Wednesday, May 14, 2008

China: Earthquake

Monday, May 12th
By Ray Schmidt

I didn’t feel the earthquake, nor did Armin or Qing. Several people at the hospital felt a shaking but nothing major. Back at the hotel, Bob and Charlene Pagett, felt the earthquake in their seventh floor room and quickly went downstairs and left the building along with the rest of the hotel’s guests.

Qing was particularly worried since her family lives in Chengdu, which is about 60 miles from the epicenter of the earthquake. She tried for hours to reach her parents and her husband. At dinner she was able to reach her mom and then her father who are both safe, but I haven’t heard if she’s been able to reach her husband.

The earthquake is about 600+ miles northwest of Taojiang.

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