Monday, May 12, 2008
China's Earthquake Update
Jeff and I had just dropped the girls off and we crossing the street. A cart full of wood tipped over; we looked to each other and both silently denied having touched it. Then people started to run out of buildings and we knew something was up.
We both thought that one of the many construction sites had taken a turn for the worse (which would not have surprised us greatly given that they work on these sites 7 days a weeks, night and day). We just couldn't figure out where the problem was.
Everyone was on the streets and Jeff and I realized that we needed to get out of the road. It was not until we saw women praying and folks filing out of every building did we realize that it was an earthquake. Although cranes were close by, we walked back to the girls school to make sure they were ok.
When we got there all the kids were sitting outside, some were visibly shaken (as were we) but we couldn't go in. We smiled at Julia from afar and did a thumbs up. She seemed ok. We returned to make sure Jeff's brother (who had arrived 3 days earlier and was napping) was ok.
After picking Kyle up and seeing everyone's shock, we returned to get the kids. At 4 am there was another tremor and the doors shook...luckily that was all.
We go to Beijing this evening for 5 days...for fun and relaxation we hope. Jeff will run the Great Wall marathon...and we'll enjoy Beijing!!
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