Re: Earthquake in China - 20000 casualties?

vivozhang:

> no, our government did not refuse any assistance from the international
> community. think about it, the roads to the epicenter are cut off by
> earthquake, even the plane/helicopter can't land on those sites, how
can the
> international relief team enter those place!

Jim Walsh:

> 1. Yes. The CCP refused foreign assistance.
> 2. Helicopters can deliver aid and aid workers without landing.
> 3. Today we read that the CCP is accepting foreign disaster experts. The

> delay undoubtedly caused deaths to occur that would have been saved.

At this stage ....

The operating assumption is that the unaccounted for are now
dead. And the focus ****fted from search-and-rescue to debris
removal, recovering and burying bodies. While it's still im-
****tant to keep fast work pace, in order to prevent outbreak
of diseases.

Unfortunately, time is no longer of essence ....

BTW: The Japanese team leader bitterly complained that their
     search-and-rescue dogs, are helpless in this of operat-
     ion. They're most useful within the first 72 hours. And
     do not have the trainings to recover corpses.  They are
     now preparing to return home.

Regards,

Albert K. Fung
Casa Tres Palmas, Santa Ynez, California, USA.
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