China hit by Earthquakes

[satori]

ONE person is dead, another missing, and 23 injured after a series of earthquakes in southwestern China's Yunnan province, state media and officials have reported.

A total of 47 tremors, some of them as powerful as 5.0 on the Richter scale, struck Yunnan over a 17-hour period on Sunday, the Beijing Times said. Incomplete statistics from rural Shuangbai county showed that one person had died, a Shuangbai official said.

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,11791646%255E1702,00.html

[Sannum]

1. Oh God.

This is going to be a bad week.:(

[Divine Discontent]

3. bad week?

it's been a horrible year, and it's getting worse. Those poor people. Bush is ignotard, if I was president I'd sent half the military ships and c 130's to help, oh wait, we're fighting a STUPID "war" against "terrorists" in Iraq....

he's an ass.

[Be Brave]

2. Fuck. This is starting to scare me.

[Divine Discontent]

4. be brave n/t

[Carl Brennan]

7. O Jeez, LOL!! That is a classic

[Be Brave]

16. Thank you. I will. One cannot be brave without fear. n/t

[koopie57]

8. I seem to recall about a week ago

several people posting feelings of unease (even more so than usual) and like something bad was going to happen. Maybe nothing more than a coincidence but it is scary to me too.

[Gloria]

5. Seems like the Earth is beginning to split at the seams....what's next?

California???

And where is our National Guard??????????

[IndianaGreen]

20. Perhaps the Anti-Christ is about to be revealed

Actually, I don't believe in any of that nonsense. There are earthquakes everyday all over the world. I suspect that the media is now reporting stuff that they would not normally do because of the tsunami disaster that hit the nations bordering the Indian Ocean.

[wovenpaint]

60. The US MSM is reporting alot of weird stuff lately

I'm thinking it's to make things look like biblical prophecies are "coming true"...things that would normally be ignored or scoffed at, like:
St Paul the baptist's cave "discovery' :eyes:
The tree under which Jesus turned water into wine (they found ancient jug shards in both) :eyes:
The locust incident
earthquakes
And somewhere they quoted a witness to this disaster as saying that the waves "looked like something out of the bible" (sorry, I don't have link)
I find this a bit unsettling....

[jdj]

61. biblical prediction is kind of like

there have been earthquakes before, so there might be earthquakes again
there have been locusts before, so there will probably be locusts again
there have been floods before, so there will likely be floods again

The Accuracy! The Prescience!

[NYC]

21. 2 earthquakes in Alaska: Update = 3

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.html

Magnitude 2.5, 2004/12/27 07:10:47 62.738 -151.855 1.0 CENTRAL ALASKA

Magnitude 3.5, 2004/12/27 06:15:09 57.835 -151.972 200.0 KODIAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA
Magnitude 3.1, 2004/12/27 03:36:55 63.042 -151.543 5.0 CENTRAL ALASKA

The new one is the 2.5 magnitude.

[shraby]

23. Alaska has earthquakes all the time

same as California.

[Mike Niendorff]

48. 2.5 is so small you wouldn't even feel it.

These happen all the time, just about anywhere near a plate boundary. Nothing to get worked up about.


MDN

[TahitiNut]

57. Well ...

... I'd feel those if I were lying still in my wobbly bed on the 2nd floor of a frame house. Otherwise, it'd be lost in my normal wobbly state. :silly:

[Journeyman]

49. A 3.1 temblor is like a large truck driving by. . .

and unless you are in a very old building that has not been retrofitted there is very little cause for concern in such an incident.

[Pachamama]

47. What's weird is that there have been a lot of "deep tremors" lately

under the San Andreas fault...."Chatter" as they call it...Yikes...this and all the other activity around the globe makes one wonder, doesn't it?

:scared:

[latteromden]

6. This is getting weird. Did Bush do something to piss off the planet?

Wouldn't surprise ME.

[Be Brave]

10. I think the planet is trying to spit Bush out. n/t

:)

[latteromden]

13. You know, if I were Earth, I would do the same thing. ;) (n/t)

[hippiechick]

58. That's a rhetorical question, right ?

:shrug:


:hippie:

[Ediacara]

9. That's odd

The USGS doesn't have a single EQ listed over 2.5 for the past week in China:




ON EDIT: to specify that I meant in China.

[Be Brave]

11. Yes they do. Lots of them. Look at the map again. n/t

[Ediacara]

12. I meant in China

And will edit my post :-)

[Be Brave]

14. Now I understand what you are trying to say.

I agree with you. Maybe it will show up in the next updates.

[Ediacara]

15. The USGS updates in almost real-time

And according to the news article, the quakes have been happening over the last day. Something real weird is going on...

[tridim]

50. Magnetic poles switching?

Watch your compasses.

I'm not freaking out yet, but if there were another big one in the next few days I might.

[Lorien]

64. That's supposed to happen on 5-5-05

according to some program I saw back in the '80s. All the planets allign and cause the poles to switch. One scientist I know says it's bullshit, but I guess we'll soon find out!

[NYC]

19. Link to China info:

http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/Seismic_Data/heli2.shtml

[CabalPowered]

59. Red Puma and IRIS are showing zero in China.. ?!?

That is certainly strange..

http://www.seismo.ethz.ch/redpuma/redpuma_ami_list.html

http://www.iris.edu/seismon/last30days.phtml?region=Indian%20Ocean&latN=25&latS=-60&lonE=130&lonW=30

[countryjake]

17. Lets just keep dropping those...

bunker-busting bombs & MOABs. Surely the earth's crust can't be that impervious to all our assaults. Dang, that fault thru Iran is one tough nut to crack...maybe we should try some BIGGER bombs!

~sarcasm off~

[aquart]

22. The quakes are a wee bit deeper than that.

And they're fully explainable by normal tectonics.

CATASTROPHES ARE NORMAL.

There have been eruptions all over the ring of fire in the past few years. Mt. St. Helens is scaring the pants off geologists. There's a lot of activity which is working its way to the surface. And subduction of continental plates is not always the smoothest, gentlest process.

[countryjake]

25. Thanks for the bit of sanity...

I couldn't help but join in all the hysteria. Ya, & I'm well aware of the current uproar over St. Helens since it's so close to home. USGS has been top of my bookmarks for quite some time, necessary when sleeping under volcanoes.

[Demeter]

56. Including the GOP Ones?

I'd like to think otherwise....

[lovuian]

18. I bet these are from the 9.0 earthquake felt all the way to China

:bounce:

[Name removed]

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[Bouncy Ball]

26. Not true.

This person is a disruptor, posting this all over LBN. Do an advanced search on the user name and you will see what I mean. Please hit alert, as I did.

[Zomby Woof]

27. A sad and empty little life huh?

Wish I could have back some of the oxygen he has stolen from us all his life.

[Name removed]

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[Zomby Woof]

30. You stole it

Because the plant life which makes it didn't want you to have any. Now give it back, or I'll smack you with my plastic jesus dashboard ornament.

[Name removed]

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[Bouncy Ball]

32. Look

it's obvious you hate being a freeper and have a huge dose of self-loathing going on, but go take it to your therapist.

Thanks for giving me 25 posts to alert on. The more you posts, the more alerts I can send, thus ensuring your tombstoning all that much faster!

[Behind the Aegis]

51. Good job!

Just had to give you props (and the mods) for doing a great job! I have no idea how you did what you did...you have MUCH more patience than me! I am just glad you did it!

[Zomby Woof]

34. So when you are signing up to fight in Iraq?

I think the military needs more people like you with LOTS of free time and expendable body parts, since you aren't using your brain right now. War is COOL. Do it!

[lcordero]

43. ROTFLMAO n/t

[BeHereNow]

33. I am curious to know...

I am fascinated by the tide of hate mongering in this
country. You are exemplifying the trend with your
posting.
Soon you will disappear from DU, but before you go,
tell me please what is going through your mind.
Did something bad happen to you in your life?
Did you graduate from high school?
What is your level of education?
What is your religious/spiritual background?
I am sincerely curious to know more about you.
Please tell me whatever you care to about the
way you see the world and why?
BHN

[Miami Liberal]

28. Bye bye asshole

[pinniped]

35. BREAKING: HARRISONFORDFAN4 IS MISSING.

.

[Zomby Woof]

36. LOL

Presumed dead. :-)

[Bouncy Ball]

37. ROFL

Thank GOD.

[BeHereNow]

38. Well imagine that...YAY DU Mods!

Although I confess, I was trying to get a psychological
profile of that train wreck.
I am sincerely curious to know-
WHO are these people?
How did they get this way?
Is it a failed educational system?
Childhood trauma?
Combination of several factors?
Seriously- I want to know how they came to the
point they are at in their lives.
BHN

[Behind the Aegis]

44. my two cents

People like this are in an arrested state of development. They gain pleasure at others' discomfort. They get pleasure from "getting a rise out of people." However, it is important to reveal these idiots for what they are..as BouncyBalls did! (Good job BB and mods!) These are the same people that touch the hot stove because they have to experience it for themselves because they lack the ability to ascertain knowledge from the learnings of others. They don't try to teach others, only annoy. Some say it is best to ignore them...I disagree. If you disregard a pain, it may be at your own peril. Sometimes, the zit has to be popped! :)

Does that help you with your psych profile of this idiot? :)

[BeHereNow]

46. Yeah, that is it.

I think you nailed it actually.
An arested state of development.
Perfect!
Cheers!
BHN

[Skittles]

52. sick bastards are everywhere

re: Bill O'Reilly

[Name removed]

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[Virginian]

66. Enlist Freeper! War is Cool. Good place for Freepers!

Lots of other freepers there to hang with. You can even get to kill people who don't look like you, or don't share your religion.
Join now, avoid the June rush.

If this is a phoney posting, why isn't the whole thread gone?

[Miami Liberal]

39. Sweet!

May his body never be recovered.

[countryjake]

40. He's left some vile stuff in lots of threads.

Does the moderator automatically clean them up or does he need to be notified of the locations?

[BeHereNow]

41. Good question...

Although I would imagine that where ever this
person puked their vile ignorgance and hatred
other DUers will alert the mods of the need for a clean up.
I repeat:
YAY DU mods!
bhn

[Bouncy Ball]

45. ALL of his posts have been deleted. I checked. N/T

[TahitiNut]

55. The mods have a "latest posts" function for any member.

Just as we can look at our own "latest" (last 48 hours), the moderators can look at 'em for any member. Moderators have several capabilities that help them do the job - which is still tough enough as it is.

[Tinoire]

42. LMAO!!! n/t

[Catchawave]

54. This is getting weird...

:scared:

[Lorien]

63. Considering that all the land masses were once unified

it's really not that weird.

[Im_Your_Huckleberry]

62. it's irwin allen week.

[Deja Q]

65. Isn't it interesting how all of these areas are areas that our corporate

co-citizens freely exploit?

May as well revel in the reynolds' wrap until some facts come out.