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Tue Feb-12-08 07:23 PM
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5. Well, that large parts of that area |
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are very "country" and don't have modern convinences... like a single village may have the only computer with internet and telephone for 50 miles. It's isolated and a very traditional region... it may be days before we know the real extent of damage or how many people were injured or (gods forbid!) killed.
It was a pretty significant quake, and any earthquake is traumatic and emotionally damaging. I don't discount what it is like to experience a natural disaster and its aftermath (I have experience with forces of nature, and they are quite stressful and disruptive) and I think we should think of that when reading these stories of these people.
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