Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Close to home

18,000 people were still unaccounted for in Mianyang County in Sichuan Province...

As far as I know, my family members are okay, and none of them live near the epicenter. But Mianyang is the county where I grew up, where my old apartment building might have just collapsed.

My first reaction when the news broke was, My family's probably fine--Sichuan is a big place. And then I realized how big a 7.9 earthquake is.

2 comments:

snap-crackle-pop said...

Oh my word...

NW said...

Good to hear that your family is okay.