China evacuates 600,000, 286,000, 291,000 people from coming storm

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http://buzzflash.com/mailbag/05/09/mai05239.html


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Subject: Compare and Contrast

BuzzFlash;
Thursday's newspapers had this small article along side the horrors unfolding in New Orleans. China evacuates 600,000 as typhoon nears September 1, 2005 - 11:40AM

“Nearly 600,000 people have been evacuated as Typhoon Talim, packing winds of up to 185 kilometers per hour, heads for southern China. Authorities issued a top-level "black alarm" as heavy rain and moderate gales swept through Fujian province's capital, Fuzhou.

“A total of 286,000 people were evacuated in the province, and rescue teams were standing by for emergencies, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.

“Just to the north in Zhejiang province, more than 291,000 people were moved away from the coastline, rivers, and raging reservoirs, mountain villages and dilapidated housing, according to the official China News Service.

“More than 29,000 ships and fishing vessels had taken shelter in harbors, it's said.

“Authorities predicted Talim would reach shore in the afternoon or evening between the Fujian cities of Lianjiang and Jinjiang, about 750 kilometres south of Beijing.”

What can we expect when the next disaster strikes us here? We now know for sure we have little leadership, we convinced ourselves that although Bush was inept that surly his appointed staff could think straight. What they've done to our sense of security, that was our last refuge when disasters strike, the certainty that it couldn't happen here, now we know better.

I think we can no longer wait for the next elections and trust to the vote counters withtheir Diebold voting machines. The same company who makes the Super market register machines that give such detail, and the ATM machines, but who claim they cannot give a paper trail with each vote. How much more are we going to endure, and pretend there is nothing terribly wrong here?

Andrew,

A Renton Barber

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[Richard D]

1. I was wondering for a second . . .

. . . how China had 600 quadrillion people evacuated.