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Thursday, June 19, 2008

China Earthquake Relief

By Dan
On May 12 a devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck China. One day later Family Bridges, an Oakland nonprofit, began accepting Red Cross donations for relief efforts. Donation boxes were placed in five locations on Oakland's Chinatown and more than $27,000 was raised. “We can only imagine the devastation to human life, land, and infrastructure that has befallen China as a result of the 7.9 magnitude earthquake that occurred. Our constituents consider Family Bridges as their link to their homeland China, therefore, we will be establishing donation sites,” said Corinne Jan, Family Bridges’ chief executive officer.

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Jul 30, 2008 09:04 am
 Posted by  tom2000

Tom2000:I must so sad about the incident. It is really crucial earthquake. There are lot of persons are affected by this. The reliefs get by the people quickly. The steps are taken very fast.

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Jul 30, 2008 09:05 am
 Posted by  tom2000

Tom2000:I must so sad about the incident. It is really crucial earthquake. There are lot of persons are affected by this. The reliefs get by the people quickly. The steps are taken very fast.

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Jul 30, 2008 09:06 am
 Posted by  tom2000

Tom2000:I must so sad about the incident. It is really crucial earthquake. There are lot of persons are affected by this. The reliefs get by the people quickly. The steps are taken very fast.

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Jan 2, 2009 05:05 am
 Posted by  Skyler

An earthquake rocked Charleston in 1886 that killed upwards of a hundred people and cost millions to repair, and measured between 6.6 and 7.3 on the Richter. The Great San Francisco Quake of 1906, by comparison, was over 9.0 on the Richter. (A 10 has never been seen or recorded in the span of human history, and isn't achievable by atomic blasts.) Earthquakes are tough to predict, because the only indicators that tell of one happening are apparent only right before the event. You can read the article called "Charleston Earthquake | Payday Will Be Spent Fixing Drywall", on the payday loan news blog at personalmoneystore.com.

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