[$tinkle]

it's nowhere near the worst they've seen

don't a few hundred die every week in mine collapses & other workplace negligence?

oh, here: http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/huge-toll-feared-in-chinese-earthquake/2008/05/12/1210444346238.html

 

[LordOpie]

They probably caused the quake by extracting too much lead from the ground and creating pockets.

 

[$tinkle]

you know how during major events like regional power outages or crippling blizzards there are a pile of kids born 9 mos later? i wonder if the collapse of so many of these buildings sending silverware & woks into the streets if they'll need to get crackin' with all these newly created names