Earthquake In China

Having lived through the Loma Prieta quake in 1989 I know what a large quake feels like.

And I know the devastation. The chaos, the fear.

My thoughts and heartfelt sympathies are with the PEOPLE of China today.

"The death toll from a powerful earthquake that toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants climbed to nearly 10,000 in the worst-hit province Tuesday, while untold numbers remain trapped after the worst quake in three decades.

The 7.9-magnitude quake Monday devastated a region of small cities and towns set amid steep hills north of Sichuan's provincial capital of Chengdu. Striking in mid-afternoon, it emptied office buildings across the country in Beijing, could be felt as far away as Vietnam and in Chengdu crashed telephone networks and hours later left parts of the city of 10 million in darkness."