The 7.8-magnitude earthquake devastated a
hilly region of small cities and towns. The official Xinhua News Agency
said 8,533 people died in Sichuan province and more than 200 others were killed in three other provinces and the mega-city of Chongqing.
When an earthquake kills almost 9,000 people (probably more, in the end), and it’s only the second-worst calamity of the month (by far), you know it’s been a bad month.
No, it’s global warming for sure. All that snow that hit China in February? That was because of havoc wreaked upon the climate by global warming. The weight of the snow settled and shifted the tectonic plate, with devastating results. These are the kinds of things we can expect to occur with increasing frequency in the future.
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May 12th, 2008 at 1:00:48 pm
Can we still blame George Bush for these calamities??
If not, then I blame Global Warming.
May 12th, 2008 at 1:02:02 pm
Blame Canada.
May 13th, 2008 at 4:41:00 pm
No, it’s global warming for sure. All that snow that hit China in February? That was because of havoc wreaked upon the climate by global warming. The weight of the snow settled and shifted the tectonic plate, with devastating results. These are the kinds of things we can expect to occur with increasing frequency in the future.