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A MAG 7.8 earthquake occurred in Chengdu today at 2:28pm or UTC 06:28:00. lyrrael, an American volunteer living in Chengdu reports the earthquake at twitter. Will also writes about his experience in his blog.
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We are planning to visit Chengdu on a student trip in June. Do you think that we could bring anything, in our luggage, that would be helpful to people in the region. Books, linens, tools? We are not a relielf agency, but want to know if there is some small way that we could contribute.
Warren – were you teaching at UESTC? I taught there in a partner MBA program in the fall of 2006. If not, do you know how it is there?
Mike
does macau affected with the killer earthquake in china…?
im worried with my fiancee and his family…
can you give me answer..
thanks alot!
Hi, my name is Yang. US Citizen traveling in China. Now I am in Qingdao which is eastern part of the country.
I want to find a volunteer work in earthquake area and trying to find a way. I was hoping if anybody can help me to arrange this… I will be ready in a week…
No macau is far away…
RESPONSES: 9 & 15
The Bookworm is business as usual. Their phone number is 86 28 85520177 Email:chengdu@chinabookworm.com
Anyone else needing to contact people in Chengdu, firstly try phoning any landline numbers that you may have. The
international code for China is 86. Chengdu area code is 28 or 028 if calling from within China.
RESPONSE 14:
Hi Wes ;-) Internet and phones are fine. Airport is open.
RESPONSE 24:
Allen Sutterfield regularly patronizes the Bookworm (details above) . Try there.
RESPONSE 30:
Hardest hit places were Dujiangyan & Mianyang in Wechuan district … northwest of Chengdu. No reports of serious problems in Leshan, south of Chengdu.
RESPONSE 31:
You are probably best to contact your local Red Cross and see what they are organizing. With one million people affected, it is hard to suggest what to bring or who to individually select as recipients. Cash is possibly the best form of donation at this stage.
RESPONSE 32:
Hi Mike, Yes. I am at UESTC. Everything is fine at the old Sha He campus on the No.1 Ring Road, and at the new campus way out of town. Classes cancelled for the moment. Waiting to hear if we resume tomorrow (Thursday 15th).
RESPONSE 33:
Macau is down near Hong Kong, so don’t be too concerned. Chengdu is close to Tibet, a long long away from Macau.
Two days after the earthquake, the Sichuan capital city – Chengdu – is calm, though some aftershocks are still being felt. Many people have been donating blood. In the affected provinicial areas northwest of Chengdu, Premier Wen Jiabao is on location, fifty thousand soldiers have been deployed, and the China central government has given this disaster highest priority.
Cheers
Warren
To the concerned family wondering about their son at Bookworm Chengdu. According to Beijing Bookworm – everyone at the Chengdu Bookworm is FINE. They are accepting donations (http://beijingbookworm.com/) at the Beijing location.
They are asking or:
TENTS
DRIED FOOD
PRACTICAL CLOTHES
QUILTS
EMERGENCY BLANKETS
MONEY FOR WATER AND MEDICINES
Our friends at DHL will ship all collected donations to The Bookworm Chengdu on Saturday 17th May.
(P.S ** The cities/ areas I am very concerned about is around Aba – as they are isolated and cut-off via destroyed roads.)
The massive Dujiangyan Irrigation System is structurally cracked, and that potentially poses a major problem. Two thousand Chinese soldiers are working to plug “extremely dangerous” cracks in a dam upriver from the earthquake-hit town of Dujiangyan. One American engineer friend who fled Dujiangyan the day after the earthquake told me yesterday that if the dam bursts, it would be like a tidal wave hitting the surrounding area. Chengdu would not necessarily be very safe either.
Meanwhile, expats down in the provincial capital (Chengdu) are preparing to start the upcoming weekend early and party party party in the name of charity and fundraising at places such as the Bookworm.
Warren, thanks so much for your detailed info. My dad is in Chengdu and I think painting a slightly rosy picture for my sake. He says the 20 story condo he lives in has cracks all over the walls and is “probably not strucutrually sound”. Have you seen a lot of structural damage there in the city? I know it is a large place…I had been wondering about that dam and any damage it may have sustained. My prayers go out to all of you there.
Shana,
The reported number of deaths in the Chengdu area is around 1000, but this probably extends to rural areas outside the city proper. With a population of 10 million, I think we could say that Chengdu came through remarkably unscathed.
There are few visible cracks in buildings when walking around at street level, but if you look close up you can find many small ones at building ‘joints’. Most damage was indoors – falling ornaments, lamps etc.