Earthquake in China
I am currently visiting China and I am obviously inundated with earthquake news. Many folks in the US may perceive China as some 3rd world nation with little infrastructure. The reality is that China has many large cities and suburbs that are perhaps more modern than the US. Fortunately I’m here in Eastern China which is mostly unaffected by the earthquake physically. The mental effects are seen everywhere. It seems like everyone here has a friend or relative in the earthquake zone and that zone is quite large. Estimates say that buildings were damaged some 1500 miles from the epicenter and tremors shook building as far away as Hong Kong and nearby Shenzhen China, where I’m currently located. As I traveled West yesterday the mental anguish of potentially lost friends and relatives was seen on the faces of most people. To give you some idea of the impact, it would be equivalent to a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hitting the middle of NY. Your house would be falling apart in Gilford, NH and perhaps as far away as Conway. Quite frankly aside from the Chinese writing, much of the city and urban areas look much like ours. These people go to work and school everyday just like we do, whose lives have been completely turned into complete shock. It is truly devastating and I’m more than 2,000 miles away!
Terry S.
