China today.
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ghostinthemachine.net
As I'm sure you've heard, Central China experienced a devastating earthquake today, killing thousands. This follows the nightmare cyclone in Burma ( not Myanmar ), a.k.a. Katrina writ large , which may now have claimed upwards of 100,000 lives . [ Donations .] As with the 2004 tsunami , it seems almost criminally obtuse to keep nattering on about superdelegates and movie trailers while such large-scale catastrophes are unfolding. But, what is there to do?
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sfgate.com
NPR's foresight in covering the Summer Olympics is paying off in a big, if unexpected way. Instead of sending reporters to Beijing, they had just dispatched the crew from its flagship afternoon show, "All Things Considered" to Chengdu, which is close to the earthquake that killed an estimated 9,000 people. Check out its Chengdu Diary .
Here's what ATC co-host Melissa Block reported Monday morning about what the streets of Chengdu looked like: "Everyone in all the buildings had flocked into the street as soon as they felt the earth start to shake.
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freerepublic.com
AP via Yahoo ^ | 12 May 2008 | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN
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dealarchitect.typepad.com
I learned about the major earthquake in Western China from Scoble who posted about it ahead of most news media. New Scientist recently had an article that I wrote about on the New Florence blog titled Emergency 2.0 - about how social media is trumping traditional information sources when it comes to disasters. But this is not about bragging about Twitter.
It is nice to see the Chinese leaders immediately declare an "all-out" relief effort. Contrast this to what the Myanmar leaders have been doing with their disaster and some would argue how badly we handled Katrina.
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johnbell.typepad.com
I learned of the 7.8 earthquake in south eastern China today via Michael Darragh's Twitter stream - our Digital Influence team member in Shanghai. Horribly, as many as 900 students may be buried, the BBC Reports . While I don't want to turn such a terrible event into a communications object lesson, I see one of the true benefits of Twitter in the early twits out of China. It reminded me of following the blog of the tech guy during the Katrina crisis.
See Michael's stream here.
See Casper's stream here.
Found 53 days, 21 hours, 28 minutes, and 28 seconds ago
akkamsrazor.com
The Chinese earthquake in Sichuan Province (with an epicenter about 90km away from Chengdu ) became personal today while talking to a Chinese staffer today. I shared with her some of the observed tactics I've seen regarding technology and disasters - such as use of IM and SMS to reach people.
It appears that the internet is doing a fine job of keeping people connected and informed, as it had during 9/11, the Madrid and London bombings, the 2005 Tsunami, and the Virginia Tech Shootings.
In looking at some of the coverage, there is the developing Wikipedia entry .
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gods4suckers.net
May 8 is celebrated as the Buddha's birthday, and the smiling fat man sucker-punched China's Sichuan province with an earthquake to highlight the occasion. In keeping with the Olympic Games, slated to begin in less than 100 days, one judge gave the quake a score of 7.5, while a second judge gave it a 7.8. It was felt as far away as Vietnam and Thailand. The death toll is near 9000, and climbing.
900 students were trapped under the rubble of one school, and at least five other schools were in ruin.
Found 53 days, 11 hours, 4 minutes, and 43 seconds ago
geology.rockbandit.net
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck central China earlier today. It was centered in the Sichuan province, about 1500 kilometers from Beijing. Shaking was felt as far away as Beijing. CNN reports that up to 5,000 people are feared dead . The earthquake was rather shallow (the focus being located only 10km beneath the surface).
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seanpercival.com
An earthquake measuring 7.8 has hit south-west China, according to the US Geological Survey. Reports said tremors could be felt as far afield as the Thai capital, Bangkok, and Hanoi in Vietnam. The quake struck 57 miles (92km) north-west of Sichuan's provincial capital, Chengdu, at 1428 (0628 GMT), the survey said on its website. Via: BBC
As in previous cases news broke very quickly on Twitter, Scoble even become some type of hub of information from the scene (Twitters local to the quake).
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onlinejournalismblog.com
The Chinese earthquake and Twitter - crowdsourcing without managers
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thedisbrimstone-dailypitchfork.blogspot.com
A major earthquake has struck in China's Sichuan province destroying several cities according to Xinhua. The 7.8 Richter temblor centered 6 miles deep and 55 miles west-northwest of Chengdu has broken power lines, caused the collapse of many buildings and broken communication between the mountainous province and the Chinese capital Beijing.
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blogs.woodtv.com
An Earthquake early Monday AM hit the Sichuan Province of China . Preliminary magnitude on the quake was 7.8 . Over 10,000 fatalities have been reported, including a number of children killed when their school collapsed. There are also perhaps hundreds of victims where two chemical plants have collapsed. We have already seen a dozen strong aftershocks of magnitude 4.9 to 6.0. This is the strongest earthquake to hit anywhere in the world since Sept. 12, 2007. This could be the strongest e-quake to hit China since 1950.
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mattzollerseitz.blogspot.com
2. News of the moment: "5 dead as China quake crushes schools" (From
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lawhawk.blogspot.com
The epicenter is several hundred miles West of the Three Gorges Dam project. China is geologically active, and has experienced numerous devastating quakes in the past. The last major quake to hit China was in 2003 .
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cryptogon.com
Intersting Coincidence?, following the cyclone disaster in Burma--that killed some number of people that varies by orders of magnitude from day to day and by news agency.
Via: CNN :
Up to 5,000 people are feared to have been killed by Monday's powerful earthquake in just one affected region of central China, the Chinese government said.
State-run news agency Xinhua said authorities in Sichuan Province believe that many people may have died, and about 10,000 people are believed to be injured, in Beichuan County, in the northeastern part of the province.
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poli-yy.blogspot.com
the quake today in China has registered 7.8, with early reports of thousands feared dead
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jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com
Who knows if we'll get accurate information out of China, but as of now, the death toll is probably at least 5,000 . BEIJING - A massive earthquake struck central China on Monday and state media reported that as many as 5,000 people were killed in a single county while nearly 900 students were trapped under the rubble of their school.
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fisherwy.blogspot.com
8533 people and buried thousands of middle school students in Sichuan as the tremor caused buildings to fall. The epicenter of the quake was located 31.0 degrees north latitude and 103.4 degrees east longitude, reported Xinhua .
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seablogger.com
A major earthquake has hit Western China. According to USGS its magnitude was 7.8, and it was centered at a depth of 10 km, some 90 km WNW from the ancient city of Chengdu. The nearby Three Gorges Dam is said to be unharmed. Let's hope the Chinese didn't stuff it with newspapers. (See New Orleans story below.
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rightwingrightminded.blogspot.com
Television viewership down since writers strike . I can believe that. TV shows have gotten dumber the past few years, with the rise of these "reality" shows. People are starting to get sick of them. Plus the original shows have also gotten dumber. There are 9 shows of tv that I watch, and only 4 of those are original shows, 5 are real reality shows. Like Jon & Kate Plus 8 and Deadliest Catch. Television sucks anymore.
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