China Sichuan earthquake May 2008
A friend forwarded this email to me, I think this is a great article and people should know about it so I decided to post it in my blog. Heroes Dedicated to the brave people in Sichuan-China Earthquake, May 2008 An earthquake, magnitude 8.0, struck Sichuan province of China at 2:28PM, May 12, 2008. The epicenter of the earthquake, Wenchuan, is about 90 miles from Chengdu. The earthquake released more energy than 500 atomic bombs, 30 times more than the Kobe earthquake in Japan, 1995. By May 19, there are more than 32,000 confirmed dead, more than 20,000 still missing, and more than 4.7 million houses collapsed or heavily damaged. Cities close to the epicenter are flattened; whole mountains collapsed. Devastation Millions of people lost their beloved ones, their homes, their belongings. Yet there is no looting, no complaints, just people helping each other (CNN). Within hours, people rushed to rescue. Blood donation lines run for 100 yards, and people waited hours to donate blood; withi...