7.5 quake in CHina-2 minutes in length.

[Cinder & Smoke]

7.9 ... THAT'S a frigging earthquake!

In the Grand Scheme of Things ...
You think that it's payback for some of their political stands?

No ... only because the earthquake mostly causes pain, grief, and suffering
to the Little People ~ the Common Folk ~ who have little or nothing to do
with the poor political judgement of their "leaders".

Now if a few of the "leaders" had been *conked* onna headbones with some
earthquake motivated rubble ... but that never seems to happen.

[elizabethann]

I just got word from my friend in Chengdu (about 45 miles from the epicenter)that she is okay. She got off the train and about 10 minutes later, the ground started rocking.