Posted by feww on May 17, 2008
Why was the quake nurse reduced to tears and had to beg the soldiers to rescue children? If rescuing the children wasn’t their priority, and clearly it wasn’t, what were they doing?
China Quake Picture of the Week:
Please Rescue The Children!
Photo below was taken by Jason Lee of Reuters news agency (China). The caption reads:
“A nurse holding a general’s written order begs soldiers to rescue surviving children still buried in the ruins of another nearby school in the old city district near a mountain at the earthquake-hit Beichuan county, Sichuan province, May 15, 2008. The soldiers are not under the command of the general, whose written order reads: ‘Please arrange for rescue operations at this school as quickly as possible.’”
What were the orders soldiers own general gave them?
When did the authorities decide they couldn’t cope with too many quake survivors?
Credit: Reuters/Jason Lee (china) Image may be subject to copyright. See FEWW Fair Use Notice!
A close up of the nurse’s face. Her heartfelt agony speaks a thousand words!
[Reuters caption: A nurse cries as she begs soldiers to rescue surviving children still buried in the ruins of another nearby school in the old city district near a mountain at the earthquake-hit Beichuan county, Sichuan province, May 15, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Lee (CHINA) Image may be subject to copyright. See FEWW Fair Use Notice!
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The Olympics can wait; the survivors can't!
"Although the time for the best chance of rescue, the first 72 hours after an earthquake, has passed [exactly as planned by CPC], saving lives remains the top priority of our work [believe what I say, not what I do, you 'ignorant peasants'],” the [doublespeaking] Chinese president, Hu Jintao, told the survivors. (Source)
To the Chinese Government: The World is Watching YOU!
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Posted by feww on May 16, 2008
Another major earthquake in the making?
China Earthquake: Large Cluster of Powerful Shocks!
- Mainshock: 7.9 Magnitude - Monday, May 12, 2008 at 02:28:01 [time at epicenter]
- Latest aftershock: 5.5 Magnitude - Friday, May 16, 2008 at 01:25:48 PM [time at epicenter]
- Total number of major aftershocks: 59 [and continuing]
The last 4 aftershocks have strengthened in magnitude from 4.3 to 5.5 Mw. Is there another major shock in the making?
This map shows the predicted (theoretical) travel times, in minutes, of the compressional (P) wave from the earthquake location to points around the globe. The heavy black lines shown are the approximate distances to the P-wave shadow zone (103 to 140 degrees). (Caption: USGS)
Shadow zone
The shadow zone is the area of the earth from angular distances of 104 to 140 degrees from a given earthquake that does not receive any direct P waves. The shadow zone results from S waves being stopped entirely by the liquid core and P waves being bent (refracted) by the liquid core.
Did you know?
Through measuring how P and S waves travel through the earth and out the other side, a seismic wave shadow zone was discovered in about 1910. From the lack of S waves and a great slowing of the P wave velocity (by about 40%) it was deduced that the outer core is made of liquid. The shadow zone also defined the diameter of the core.
[If the outer core was not made of liquid, Earth could probably breakup into several pieces as a result of a v. large earthquake! FEWW]
Text and image: USGS.
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Posted by feww on May 16, 2008
The Riddle of the Chinese Paratroopers
China parachutes 100 paratroopers to “cut-off” quake area
The first batch of 100 elite paratroopers were parachuted into an area near the epicenter of Monday’s earthquake in southwest China ["cut-off" area in Maoxian county, northeast of the epicenter in Wenchuan] Wednesday afternoon [about 60 hours], reported Xinhua.
Elite Paratroopers landing near quake epicenter. Image may be subject to copyright. See FEWW Fair Use Notice!
So what’s the problem?
1. There are an estimated 30,000 people burried in the area. How could 100 paratroopers help rescue such large number of victims?
2. The paratroopers landed two days after the mainshock had struck. By then the survival chances of the victims who had been buried alive had already been reduced by about 80 percent.
3. Anyone rescued from the rubble would need medical attention, freshwater, food, blankets, tents … to survive. Did the paratroopers carry all of the vital supplies in their rucksacks?
Therefore, the question remains: Are the paratroopers sent to rescue the “survivors,” or to “finish off the job,” i.e., bury everyone, alive or dead, to prevent potential outbreaks of plague and other pandemics? [The Beijing Olympics are just around the corner!]
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Posted by feww on May 16, 2008
The Clueless Wen Jiabao: “Most wide-spreading impact”
Chinese PM, Wen Jiabao, was quoted as saying that the 7.9-magnitude quake that hit southwestern Sichuan province on Monday had the “most wide-spreading impact” of any earthquake since the People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949, Xinhua news agency quoted Wen as saying.
[Note, for reasons unknown to FEWW moderators, the earthquake cluster's mainshock was previously reported as magnitude 7.8, erroneously!]
The aftermath of a large earthquake cluster. (Credit: Reuters/Jason Lee) Image may be subject to copyright. See FEWW Fair Use Notice!
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Posted by feww on May 15, 2008
NASA Satellite Photos: The Power of Chaitén Volcano
Images taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite.
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