[WAG] The Quake.

[Muriel Kirton]

Hi , I have likewise been trawling everything I can find.  The Big PAnda
reserve which is very close by, is totally out of contact.  Wenchuan,
which is the epicentre seems to be the next door county.  Roads are
impassable there, and 80% of buildings are down there.  
QingChengShan seems to be  in the national park near the town in the next
county, where four or five schools and a hospital are down, with a lot of
dead and injured.  From what I can make out, it is only a few tens of
kilometers away from the epicentre.  I have just read that the main
railway line to the north east is damaged, stranding 10,000 people -
possibly Jesse amongst them. HAving studied Google Earth for the last
couple of hours, I think the area where the roads are cut off by
landslides MAY, only MAY be in or around the area.  Can't be sure of
that.  Oddly, my passport has disappeared in the post.  The post office
has been searching for it since Thursday.  It was en route back from the
Chinese embassy with my visa in it.  It is now being presumed lost or
stolen.  If it doesn't turn up, I will apply for a new passport, but
think I can be pretty sure that I will not be re-issued with a visa for
the area now. It may be that it is not so easy for any of us to get
there.    But, we are also blessed that it did not happen three weeks
from now..... My heart and prayers, like all of us, I am sure, are with
everyone who has been touched by the tragedy.  Jesse emailed me on Sunday
night and said be would be leaving the north to travel to Chengdu, and
that it would be a two day journey on the train..  So it is definite that
he was not yet  in the area...which is another blessing. Somehow I feel
this will touch us all with a sense of  immediacy........ Love in the
Tao, Muriel

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Isaac Freeman"
  To: "QiGong Dragon Sect"
  Subject: [WAG] The Quake.
  Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 13:07:05 -0700

  Hey guys! I've read everything I can find on the net today, and
  watched the little information that is being broadcasted on the news
  channels about the quake in China. I know Chengdu's aiport has
  cancelled it's flights, but thinks it will be operating soon. (Not
  sure what that means)  The aiport website shows all of the flights
  being cancelled since 2pm when the quake hit. I can't make out how
  far west or northish the earthquake traveled, as only a few areas are
  named. It's seems like Qing Cheng Shan is close enough that it may
  have been affected, but it's too difficult to say with the
  information I have. Aparently roads out of Chengdu are pretty
  seriously affected, but can't find clear information, as I imagine
  the information is still being collected. I've heard Jesse was/is on
  a train to Chengdu, but was most likely far enough away still that he
  would be safe. Jesse when you get this, send us an update as to how
  things look. My heart and prayer goes out to the people in Sichuan
  province. My flight leaves in 16 days, this is certainly a pretty
  serious turn of events. Attached is google map wth the co-ordinates
  of qing cheng shan in comparison to chengdu. (Seems like 50km in a
  flight path).

  30.96667

  103.51667
  If anyone finds any information about sites affected, or quake zone
  mappings please let me know. << ChengDuQingChengShan.JPG >>
  << ChengDuQingChengShan.JPG >>

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