A whole lotta shaking going on... [Breaking News] [Updated] (Trees And Things)

port1080: The good, the bad, the ugly

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:37:31 EST

Well, this is interesting especially as contrasted to what's happening in Myanmar. You have to give the Chinese government some credit - they are clearly taking this seriously and they're not necessarily trying to use it to score PR points - they're

thefadd: Re: Damn Dam

Wed, 14 May 2008 13:23:45 EST

It would be a step forward if the Chinese government admitted problems as they were happening.

pO157: Damn Dam

Wed, 14 May 2008 09:40:24 EST

Troops are working to plug holes in a major dam upriver of the earthquake site. Hopefully they will fix it in time before it bursts. It is also interesting that

wetkarma: perhaps worse than my cynicism suspected

Wed, 14 May 2008 05:36:58 EST

I expected shoddy construction to play a major role in this disaster, but given that the quake occured at 2pm local time, s

MayorBob: And yet, the Games will continue.

Tue, 13 May 2008 16:10:44 EST

The Chinese government is very quick to assure all who are scheduled to attend or play in the Olympics in Beijing (bring your own oxygen canister) that all of the venues for the games are structurally sound. Of course, the Chinese flacks were better at ge

wetkarma: earthquake perspective

Tue, 13 May 2008 14:17:56 EST

[first: props to p0157 for a great writeup, I must have missed it while writing my own which is now in the subq, only link worth adding is this youtube video of the qua

zyxwvutsr: Re: You have to wonder...

Mon, 12 May 2008 15:46:05 EST

...a very blunt tool...

What are these new little blue boxes?

port1080: Re: You have to wonder...

Mon, 12 May 2008 15:27:50 EST

Even in the war lord period they were an amazingly organized country.

Depends on what you mean by "organized" I guess, considering there was almost constant warfare during that period. Your takeaway point has merit, though. Chin

thefadd: Re: You have to wonder...

Mon, 12 May 2008 15:00:14 EST

Even in the war lord period they were an amazingly organized country. There's something about 3000 years of continuous national identity that make me think any upheaval wouldn't be all that Afghanistan-esque absent outside interference.

pO157: You have to wonder...

Mon, 12 May 2008 14:45:05 EST

How much crap are the people at the bottom of the totem pole over there willing to put up with? If the response to this sucks as bad as the one to their blizzard, yet the government can still shell out for the Olympics, I would imagine there are going to b