Earthquake in Sichuan

[liaku]

7.8 Mag Earthquake hits Sichuan area. Death toll over 7.6k and rising.

For the record, this is where my entire family pretty much lives, minus the one branch in Fujian. Oh, and the major branch I've never met in Jiangxi.

I'm worried.

UPDATE: 8.5k now.

UPDATE2: Family is well, and all of them are at Uncle Gang's house. They are very, very nervous though. Apparently, Uncle Gang was about to jump out the when the earthquake finally stopped.

Comments

[wolef.livejournal.com]

Oh god. Yeah, people were talking about that today. Glad your family is alright.

[deeplyunhip.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear that your loved ones are okay. The whole thing sounds absolutely awful. :(

[liaku.livejournal.com]

It is pretty awful, though at least Chengdu was relatively far from the epicenter of the quakes. The last phone call from my uncle basically reported that no one wants to sleep indoors in case the buildings fall down and it's been raining, so I fear most for my grandparents at this point. This can't be good for their life expectancy.