Big Earthquake in China
A big earthquake struck the heart of China and the numbers are still coming in. It looks like thousands have been killed and many are still trapped in the earthquake that registered 7.8 on the Richter scale. The worse part about the earthquake in China is that it happened during the middle of the school day for most students and its left a lot of kids and teachers trapped in all the rubble from the huge earthquake. The earthquake was centered in an area of China that has many fault lines and back in 1933 a similar earthquake left more than 9,000 citizens dead. The earthquake that occurred on Monday May 12, 2008 is already reporting the death toll in the thousands. It’s really sad news to hear about so many young people in China that is trapped right now and the ones that have barely escaped this horrible earthquake in China on Monday. This devastation comes on top of the cyclone that is still reporting higher death tolls each day in Myanmar. Normally either one of these events would be a once in a lifetime event, but perhaps with global warming to blame on so many things these days, we will experience more of these tragedies on a global front.
