MetaFilter posts tagged with sichuan

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."

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.

2008 Sichuan Earthquake

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

Newsfilter: Magnitude 7.8 earthquake hits China.

Tibetan Buddhist art of Sichuan, China

hama7 — Sat, 08 May 2004 10:16:35 -0800

Tibetan Buddhist art of Sichuan Province, China.