Chinese Earthquake Photos!!

SampanViking said:

The ongoing petty and snide commentary is however very annoying and it was quite gratifying to see a pontificating Damian Grammaticus from the BBC get shoved aside, by clearly annoyed relatives, as he got in the way of the family of the rescued girl from one of the above pictures.

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Would you happen to have a link? I think I would enjoy watching that as a break from all the horror of what is happening over there.

T-U-P said:

@kw64
if what i remember is correct, the epicentre is at wenchuan, not beichuan.

and as far as i know the rescue team hasn't reached wenchuan county yet.

I was rather surprised that they even tried to airdrop paratroopers into the region considering it was almost night time, there was a storm, and the mountainous terrain. airdropping would be crazy in my opinion...

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facing the most critical 48hours, any crazy ideas that works and are efficient are worthwhile

they have no time to lose

latest news from CNN: 1,706 dead and 12,128 injured with 1,424 in critical condition:



It's the end of the 5th day now, looks like the death toll will be a lot higher than originally thought

The unfortunate fact is that a lot of people are still buried under the rubble. If they are not dug-out and given medical help on time their chance for survival is very low.

siegecrossbow said:

The unfortunate fact is that a lot of people are still buried under the rubble. If they are not dug-out and given medical help on time their chance for survival is very low.

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Very true. Some have been rescued. Check the photos below!

Four-year-old girl Cairen Baji is carried by a rescue worker after they dug her and an elderly woman out from a collapsed mud house near Jiegu town in earthquake-hit Yushu county in west China's Qinghai province on Monday, April 19, 2010. Relatives kept Wujian Cuomao, 68, and Cairen Baji alive for five days by sending them food and water through gaps in the rubble with the help of bamboo poles, state broadcaster CCTV said. (AP Photo)

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A portrait of the Dalai Lama is seen near people living temporary shelter, in the quake ravaged Yushu county, in northwest China's Qinghai province, Monday, April 19, 2010.

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A medical staff (L) disinfects the debris of a collapsed monastery in earthquake-hit Yushu County, Qinghai province April 19, 2010. The official death toll from an earthquake on China's remote Tibetan plateau last week reached 1,944 on Monday, but rescuers dug out two more survivors who had been trapped under rubble for more than 100 hours.

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Tibetan Buddhist monks distribute relieves goods amid the earthquake devastation in Jiegu, Yushu county, in China's northwestern province of Qinghai on April 19, 2010. Chinese President Hu Jintao called on rescuers to keep searching for survivors as he visited victims of the powerful quake in the country's northwest that left more than 1,700 dead.

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CHENGDU, CHINA - APRIL 19: Injured children from the quake-affected Yushu receive medical treatment at Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital on April 19, 2010 in Chengdu, Sichuan province of China. The death toll has climbed to 1,944 from a devastating earthquake in northwest China's Qinghai Province, with 216 people still missing, the rescue headquarters said today.

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Children huddle together as they take shelter from strong winds in the quake-hit Jiegu town in Yushu county in northwest China's Qinghai province on Monday April 19, 2010.

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A Chinese military medic rides in an ambulance along a road in Jiegu, Yushu county, in China's northwestern province of Qinghai on April 19, 2010. Chinese President Hu Jintao called on rescuers to keep searching for survivors as he visited victims of the powerful quake in the country's northwest that left more than 1,700 dead.

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China rebuilds from Sichuan earthquake

Post by "oneman28":

Rebirth Of Beichuan - Less Than 2 1/2 Years After The Earthquake In Sichuan, China

The devastating earthquake on May 12, 2008 destroyed many areas in Sichuan province, China. Five million people lost their homes and about 20 million peoples' lives were impacted.

After the earthquake, the Chinese central government assigned areas to other provinces for reconstruction. China planned to rebuild all impacted areas with a total of 1 trillion RMB investment. Shandong province is responsible for the rebuilding of Beichuan city. New Beichuan is now almost ready and people are moving into their new homes.

The pictures were taken before September 2010, when Shandong province began to "hand over" the new city to Beichuan residents.

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