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...Dujiangyan, where buildings are now just heaps of brick and concrete and corpses lie on the sidewalk, the rescue operation resembles an army assault. Military vehicles, ambulances and mobile kitchens are everywhere. Soldiers search for survivors in the debris and step in to control emotional crowds of victims' relatives. Through the night, loudspeaker-equipped trucks cruised the streets, appealing for calm: "The State Council, the Central Committee, the Sichuan, Chengdu and Dujiangyan governments are trying their best to help. Earthquakes are not something that mankind can avoid." But relief operations can still be bungled, and Beijing knows...
...little relief granted to the people of the region since the cyclone wreaked havoc, as the Burmese government is currently restricting large-scale international aid. The junta—the ruling government in Myanmar—has refused offers from the United States and other nations to send in search-and-rescue teams, food, and other crucial aid. With a death toll estimated at more than 65,000 and thousands more still missing, there is no reason for the junta to refuse help, especially the offers of simple methods of hydration and food such as rice. It is clear that...
...While these arguments appear convincing at face value, I decided to hedge my bets and prepare for disaster. A routine search of the United States Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Web site yielded no information of how to prepare for micro black holes. So instead, I’m following the DHS’s basic recommendation of building an emergency kit that includes three gallons of water, pliers, moist towelletes, and “books, games, puzzles or other activities for children.” With any luck, I’ll be prepared for whatever...
...more frequently the recovery efforts end up like the search for Shu Zehong, a female worker at the Dongfang Turbine Works in the mountainside town of Hanwang. The mining and manufacturing center, which sits beneath mountains covered in pine and bamboo, was ravaged by the quake. At a public square an outdoor clock is frozen at 2:28 p.m., the minute the tremor struck. Nearby a 20-foot tall statue of a rider on a horse was decapitated during the quake, and the rider's head now sits upturned at its base. Many buildings on its main street were toppled...