Monday, May 12, 2008
Yes, we felt it...
At 2:28pm a 7.8 earthquake hit western China, and we felt the tremors about 1000 miles away! We are fine. All I noticed was the obvious swaying of a hanging lamp but Jim's 33 story office building was evacuated. I did wonder for the first time, however--Exactly how well are these buildings constructed?? But I figured, looking out at the 10 major skyscrapers under construction within view of our bedroom window...none of them were toppling over. So I stayed in and let Ellie finish her nap. I've yet to hear whether or not there was major damage in Chengdu, where we have several friends...
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glad to hear you all are ok, tracie!
we'll be sure to pray for you all and your chengdu friends at our meeting tonight...
chris and your friends at mmbc...
Thanks for checking on us Chris!
That's weird because we didn't feel it and we were there too! Funny that they felt it in the south of the city and you felt it in the north, but those of in the west missed it. Maybe it's because we were outside playing or something.
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