Re: 1.4 million in China flee deadly storm

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:54:10 GMT, Myal <Dumaree@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Bob Brock wrote:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/07/china.typhoon.ap/index.html

BEIJING, China (AP) -- A storm drenched China's southeast on Sunday after
killing five people on Taiwan and prompting the evacuation of 1.4 million
people on the mainland, officials said. In Vietnam, the death toll from a
separate storm rose to 55.

Krosa came ashore as a typhoon in China's Zhejiang and Fujian provinces, but
weakened and was soon downgraded to a tropical storm, the official Xinhua
News Agency said.

It said no deaths or injuries were reported, but the storm wrecked houses
and knocked out power in the port city of Wenzhou as torrential rains swept
the region.

More than 1.4 million people were evacuated from coastal areas, including
more than 500,000 tourists who were at beach resorts for the National Day
holiday week, Xinhua said.



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interesting that a backward country as china can achieve such an evac
,and do it over and again each typhoon , when the worlds richest canot
achieve anything near it


You edited out the part talking about the fact that compliance with
government orders is COMPULSORY because the government has
ALL of the power.

Nobody has choices to make - because the government makes them all.

If you want to live in that system - be my guest.
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