Many houses are ramshackle affairs, poorly constructed of brick, tile, stone, or cinderblock. Casualties are likely to be quite high as rescuers work their way back into the more rural areas.
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The road system is not very well developed, and logistics will clearly be a problem. Most bridges and tunnels are only one lane, and are open to uphill traffic for even numbered hours, and downhill traffic for odd numbered hours. Most roads are one and a half lanes wide. When large vehicles meet traffic jams such as this can develop. It is not uncommon for the drivers to get out and do “rock, paper, scissors” to determine who has to back up to the last wide spot in the road. It took us five hours to travel about 120 km (about 75 miles) in good weather.Old posters never die.
They j.u.s.t..f..a..d..e...a...w...a...y....
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I didn't know Adam Smith was still around.I'm consitently stupid- Japher
I think that opinion in the United States is decidedly different from the rest of the world because we have a free press -- by free, I mean a virgorously presented right wing point of view on the air and available to all.- Ned
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Originally posted by Colon™
When the authorithies screwed up... Maybe they should have regulated earthquakes like they regulate reincarnations, but other than that there isn't much they can be blamed for.I'm consitently stupid- Japher
I think that opinion in the United States is decidedly different from the rest of the world because we have a free press -- by free, I mean a virgorously presented right wing point of view on the air and available to all.- Ned
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Originally posted by Colon™
When the authorithies screwed up... Maybe they should have regulated earthquakes like they regulate reincarnations, but other than that there isn't much they can be blamed for.
edit: mitigated by the fact that this area seems to be primarily rural
edit2: damn you, tbns
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I'm consitently stupid- Japher
I think that opinion in the United States is decidedly different from the rest of the world because we have a free press -- by free, I mean a virgorously presented right wing point of view on the air and available to all.- Ned
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They've proved that safety doesn't count, countless times.Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
"Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead
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18,000 feared buried in city near epicenter
Official China death toll at nearly 12,000, but likely to rise; rescuers hampered by storms and destroyed roads
That's not rural or anywhere else. That's a city.Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
"Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead
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Thanks for the pics, AS.I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891
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Originally posted by One_more_turn
Since much of China's population live along fault lines, this event will soon have major repercussions for the economy.
How will many Chinese living near fault lines make this event soon have major repercussions on the economy?Last edited by Lul Thyme; May 13, 2008, 14:18.
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First of all, destruction of whole cities begs rebuilding on a massive scale.
Second, people will demand change in the way buildings are constructed. Instead of bricks and raw concrete, different materials will be used. Can you imagine how new constructions for hundreds of millions of people would affect the world economy and commodity prices?
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