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nickel
02-22-2011, 04:52 AM
Anyone know anyone in New Zealand? Big quake there yesterday. They are comparing it to 9/11 - New York, but I don't think they are going to reach near those fatalities. I can see building devastation beyond that though.
Napoleon54
02-22-2011, 06:11 AM
Very sad. :( The epicenter was only 10km from the city so they got hit pretty hard.
renovation
02-22-2011, 06:41 AM
from news footage it really sad.
raymondparsley5
02-23-2011, 12:47 AM
New Zealand earthquake is sad,, the death count today was 400 people.. This is just a rough figure probably more people would have died,,
Kevster
02-23-2011, 01:31 AM
Having been through my fair share of earthquakes (Loma Prieta, Northridge), I feel really bad seeing the footage from New Zealand. As soon as Mrs. Kevster and I saw it on the NBC nightly news and they said how far away it was and that it was a shallow one, we both just cringed. They really got nailed :(
nickel
02-23-2011, 11:47 AM
New Zealand earthquake is sad,, the death count today was 400 people.. This is just a rough figure probably more people would have died,,
I see no where that is claiming that number. Do you have a link?
I've read 75 dead and 300 missing. So, yes, there will be more, but they haven't confirmed 400 dead yet.