MetaFilter posts tagged with earthquake and china

Coco Wang: China 5:12 Earthquake

By The Grace of God — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:35:14 -0800

Ten simple, shattering comics about the earthquake in China. Via MoFi.

Grief in the Rubble

homunculus — Sun, 25 May 2008 00:36:54 -0800

Chinese Are Left to Ask Why Schools Crumbled. "A staggering number of students died as schools collapsed in the May 12 earthquake, and grieving parents are speaking out about shoddy construction."

Fifty Thousand Shirts

djspicerack — Sat, 24 May 2008 12:55:59 -0800

Fifty Thousand Shirts. Creative guy Steve Paterson has teamed up with a number of other partners (and is still looking for more) to sell 50,000 t-shirts in memory of the more than 50,000 people who died in China's recent 7.9 magnitude earthquake in order to raise $1,000,000.

An earthquake on your wedding day

spacesbetween — Wed, 21 May 2008 05:59:04 -0800

Wedding photographers captured the exact moments of the earthquake in Sichuan, China. The source of the pictures are hosted on a chinese site, which can be found here. It contains additional photographs.

Earthquake lights

Pater Aletheias — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:02:52 -0800

Until recently, earthquake lights were folklore. It wasn't until the phenomenon was captured in photographs, taken during the Matsushiro earthquake swarm in Japan between 1965 and 1967, that the seismological community acknowledged their occurrence. The precise mechanism is unknown. A stunning example was captured on video thirty minutes prior to the Sichuan earthquake.

Cute but foreboding

NikitaNikita — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:38:02 -0800

Superstitious bloggers explain the recent earthquake in China by suggesting that the official Olympic Mascots of the Beijing Olympics foretold of disaster. It's not the first time these mascots have been scrutinized for hidden meaning. Previously: 1, 2 Alternatively, the migration of toads have been cited as another omen of disaster.

2008 Sichuan Earthquake

b1tr0t — Mon, 12 May 2008 07:23:22 -0800

Newsfilter: Magnitude 7.8 earthquake hits China.